Show yi OGDEN A note from frow the land of cormons mormons Mor mons kentuck kentucky y and virginia hoys I 1 am a big and if acceptable cep table you shall hear something from onland ogden city is a center for five different railways and the p population 0 U I 1 a is about it is a boss place for all kinda kinds of business there are about ten wholesale dry goods and grocery hou houses seEr about fateen retail groceries and ten retail dry goods houses there are more goods sold liere here than in all sandy valley including catlettsburg and ashland except the iron trade the Iner chanta here beret chip carload upon carload every day to colorado montana nevada and idaho these abi shipments 11 atles ments are chieft chiefly 7 of f fruits fits its v vegetables eg et and provisions this is a big trade for tho the rue merchants tenants Teb ants merchants who began business here biye and ten years ago with from to arc are today to day worth from 5 1 t to 0 50 11 1 1 M bond who was a r resident esi dent of catlettsburg began in the gro aery business here aix six or eight years ago with today to io day 11 1 1 31 bond co carry a stock of from to worth of groceries all paid for harris bros also former residents of catlettsburg started with a small capital in the grocery business and they are now nony doing a business of about or a year hi spencer came here from cat letts burg about six six years 1 out a dollar and now he lie is worth the hon D H peery of tazewell county virginia came to this place in 1865 with a small capital now he lie is worth or which he lie made by being strictly honest and attending to his business in all his business tra transactions cusac he be has never sued a man fo for r debt and a poor roan man never went from his door hungry or without money in in his pocket I 1 seen a mormon here who is not doing well they are good workers and honest and seem to be pushing ahead they e enjoy ajoy themselves better than any blaz 01 of people I 1 ever saw I 1 have been treated kindly by them in every instance stance lawrence county ky index I 1 |