Completing Fifty Years in Business. 



The Remarkable Half Century Success of Mr. C. O. Miller as Evinced in the 

 Astonishing Development and Present Prominence of The Miller 



Store. 



This article is written and these 

 photographs were taken by the editor 

 of this magazine for two reasons: first, 

 personal, to chronicle the astonishing 

 success of Mr. G O. Miller, a good 

 friend to The Agassiz Association and a 

 hearty cooperator with ArcAdiA ; sec- 

 ond, because we desire to congratulate 

 him on beginning the last year of the 

 half century of a successful business, 

 and particularly upon his celebration 

 of the fiftieth holiday announcement of 

 the opening of this staunch and trust- 

 worthy dry goods store. 



This magazine stands for local de- 

 velopment, for interest in our homes, 

 especially in those that are becoming 

 plentiful and beautiful in the suburbs 

 of Stamford and the surrounding terri- 

 tory. We believe that a store that has 

 taken active interest in all the homes 

 of this vicinity is entitled, aside from 

 any advertising, to a recognition of per- 

 sonal merit. This announcement is not 

 an advertisement. It is not written in 

 the spirit of an advertisement. What- 

 ever results may come from it as an ad- 

 vertisement will be a secondary matter 

 and as a corollary to our personal good 

 intention to say good words of good 

 people who deserve them. If this were 

 an advertisement, we would lay special 

 stress upon the class of goods 'that the 

 store contains and upon the facilities 

 for supplying its customers, but we 

 mention these only as a necessary inci- 

 dent. 



First the editor wishes to congratu- 

 late Mr. C. O. Miller upon his ability 

 thoroughly to enjoy life at the age of 

 threescore years and ten. He has 

 through all his life been the exponent of 

 human sympathy, of hearty interest in 

 his fellow beings, of an active worker 

 in church and society, and in financial 

 circles, so that he deserves all the good 

 words that we can give him. He has 

 so many times encouraged others by a 

 hearty greeting and words of good 

 cheer, he has so well embodied all that 

 is best in Stamford and its vicinity that 

 the community would do well to take 



this as an especial opportunity to imi- 

 tate his cordiality, to grasp his hand 

 and congratulate him on his personality 

 and his business acumen. 



The editor asks as remuneration for 

 his article the pleasure and privilege of 

 saying these things in his own way. 

 That is what he has done and intends 

 to do. He wishes it to be distinctly un- 

 derstood that neither is Mr. Miller nor 

 are any of his associates responsible for 

 any of these statements. It is his right, 

 the editor claims, to express publicly 

 the thoughts that seem to him appro- 

 priate at this time, and while he asserts 

 again that his reason for occupying so 

 much space is not primarily to publish 

 an advertisement, he hopes that there 

 may be some pleasing results from this 

 publicity. But what of that? Should 

 not goodness and efficiency be publish- 

 ed and published widely in commenda- 

 tory words? There is plenty of the 

 other thing going around nowadays. 



Mr. Miller is still actively engaged 

 in the management of his store. He 

 has not laid down the cares of business 

 and evidently does not intend to lay 

 them down for some time to come. He 

 also finds time, as he always has, to 

 devote attention to many things of 

 community uplift and to his home and 

 its surrounding grounds on South 

 Street. It was therefore only right for 

 the editor to urge Mr. C O. Miller to be 

 photographed in a beautiful and seclud- 

 ed part of his garden. We take much 

 pleasure in publishing that photograph. 

 We are not only giving to all the citi- 

 zens of Stamford a good photographic 

 souvenir of this well-known man, but 

 we are introducing him to newcomers 

 and to friends in distant places as a 

 hale, hearty, cordial, active business 

 man and a good friend. 



Mr. C. O. Miller is fortunate in hav- 

 ing a son who has so efficiently taken 

 hold of the business. Mr. C. O." Miller, 

 Jr.. graduated from Dartmouth College 

 in the class of 1899 and entered his 

 father's business immediately after- 

 wards- He is Secretary and Treasurer 

 of The C. O. Miller Co., manager of 



