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��Publisher's Department. SHAW & JACKSON.

��One of the longest established and most hio-hlv esteemed business enter- prises of Concord, N. H., is that of the firm of Messrs. Shaw »& Jackson, dealers in ready-made clothing, gen- tlemen's furnishing goods, hats and caps, gloves, robes, trunks, &c.

Mr. Weutworth G. Shaw, the senior member of the firm, went into the clothing business in the old Butter- field block in 1849, and for ^nearly forty years has continued in it, within forty feet of his present location. At first the firm was Dustin «fe Shaw, who were burned out in 1849. Upon the death of Mr. Dustin, Mr. Shaw carried on the business by himself for a time, being again burned out in the disastrous fire of 1852. In 1854 the firm became Lincoln & Shaw, and continued unchanged until 1874, when Mr. Lincoln withdrew, and the firm of Shaw & Drew was formed. In 1884 the firm of Shaw, Jackson & Ahern was formed, and continued till the present yeai-, when Mr. Ahern withdrew to devote more of his time to the duties of the office of commis- sioner of Merrimack county, to which he was elected the previous year. He still continues as a clerk with the firm.

Through all the changes the firm has always followed one policy ; — they have always been fair and honest in their dealings ; have always tried to keep the best goods in the market ; have been satisfied with a fair profit, and so have become very widely and favorably known.

The demands of their business necessitated the enlargement of their store, whicii has been done by build- ing out in the rear about twentv-five

��feet, thus giving them one of the largest and most convenient estab- lishments in the state. This store is numbered 96 North Main street. Ex- change block, and faces the state- house. They keep a large and well selected stock of suits, from which any one can select an outfit, and at reasonable prices. They scarcely need an introduction to the Concord public, but strangers in the cit}' will do well to give them a call if in need of anything in their line.

��NOTICE.

The publisher of the Granite Monthly wishes to thank the many patrons of the work for their con- tinued interest and efforts to sustain it. He wishes to ask of them a little favor, — that each will so far in- terest himself or herself as to add one name to the subscription-list. There is man}' an absent son, or brother, in some distant city, or j)er- haps on some new farm in the West, who would welcome it as a friend. What more appropriate present than a receipted bill for a year's subscrip- tion to the Granite Monthly?

Elderly people like the publication very much. Why not remember the old father or mother on the hillside farm ? A little effort on the part of each would be but a trifling burden, while it would gladden the heart of the overworked publisher and editor.

Some individuals in distant locali- ties where New Hampshire people are gathered, have sent in as many as a score of names at once. Why not, if you have a little leisure, do likewise? The ])ublisher only asks for each sub- scriber to add one name to the list.

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