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THE HOME, FARM AND BUSINESS CYCLOPAEDIA, 



REPLIES TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 



In replying to advertisements never 

 omit to mention the name of the paper in 

 which the advertisement appeared, also 

 its date, and a brief allusion to the matter 

 in the advertisement. 



Be as concise as possible, covering the 

 ground in a few well-chosen sentences. 



Book-Keeper. 



128 ISABELLA ST., TORONTO, 

 October 20, 1883. 



To MESSRS. FRANK SMITH & Co. : 



GENTLEMEN In reply to your adver- 

 tisement in this day's Telegram for a com- 

 petent book-keeper, I respectfully beg to 

 offer myself as candidate for that position. 

 I have been in the employment of Mr. 

 Thomas Thompson, in this city, the large 

 dry-goods store in the capacity of book- 

 keeper for the last three years, and am 

 about to leave on the 1st proximo, as Mr. 

 Thompson is about to retire from busi- 

 ness. 



Mr. Thompson has authorized me to 

 refer to him in reference to character and 

 ability. I can also refer to Messrs. Rose 

 & Thorn, Equity Chambers, with whom 

 I clerked for a year and a half. 



Hoping to be fortunate enough to suit 

 your requirements, 



I am, gentlemen, 



Respectfully, 



JOSEPH ROBINSON. 



General Employment. 



PRESCOTT, llth Sept., '83. 



SIR I hasten to reply to your adver- 

 tisement in the Montreal Star of to-day. 

 I am most desirous of obtaining employ- 

 ment, and would not consider present em- 

 olument so much an object as the prospect 

 of a permanent and respectable situation. 



I am a young man (age 21), and single. 

 I have received a good commercial educa- 

 tion, and am versed in book-keeping and. 

 accounts generally. In other respects I 

 am willing to render myself generally 

 useful, and, although I have not hitherto 

 filled a situation, I doubt not but that/ in 

 a short time 1 shall be able to fulfil any 

 duties assigned to me. 



In the event of your doing me the 

 honour to select me for the preferred em- 



ployment, I could furnish you with satis- 

 factory testimonials as to character, and 

 could, if necessary, provide guarantees for 

 fidelity. 



Trusting that I may have the honour of 

 hearing from you in reply, 

 I remain, sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



JOSEPR L'ESTRANOK. 



To 



W. HENRY MORGAN, 



20 St. James St. 



From a Young Man to a Friend Soliciting a 

 Situation. 



DEAR EDWARD : 



ST. JOHN, N. B., 



March 28, 1883. 



When you left Halifax, you were kind 

 enough to promise that should it be in 

 your power to forward my interest in any 

 manner you would feel a pleasure in so 

 doing. I am now in want of a position, 

 my former employer having sold his busi- 

 ness, and his successor having, as he in- 

 forms me, a sufficient number of hands 

 for all the work he is likely to have. If, 

 therefore, you should hear of any situation 

 or employment which you consider likely 

 to suit me, either in my own businesss, 

 that of a clerk, or in any other in which 

 I can make myself useful, your recom- 

 mendation would greatly oblige, and be 

 of material service to, 



Dear Edward, 



Yours very truly, 



JOHN JAMES. 



Asking Permission to Refer to a Person. 



DEAR SIR : 



NEWCASTLE, July 7, '83. 



As I have had the honour of being 

 known to you for some years, during 

 which period I trust my conduct has im- 

 pressed you favourably, I take the liberty 

 of soliciting at your hand the following 

 favour : 



Messrs. Sibthorp, of Beaver Street, New 

 York, are in want of a correspondent at 

 London, and as I am about to proceed 

 there on some affairs of my own, and shall 

 probably take up my residence in that 

 capital for some years, I arn anxious to 

 secure a post which appears to me in every 



