Show I JAS GALE ajo however abb winds of rosity may blow fliey cannot overcome a certain anle ye we mean mr jai gale tho the furniture dealer and pioneer d en city this gent gentleman lemau a native I of england ia is an old timer in the beat tense of the word he came to tb utah as a early as 1851 and with the exception of the first three years which he lie spent in salt lako lake city following lotring fol tha the joiners trade he be has ever nince since lived in ogden city becoming one of its p principal ri n c i p a manufacturers a and nd dealers de alerc A t thorough h r u gh expert with the plane and chisel hammer and saw both in plain work and tho the finest furniture fittings he be has steadily been in the front rank ranks of manufacturers lie it ia is who made the first coffin that a dead body was put in n in wo we ber county cs is early as the next year ho be also built the first waon that was constructed altogether fr from cin tb the e aroun ground d u up in utah terri tory rr which he sold told for after three yeara use of it in 1871 sir mr jas gli galo opened hu bi first furniture store in connection with the undertakers trade on the west bide side of main maln street between fourth and fifth hero here ho be soon built up a fine business us as he be combined commercial tact with mechanical ability in 1872 however he be met with a sad misfortune a fire destroying ilia store and stock to the extent exten t of afi with indomitable pluck how e ver alter reopened bun busi neep in tho the walker buildt building nearer fifth street where ha lie rapi rapidly adly regained his former prestige and in ins crewed tha the circle of hia his customers As A if to try what kind ot ii timber he wa wag made of fate pate smote him again agrain on july ath 1977 when another conflagration on fla consumed nil all he lie had ta years of raith faithful ful labor and in inde le fatigable enterprise to accumulate yet he rallied at once one e from this dis aster and liko ike arose from the ashes with re renewed newel astrea strength ath and power in hia his new nerr quarters in the two story Can canoed fied brick building 80 by 23 ho be has ono one of the best stocks tocks or of furniture Urn iture in the wet west this building itself being iti insufficient sufficient to hod his extensive exten sire stock he pure purchased based the two story brick block nest next ad joining south where here he occupies one whole door floor with household goods his ilia supply comprises everything from an elegant parlor suit or bod bed room act not to a boys boy s wagon or rocking boree he ile imports from the best factories fact bries and also manufactures and repairs furniture kimsell in most perfect workmanship besides his furniture furni turo business mr gale stands at the head and ernnt ot of the undertakers business busi busin nefi esq which he ha has a again L proven lately by pu purchasing ro basing ono on ortho arthe finest hearses hears fra in the coun try from tho celebrated cincinnati fl firm rm of f crane cran e breed A co I it t I ia a mortuary conveyance which robs death of obita its most repulsive features by its and nd beautiful appearance thus mr gaj gale not only duly makes life wy easy for the living with his convenient chairs rocker and lou lounges but he ako also easto e the burden of drath death |