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BATE‘s MARBLE wonks.
P. W. BATES.
Marble and Granite works, 42 Water
street, Norwalk. The oldest marble
and granite works in this section of
the state. The business is at 42 Wa-
ter street. For nearly forty years
it has been carried on continuous-
ly with only one change in the pro-
prietorship and management. The
business was originally established by
Price, Bates & Co., in 1860, who con-
P. W.
BATES
tinued the proprietors until 1874, when
Mr. Bates became their successor. Mr.
Bates brought into the business, aside
from his capital, an experience of six-
teen years which well fitted him for
taking the active business and practical
management of the concern as has been
evidenced by the success he has at-
tained. These works are the only
steam polishing works between New
Haven and New York, and as such are
called upon to do all the first class
work in this line for a wide section of
country. The work consists of the
manufacture of marble and granite
work, tombstones, headstones, monu-
ments, the building of vaults and the
contracting for stone work generally.
They employ from sixteen to twenty
five hands in a cutting shed, 20 by 168
feet in dimensions. Mr. Bates has not
only made his mark, as it were, in the
business community, but has exercised
an influence in social and political life
of Norwalk. He has long been con-
sidered one of the strong, influential
citizens of Norwalk, his business abil—
ity, his upright character and his gen-
ial, gentlemanly bearing making him a
conspicuous figure. He is a member of
the city council and takes a deep inter-
est in the welfare of the community.
As one of the prominent Odd Fellows
he also has a warm place in his heart
for those fraternal institutions which
do so much for bringing men closer to-
gether in sympathy and good fellow—
ship. Mr. Bates came to Norwalk in
1872 from Ridgefield, Conn., in which
place he was born and his residence of
twenty-six years here has been a rec—
ord of honorable industry and citizen-
ship. ‘
EMMA VAN TASSELL,
Millinery, 16 North Main street, South
Norwalk. The people of Norwalk need
not go far to see exemplified the truth
of the statement that a woman may
be successful in business. To be sure
millinery may be supposed to he a nat—
ural business for all women. It may
be so so far as the artistic arrangement
of a lady’s hat is concerned and yet
who, even among women, will admit
that all women have skill and artistic
taste combined? And what is more to
the point, how many women have the
ability to conduct the strictly business
part of a millinery establishment? Miss
Van Tassell has proved herself to have
all of these, and these qualifications,
well exercised, have made a successful
business woman of her. She began the
business in the Boston Store, of South
Norwalk, five years ago and last spring
she established her present business at
16 North Main street, South Norwalk.
While she employs two assistants she
takes an active interest herself in the
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trimming department, and her unfail-
ing good taste, her artistic skill, are
noticeable in all the productions of her
place. The conduct of her business is
at once fair, business—like and courte—
ous, and all who have business with her
find it a pleasure. Her stock is com—
plete in the line of trimmed hats, trim—
mings, ribbons. flowers, tips and jets
and in every line the latest styles and
fashions are shown. Particular atten—
tion is given to mourning goods. Miss
Van Tassell came to Norwalk from Mt.
Kisco, N. Y., sixteen years ago and is
well and popularly known in both Nor-
walk and South Norwalk. Her advent
in business five years ago was wel—
comed by the business men as well as
by the ladies and no failure in any par-
ticular since then has caused any re—
gret for the welcome and encourage—
: ment then extended. Miss Van Tassell’s
many friends are delighted to note her
prosperity.
WILLIS H. SELLECK,
Men and Boys' Clothing, ‘Hats and Fur-
nishings, No. 50 Wall St., Norwalk,
Conn. Mr. Sellecvk began business
April 9th. 1898. and through his untir-
WILLIS H. SELLICK.
ing efforts to please the public he has
built up a very satisfactory business.
Only the best fitting clothing is kept
by him and particular attention is paid
to getting the newest patterns and fab-
rics. Stout and slim men alike can be
fitted here, oftentimes better than at a
custom tailors and at considerable less
price. If you want the newest things
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in men’s furnishings you can be sure to
find them at Selleck’s. Mr. Selleck
was for eight years and a half connect-
ed with Bryant, Besse & Co., Clothiers,
and his head salesman Mr. G. Lewis
Price was formerly with the Benedict
Co. He is a native of Norwalk and
is a member of The Norwalk Business
Men’s Association and Uncas Tribe,
No. 26, I. 0. R. M.
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DENNIS & BLANCHARD.
