History of the city of Lawrence . invested inEssex stock, a land and water company, needing at least aquarter of a century to develope it, and were thrusting itprematurely upon the market, rushed headlong to the salew^ith a view to buy and immediately sell again in a marketwhere land was not very likely to be in demand again for severalyears. This class of purchasers never reflect upon the fact thatsales in public are mainly instituted to make amends for lackof sales in private. They purchased to the extent of theirmeans and immediately posted placards upon their lots, offer-ing them for sale.
History of the city of Lawrence . invested inEssex stock, a land and water company, needing at least aquarter of a century to develope it, and were thrusting itprematurely upon the market, rushed headlong to the salew^ith a view to buy and immediately sell again in a marketwhere land was not very likely to be in demand again for severalyears. This class of purchasers never reflect upon the fact thatsales in public are mainly instituted to make amends for lackof sales in private. They purchased to the extent of theirmeans and immediately posted placards upon their lots, offer-ing them for sale. The more careful and prudent bought forfuture years, and have or will realize handsomely by theoperation, while the timid and impatient have disposed oftheirs in many cases at great reductions from cost and heavy disasters almost immediately succeeding this sale,by which the business not only of this city but the wholecountry was long paralyzed, aided materially in giving this 34 ADVERTISEMENTS. Metallic Waste For Yarn and Thread Waste. SOFT FL^ISTNEL. These machines are in principle a carding machine, but made -with strong, sharp steelteeth. The main cylinder is 14 inches in diameter, workers and dofFer same as anordinary card. The stock is doflfed from the doffer in a sheet same as an ordinary cardmachine. This machine preserves the staple of the stock, making it nearly as good asthe original wool. 4®- For particulars, or machines, apply to the subscriber. Manufacturer of WOOLWASHING MACHINES, COLD AIR WOOL DRYERS, BURR PICKERS, &c, CHARLES , G-raniteville^ lYEass. ON STONY BROOK RAILROAD, NEAR LOWELL. [see also pages 28, 30, 32, 36, 38 and 40.] HISTORY OF LAWRENCE. 35 sale the appearance of an additional misfortune to the a time, a stranger would infer from the placards that thecitj was all for sale. But these gradually wore away, untilnow it is seldom one meets a sign indicating that either a lotor building is for sale, or to be let.
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