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 33^ A Winter Idyl.

One of the oldest merchants on onr street

Is D. E. Clark, who deals in drj^ goods fine. His store is filled with tasty things and neat, And as to prices he will not be beat

By any other in the dry goods line. And if we seek the cause of his success,

It may be in his judgment and good taste. The ladies all, both young and old, confess That from his stock they get the neatest dress.

In stylish pattern, and of colors chaste. The ladies always like with him to deal.

And on his wide experience depend. • While shopping in his store, at home they feel.

While he displays discriminating zeal

In case a dollar or a cent they spend. Towels and napkins, table-cloth and spread.

Silk, satin, cambric, woollen goods, mohair. Linen, and proper sheeting for the bed, A web of cotton cloth, a spool of thread —

All sorts of staples can one purchase there. He is a man as friend one would select : Quiet and modest, he commands respect.

At Mrs. H. N. New^ell's one will find

A stock of millinery not behind

In size or fashion any other store

Outside the " Hub " — or in. Can we say more ?

Of words it is indeed a needless waste.

Unless we mention Mrs. Newell's taste.

Her laces, feathers, ribbons without end.

In charming combination she will blend;

And shade and color she will neatly fit

With taste at once both pure and exquisite.

Her trade to many distant towns extends ;

Her customers are scattered far and wide ; And ladies far awa}^ she counts as friends,

Who bu3-ing goods of her by mail have tried. Her business to its present size has grown

By strict attention to its many calls. She makes the cares of customers her own,

And ver}' seldom into error falls. Her five-cent counter is a glad surprise

From which the poorest need not stay away ; Ten thousand trinkets there to please the eyes,

And proper presents for the Christmas da3\

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