Straw Hat manufacturers, 132 Water
street. South Norwalk. .Unlike the felt
and fur hat industry the manufacture
of straw hats is not wholly. done in
this country. That is the material is
not, produced and entirely made up
here. Dennis & Blanchard, one of the
large straw hat manufacturing firms of
Norwalk, import their straw braided
ready for making into hats from China
and Japan. They also import straw
hats in the rough from Spain and form,
trim and finish them here. They have
L. E. DENNIS.
a large plant out on Water street,
South Norwalk, fully equipped with the
best hat machinery and employing
from seventy-five to one hundred
hands, according to the season of the
year. The main building is one hun-
dred feet by forty feet on the ground.
with three floors, while there is the
engine and boiler rooms (sixty-horse
power), and store rooms added. They
manufacture men's, boys’ and child—
ren’s straw hats of various grades, and
sell to the trade generally throughout
the United States. They have a sales—
room in New York and their goods
have a reputation of standing fully up
to the mark required. In other words,
it is the manufacturers’ reputation for
honest work and honest goods, their
products being always just what they
are represented to be. The firm is
composed of L. E. Dennis and A.
Blanchard. They are practically the
successors of Beatty & Dennis, the jun-
ior member of which firm is the father
of the senior member of the present
A. BLANCHARD.
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SELLIt-K's CLOTHING STORE.
firm. Beatty & Dennis were in the
business until 1879, after which time
Mr. Dexter Dennis carried on the busi-
ness for two years, up to the time of
his death, when Dennis & Blanchard
took it up. Mr. Dennis is a native of
Massachusetts and came to South Nor-
walk in 1874.” Mr. Blanchard was
born in] the same state and has lived
in South Norwalk since 1879. He is a
member of the town school board, a
member of the South Norwalk Union
School District committee, and presi-
dent of the board of directors of the
Public Library of South Norwalk. 'He
is a graduate of Amherst College and a
member of the'Connecticut Bar, hav—
ing been admitted in 1893. Mr. Den-
nis is quite prominent among the
fraternities, being a well known mem-
ber of the Odd Fellows and the Ma-
sons. He is the oldestPast Grand of
- the Butler Lodge, 1. O. O. F., and was
one. of the four who instituted the
lodge in 1874. Both gentlemen are
widely known in South Norwalk and
are much esteemed as business men
and citizens.
SOUTH NORW'ALK HARDWARE
COMPANY.
Hardware, Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc”
42 South Main street, South Norwalk.
This old and reliable house (old and
reliable is a thread-bare. stock phrase.
but it means actually what it says in
this case), was established twenty-five
years ago. Mr. William S. Smith suc-
ceeded ‘Mr. W. C. Quintard. the orig-
Al-
though the business has been prosper-
. ousan‘d'the 'hou‘sa enjoyed a, popularity _, .
up to the time Mr. Smith took hold, six
years ago, it is nothing against the for—
mer proprietor to say that Mr. Smith
brought to the house aknowledge and
experience of the business that has
been invaluable, not alone to the
house, but to builders, mechanics and
all who come in business contact with
the house. Mr. Smith’s experience in
the hardware business has been long
and varied. He is a Maine man, a na-
tive of Palmyra. It was in Maine that
he got his first hardware experience.
For eight years he followed the busi-
ness in Bangor, a good school for the
hardware trade, and as a. means of
adding farther to his knowledge of the
business, he placed himself with T‘ower
& Lyon, of New York City, whom he
represented on the road. Following
that he engaged in the business for
himself at Bridgeport, where he re-
mained five years. With this business
training back of him he came to South
Norwalk to assume the management
and proprietorship of the South Nor-
walk Hardware Company. His success
here is attested by the increased trade
C. S. SMITH.
of the house and the confidence he en—
joys among builders and business men
generally. The store, 25x70 feet in di—
mensions, 42 South Main street, is a
bee-hive of industry and a storehouse
compactly filled with hardware, paints,
oils, glass and builders’ materials.
They are agents for Longman & Mar-
tinez paints and Berry Bros.’ varnish
and they carry the goods of all the best
manufacturers in the country. Person-
ally Mr. Smith is a genial, pleasant
gentleman, whom it is always a pleas-
ure to meet and South Norwalk is
proud to call him one of her foremost
citizens. He was elected a member of
the Sorth Norwalk city council in the
last election for the ensuing year.
HOMER MERRILL.
Fire Insurance Agency, Wall street,
Norwalk. It is a well known fact that
the large insurance companies select
the most reliable men available to care
for their interests in the cities, and a
CONGREGATIUNAL CHURCH, SOUTH NORVVALK.
assets of $540,000, with underwriting
office in New York City. Mr. Merrill
came into the office as clerk for Mr.
Cowles away back'in 1864, and he also
acted as clerk for the company, which
then had its main oflice here. In 1870
he became a partner with Mr. Cowles,
the firm continuing as Cowles & Mer-
rill until the senior member’s death,
when Mr. Merrill became sole owner.
