A LOCAL DEPARTMENT 



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WE ARE IN READINESS TO TRANSPORT THE GOODS. 



remarkable growth of their headquar- 

 ters. Only a few years ago, I am told 

 on good authority, they were doing less 

 business in the entire year than they 

 now do in a single month. What does 

 that mean? It is merely another way 

 of stating that they have been of so 

 good service to so many people who 

 are seeking to better equip their homes 

 or their workshop, their farm, their 

 garden or their greenhouse, that those 

 who have been benefitted by their in- 

 creased activity have spread the wel- 

 come news so that these proprietors 

 must go on and do more and still bet- 

 ter work. This magazine joins with 

 them in its expression of admiration, 

 and says, all hail to such glorious 

 work ! The more plows and hoes and 

 tools thev sell, inasmuch as thev are 



good ones and a joy to use, the more 

 enthusiastically will our people go into 

 realms of nature, and the more fre- 

 quently our people do that the health- 

 ier, happier, wiser and more enthu- 

 siastic thev will be. 



Cultivate the habit of out-of-doors. 

 It will bring health to your cheek, zest 

 to your occupations, vigor to your soul. 



Nature never palls never dissa- 

 points. She will rest you, interest you, 

 invigorate you, inspire you. Her breath 

 is balm, her presence healing. You 

 need take no long journey across the 

 sea, or across the continent, for she is 

 always at hand — often at your very 

 door — awaiting" recognition. 



