ANNOUNCEMENT 
Having purchased all the interest in the business formerly 
owned by my mother, Mrs. Thomas Lawrance, I solicit z 
continuance of patronage of all who have been customers 
in the past ; having devoted all my life to the business and 
conducting the same for her, for the past eleven years, 1 
feel abundantly able to take care of all of our old customers 
and to those who have* not favored us heretofore, I ask a 
trial order, promising careful attention to your interests at 
all times. 
JOHN LAWRANCE. 
