1883 



JUVENILE GLEANINGS. 



799 



CONCLUDING WORDS. 



Until January 1st, we will allow a discount of 

 3 per cent on all goods advertised in our catalogue, 

 witti the oxccption of foundation. 



Some one of our little juvenile friends away off 

 across the water sent usabrisrht little letter con- 

 taining a photograph of a lady riding in a palanquin. 

 We sent the photograph to our engravers, and had 

 a picture made of it, which cost us quite a little sum 

 of money, and now the letter describing it can not 

 be found. If our little friend who wrote it sees this, 

 will she be so kind as to write it over again as soon 

 as she can? It all comes from my bad habit of los- 

 ing letters. If I do not reform myself in this par- 

 ticular, and some others, I am afraid Uncle Amos 

 himself will get lost some day, and then what will 

 his juvenile friends do? 



Queens sent by mail and express, since Feb. 19, 



1883: 



KIND. 



EXP 



95 Imported 22 



145......... .Select Tested 40 



172 Tested ■ 3G 



3108 Untested 347 



312 Hybrid 20 



70 Black 



103 Holy-Land 8 



30 Cyprian 3 



3 Albino 



2 Honey 



2940 



Queens sold in all, 332i. 



Wax is shooting up fearfully, and I have just been 

 compelled to pay 34 cts., to get enough to keep our 

 wax-room going to fill orders. Till further notice 

 we will pay 32 cents cash or 34 cents trade. I have 

 gotten into so many scrapes in selling wax — that is, 

 I have so many times sold it for less price than I 

 could buy some more for, that I think I shall not 

 dare offer any for S3le now for less than 33 cents. 

 If you want selected wax, 42 cents. Prices of fdn. 

 will be as below, on all orders received after the 

 last mall of the last day of this year: 



1 to 2.5 pounds, per pound .iOe 



2.5 to 50 " •' -tflc 



.50 to 100 " " 18c 



Packed in neat wooden bo.^es — paper between every two 

 sheets. 



If wanted by mail, add 25c per lb. for boxing: and postage, on 

 any quantity less than 2 lbs.; over 2 lbs., add 20e for boxing 

 and postage. 12x18 can not be sent safely by mail, in less quan- 

 tities than a 3-lb. package, and we can not put up less than I 

 lb., any size. Now, all of you that will order in otir regular- 

 sized sheets, 8xlG><, or 12x18, or 8^x17!^, may have it for 1 cent 

 per lb. less. If you will also order it in our regular-sized box- 

 es, of 5, 10, or 25 lbs., you may deduct Ic more per lb. Thus : 1 

 lb. by mail, regular size will be 73c; 3 lb., $2.01. 

 By freight or express : 



3 lbs. regular sizes will be ?1 H 



5 " " " " 2 40 



10 " " " " 4 80 



?5 " U 75 



Vei-y thin drone or worker, lOc per lb. extra. 



383 



We have just received our 20th gross of Waterbury 

 watches. These are another improvement, called 

 Scries C. The appearance Is almost exactly the 

 same as B; but many important improvements 

 have been made in the works. So far, they seem to 

 run beautifully. Now, as everybody will want C, we 

 will offer B, until our stock is exhausted, for $3.25. 

 We have still on hand quite a number of A, all regu- 

 lated and in good order, which we offer for $3.50, un- 

 til the stock is exhausted. Postage and registering 

 paid at the above prices. They claim a further im- 

 provement in the nickel of which the cases are 

 made, on Series C. One thousand Waterbury watches 

 are now manufactured every working day. The 

 Waterbury now contains several valuable features in 

 the way of a pocket timepiece that are not to be 

 found in any other watch to be had at any price. 



SHIPPING GOODS WITHOUT SENDING AN INVOICE. 



It seems to me that some of our rural friends 

 need a pretty good talKing-to in regard to the im- 

 portance of making out a bill for goods whenever 

 they send them away to anybody. When we buy 

 goods of factories and city dealers, a billed invoice 

 always comes with the goods, or a day or two before: 

 but when we buy wax, seeds, honey, etc., of our 

 friends in the country, an invoice seems to be the 

 exception, and as a general rule the goods reach us 

 without anj' trace or clew as to whom they are 

 from, what the price agreed upon was, weight, etc. 

 A box of beeswax of toward 60 lbs. is now here, and 

 has been since last April, and no bill yet, although 

 we have written to the man twice, and once to his 

 postmaster, to make him tell whether he wantscash 

 or trade for his wax. A few days ago a box of lem- 

 ons and four boxes of oranges came from Florida; 

 and as no invoice has been received, we are obliged 

 to guess at the price we are to sell them for, and 

 this, too, on perishable property. It is true, our 

 friend wrote to us in regard to the price some time 

 ago; but by some means the letter is now not to be 

 found, and we are unable to give him credit, as well 

 as to determine what our goods cost us. Innumer- 

 able wrangles and quarrels and lawsuits have re- 

 I suited from this very fashion among neighbors, of 

 letting goods go off from the premises without hav 

 ing an agreed price put down in black and white; 

 and then after both parties had forgotten, a dispute 

 rose up about it. Now, then, friends, whenever s'ou 

 send any thing off, make a plain bill of it; if any 

 thing is yet to be decided, make the bill all the same, 

 and tell the consignee that if the prices you have 

 given are not right, to reply at once, and you will 

 make it right. If he is negligent, and docs not make 

 a reply, he has no business to dispute, with all in 

 black and white. Of course, you keep a copy when 

 you send a bill, and charge it to his account. Some 

 of the friends give as an excuse for doing business 

 in this slipshod way, that they know me, and know I 

 will do what is right. Now, I do not want you to be 

 so friendly as that, dear friends. I want you to 

 charge me all up with every thing you send; and 

 bear in mind, that although my intentions may be 

 good, there is a wonderful chance here for mistakes 

 and blunders and misunderstandings. Keep things 

 straight as you go along. If you send me honej% 

 say how many pounds there are, how much the barrel 

 weighs, how much money you want for the honey, 

 and how much for the barrel, and then say deduct 

 for freight, and leave a blank for the deduction. Do 

 the same with beeswax, clover seed, buckwheat, and 

 every thing else you send mc. A stalwart friend of 

 mine, who is a railroader, has a favorite way of say- 

 ing, " Business is business;" and I agree with him, 

 that business IS business; and when you do business, 

 do it in a business-like way. 



RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE COUNTER STORE. 



TEN CENT COUNTER. 



5 I INKSTAND, bronze, with cover; pretty | 90 | 8 00 



FIFTEEN-CENT COUNTER. 



8 I SCRAP-BOOK, 34 pages, 9x11; pretty and 



useful I 1 25 I 11 00 



9 I MRS. MoGREOOR'S FAMILY NAIL-BOK | 1 25 | 11 00 



THIRTr-FIVE COUNTER. 

 3 I SUGAR-SHELL, triple-plated, Roger's 



Bros' best; new pattern | 3 25 | 30 00 



6 I POCKET TOOL-CHEST, or Tool - Handle 



with 13 tools inside of It I 2 00 | 28 00 



