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Show The New-Comer in lrova. New-Comer "Money is scarce, and 1 want to know where I can buy my groceries and other goods the lowest in town?"' "Well, I can tell you where I find the lowest-priced store in town, and that is at C. 12's, in the basement. He does not throw out any baits, such as giving 13 lbs. of sugar for $1, as it costs more, but he sells 12 lbs. for $1, thereby making a clear profit of 50 cents on 100 lbs., with which he is satisfied. He sells his New York cheese at 17c. per lb., home made at 10c, bacon at 10c, oatmeal at oc, best raisins at 15c, currants cur-rants at 10c, lemon peel at 25c, candies can-dies at 15c , nuts at 20 and 2oc per lb., and oranges at 20c. per doz. lie sells 2 packages of his "Tree" tea for 35c:, Aver s sarsapanlla at 75c. per bottle, and Hood's at 80c; his Navy tobaeco, 2 plugs for 25c; Climax and Horseshoe at 50c; Durham, 3 sacks for 25c; Cut and Slash, 6 sacks for 25c; Vanity Fan-cigars, Fan-cigars, 6 for 25c; best flour, $1.10 per sack. He is selling his prints at 5c. per yard; handkerchiefs, 2 for 5c, and his all-wool socks at 25c per pair. He has also the createst variety of automatic and mechanical toys, with the largest assortment of musical instruments in the territory, consisting of Ariston, the latest musical wonder, being a full orchestra; or-chestra; the mandolin: the musical wonder, a self-playing organ; the concert con-cert roller organ, the wonderful cor-denium, cor-denium, the metalaphone, the German zither or harpette, the kalamazoo, etc., which he sells as cheap a3 you can get them from the makers." New-Comer "Well, how does he manage to sell his goods lower than the rest in Provo city?" "Why, you see, his store is down in the basement, and, as he is a working-man, working-man, his expenses are small. He does his own clerking, and is also superintendent superin-tendent and proprietor; he is put to no expense in keeping a delivery wagon with which to deliver a 5 cent spool of cotton when telephoned for, which you, the patrons, have to pay for; but you go and get your goods, and carry them home yourself, and you will appreciate them when you get them there." New-Corner "Well, that is where I am going to trade, and See 12's, in the basement, between the banks." |