THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



13 



The Man About Town. 



BY C. D. STRODE. 



AT CINCINNATI. 



Littleford Brothers want butternut. 

 They say they have advertised for it and 

 you don't pay any attention. Now Little- 

 ford Brothers are good people. George 

 Littleford is a nice fellow and if you have 

 got any butternut, sell it to him. 



You see I was down in Cincinnati and 

 George told me about it. I was down 

 there on Thanksgiving Day. It was the 

 first Thanksgiving I had ever spent away 

 from home. I was glad that if I had to 

 spend it away from home I was at Cin- 

 cinnati at the Honing Hotel. 



I had a lot to be thankful for, but I 

 had to study it up. In the first place I 

 was glad I was alive. I hadn't been 

 wrecked on a train, and I was thankful 

 for that. I hadn't met with any mis- 

 fortune particularly, and I was thankful 

 for that. I had lots of friends in Cin- 

 cinnati, and could borrow all the money 

 I wanted, and I was thankful for that. 

 Come to think of it, I had a good deal to 

 be thankful for. Usually a man gives 

 thanks for things he ought not to give 

 thanks for. He gives thanks that he Is 

 not as other men. I was glad I was not as 

 Jim Defebaugh, and I gave thanks for 

 that. 



Then Thanksgiving being over, I went 

 down in the machinery district and called 

 on J. A. Fay and Egan & Co. They 

 started to advertise with us nearly ten 

 years ago, and they have gone on prosper- 

 ing, getting bigger, and doing more busi- 

 ness, as any firm will that advertises with 

 us. Their plant covers three or four 

 blocks and is as well managed as any 

 plant in the world. They have got so 

 many grand prizes at different world ex- 

 positions that another one or two doesn't 

 make any difference. But, incident- 

 ally, Mr. Egan told me they had been 

 awarded the grand prize at St. Louis on 

 their exhibit. Mr. Egan informed me that 

 he was not getting as good returns from 

 his advertising as formerly. He may have 

 been joshing about that, for I know our 

 subscription list is larger than it ever was, 

 and I Ivnow that many of our subscribers 

 use Fay machinery. I am afraid some of 

 you do not think to mention the fact 

 that you saw his advertisement in the 

 Hardwood Record. You have grown so 

 accustomed to J. A. Fay and Egan Com- 

 pany, so accustomed to being patrons of 

 theirs, that you have failed to mention 

 where you saw their advertisement. Now, 

 it doesn't matter whether you saw the 

 advertisement or not, just mention the 

 fact that you saw it in the "Record." 



I don't advise you to tell a lie. That 

 is a white lie at the worst. You can see 



the advertisement there if you will look 

 it up. If you haven't had time to look 

 it up, just mention that s'ou saw it in 

 there. 



They had' a fire at the Fay and Egan 

 plant, but it didn't stop them long. It 

 was rather an insignificant fire, and if 

 you knew Tom Egan, you would know 

 nothing would stop him long. ~ They are 

 at present prepared to fill all orders 

 promptly, and take good care of the trade. 

 And you will get the same treatment if 

 you are a little concern giving a small 

 order as will large concerns giving a big 

 order. The firm make a specialty of treat- 

 ing everybody alike. 



I then went over to see the Farmers' 

 and Traders' Bank. I had heard that they 

 had erected a new building, and I wanted 

 to see it. And Ben Bramlage showed me 

 through. It is a magnificent new six- 

 story building, modern in all its appoint- 

 ments, and is the best building in the city 

 of Covington. 



While the bank is in Covington, it is 

 only a ten minutes' ride on the street car 

 from Cincinnati. It is practically a por- 

 tion of Cincinnati, but being in another 

 state cannot be annxed. If it was simi- 

 larly situated to Chicago, they would get 

 around in some way, if they had to annex 

 the entire state of Kentucky. 



I spent two or three days in Cincinnati 

 going around and visiting the trade. I 

 didn't get any new advertisements, for 

 the lumbermen are all advertisers in the 

 Record anyhow. They are among the best 

 friends the Record has. It was Cincinnati 

 that first lifted us up and put us on our 

 feet. There are no friends like the old 

 friends, and don't you forget it. Cin- 

 cinnati has always occupied a warm place 

 in the Record's heart, and always will. 



AT LOUISVILLE. 



It beats anything the progress the South 

 is making, and no place is it making 

 greater progress than Louisville. The 

 Commercial Club is after everything in 

 sight, and come pretty nearly getting it. 

 There is a new spirit in the South. There 

 is a New South. The old South is all 

 right in its way and will long be remem- 

 bered as the home of romance and chi- 

 valry. Before the war the aristocracy of 

 the country belonged to the Old South, 

 and life on the old plantations was about 

 the nearest thing to heaven that there 

 is in this country. But the war spoiled 

 all that. It looks very attractive to a 

 man in this busy world, but it won't do 

 any longer. Conditions have changed, and 

 with the change in conditions all of the 

 peace and romance and chivalry has gone, 

 and it is being replaced by energy and 



Logan & Maphet 

 Lamber Co. 



MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS. 



PINE AND 

 HARDWOOD 



Watch This Space for Stock. 



White Pine. 



30 cars 1 inch log run. 

 2 cars H inch No. 1, 2 and 3 com- 

 mon. 



6 cars 1 inch No. 4 common. 



Yellow Pine. 



5 cars li inch No. 1 and 2 clear. 

 2 cars li inch No. 3 clear. 



7 cars l| inch No. 1 common. 

 10 cars 1 inch log run. 



Poplar. 



2 cars 1 inch 1st and 2nds, width 18 

 inches up. 



1 car H inch 1st and 2nds, width 1 8 



inches up. 



2 cars IJ inch 1st and 2nds, width 



IS inches up. 

 10 cars 1 inch 1st and 2nds, width 8 



to 17 inches. 

 10 cars li inch 1st and 2nds, width 



8 to 17 inches. 

 5 cars li inch No. 1 common, in- 

 cluding select. 

 1 car each 1^ inch and 2 inch No. 1 

 common, including select. 

 15 cars 1 inch No. 1 common, in- 

 cluding select. 

 4 cars 1 inch clear bright sap. 

 20 cars 1 inch shipping culls. 

 10 cars 1 inch mill cull. 

 1 car each li inch and 2 inch ship- 

 ping cull. 



Mills: Clinton (Band Mill), La Follette, 

 Pioneer and Turleys, Tean. 



Office: 105-107 Empire Building 

 KNOXVILLE, TENN. 



Oak 



We have a full line of both quar- 

 tered and plain, Red and white, 

 THOROUGHLY DRY, alec some 

 fine wide POPLAR and CHEST- 

 NUT. 



JohnDulweber&Co. 



CfNCINNATI, O. 



