F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., INC., Washington, D. C 



THE PASSING OF MISTER B 



February 28th 

 1867 



November 30th 



1923 



FRANK W. BOLGIANO 



FOUNDER OF 

 F. W. BOLGIANO & CO. 



IT was on the last evening of November that Mr. B. left us. Quietly in his own home with 

 only a few around him he went to meet his Maker. Mr. B. did not desire to live on becau.se 

 he feared death, for he had often talked of his going as one would talk of a journey to a 

 land of promised relief from care and toil and pain. He wished to live on because he be- 

 lieved in playing the game. Although a man well past his prime, he spent little time looking 

 backward. His goal was ever before him. His plan of usefulness extended far into the future. 



To those of us who are left behind, he leaves an enviable legacy. His energj' and pluck 

 will be ever a spur to greater action in moments of fatigue. His spirit of fair play throughout 

 his business dealing has set a standard which has become our greatest ambition to maintain. 

 Hi.s kindly thought of others kept him ever in mind of his customers' point of view, so that 

 those who dealt with him became his closest friends. 



We who were his associates intend to carry on this work he left behind, and in seeking 

 an ideal to follow we can find none nobler than the ambitions which led him on. Our high- 

 est ambition will be to follow his undying leadership; to continue to uphold his standards of 

 trade that have made his influence one of eternal good and which were expressed in his 

 simple motto, "Show thyself a Man." 



Sincerely yours, 



CHARLES W. BOLGIANO, 



OR MISTER CHARLES. 



The only ytmnbers of the Bolgiano family in the seed business are located in Washin<^ton 