He represents the following well
known companies, “Aetna,” “Phoenix,"
“Connecticut" and “National,” of Hart—
ford, Conn., “Springfield.” of Spring—
field, Mass., “Boston,” of Boston, Mass,
“Home,” “German-American,” “VVest—
Chester" and Citizens,” of New York
City, “Franklin Fire Association” and
“Insurance Company of North Ameri-
ca," Philadelphia, Pa., “Liverpool,
London & Globe," of Liverpool, “North
British and Mercantile,” of London and
Edinburgh, “Commercial Union,” of
London, and “Aachen and Munich,” of
Germany. Mr. Merrill is president of the
local board ofunderwriters. He also acts
at present as local secretary for the
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co. He is
ably assisted in his office by his broth-
er, St. John Merrill, who has been as-
sociated with him for twenty-five
years.
L. BIRMAN,
Tailor and Furrier, 33 Main Street,
Norwalk. A man is known, to a cer—
tain extent, by the clothes he wears
and the condition in which he keeps
them. Every man should patronize a
tailor, if not to have all his apparel
made, certainly to have it kept in prop—
er condition and repair. Mr. Birman's
position in the commercial activity of
the town is unique, He not only
makes gentlemen’s garments to meas—
ure, but also supplies the ladies in the
same particular, guaranteeing satisfac-
tion to both classes of patrons. He is
also a practical furrier and is prepared
to make any style of garment in any
STATES ATTORNEY SAMUEL FESSENDEN.
glance over the list of companies rep-
resented by Mr. Merrill is proof posti-
tive of his absolute reliability. Not
only does he do justice to the compa-
nies he represents, but his client’s in—
terest is always carefully looked after
and every courtesy and attention is
shown and advice cheerfully given on
any matter relating to insurance. The
agency was founded forty years ago by
the late George R. Cowles, who was
also the founder of the Norwalk In-
surance Co., which has a capital and
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of the popular fur goods. He has so
many specialties, it is not easy to enu~
merate all. “Suits made to order at the
very lowest price," is one of his stand-
ing advertisements. Not only will he
make such at the lowest price, but
guarantees to keep the goods in order
for one year. Another special feature
of his business, is the cleaning, repair-
ing, dyeing and pressing of clothing
which is done in the very best possi-
ble manner and at very reasonable
charges. All goods will be called for
and delivered free of charge. Mr. Bir-
man occupies a store 22x45 feet in
dimensions. He has been at his pres-
ent location but a short time, but al—
ready has a substantial and growing
business. He employs three hands. He
is a native of Poland, Germany, and
came to America about nine years ago.
He is a member of the Foresters.
LOUNSBURY, BISSELL & CO.— (Ion-
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Betts is a native of Norwalk. For
many years he has been prominent in
business, social and fraternal circles.
His father, Thaddeus Betts, was United
States Senator. His wife’s father, Clark
Bissell, was Governor of the state. M-r.
Boyer is a native of New Haven, Conn.,
but came here when a boy. He has
held several prblic offices with credit
to himself and the municipality. He is
vice-president and one of the directors
of the Central National Bank. Some
of the most prominent men of Connec-
ticut were connected with this con-
cern in its early management. That
their mantle has fallen upon the shoul-
ders of others hardly less prominent
is not a matter of much surprise. It is
certainly true that the Lounsbury &
Bissell Co., has ever been in the van-
guard of prosperous and successful en-
terprises.
MEXICAN SCHOOL STATISTICS.
There are in Mexico 11,512 schools.
Of these 5,852 are sustained by the
states, 3,212, by cities, and 2,442 are
private schools. 0f the total 6,027 are
for males, 3,104 are for females and
2.381 are mixed. The actual attend—
ance at these schools was 490,746, and
the amount appropriated for the sup-
port of public schools nearly five and
a half million dollars.
USES OF ALUMINUM.
Aluminum is now being used not
only in the manufacture of bicycles,
but the military authorities have for
some time past made an effort to em—
ploy this metal, in place of iron, copper
and steel, for all articles of equipment
carried by infantry, in order to reduce
the weight as much as possible. It
seems, too, that, with the same object,
the Russian Minister of War has or-
dered aluminum horseshoes for the
cavalry. In tests for this purpose a.
shoe of the new aluminum model is
placed on one foot, the three remaining
shoes being of the usual sort. It is
found that the aluminum wears not
less rapidly and is less affected by mud
and moisture than the ordinary shoe
and weighs about two and one-half
ounces less.
AN ANGLOMANIAC'BIRD.
“Can that parrot talk English,”
asked the shopper. 1.
“He just can,” said the dealer, with
much enthusiasm. “He won’t talk
United States "at all. When yOu ask
him if Polly wants a cracker he an-
swers, ‘Polly wants a. biséuit.”’—Ci11-
cinnati Enquirer.
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