. Hardware merchandising 1895 . tohave illustrated signs painted on fences andbarns in the country. The pictures wereall humorous and in colors, to be painted ona white background. One was a bullfrogreaching out after a bug ; another a dogcatching a fellow by the seat of his pant*,and another a snake and a bird, a sort of atake-off on the early bird catches the firstworm. Well, the painter used whitewashand cheap colors. After the first rain, taysa writer in Farm Machinery, the bullfrogpicture and the words of the advertisementgot wonderfully blended together, and thebulldog was made to chew t
. Hardware merchandising 1895 . tohave illustrated signs painted on fences andbarns in the country. The pictures wereall humorous and in colors, to be painted ona white background. One was a bullfrogreaching out after a bug ; another a dogcatching a fellow by the seat of his pant*,and another a snake and a bird, a sort of atake-off on the early bird catches the firstworm. Well, the painter used whitewashand cheap colors. After the first rain, taysa writer in Farm Machinery, the bullfrogpicture and the words of the advertisementgot wonderfully blended together, and thebulldog was made to chew the advertisersname instead of the other fellows trousers ;at least that is the way the blur made it ap-pear. After the second rain there was onlya vague sort of an indication of an advertise-ment, the water having washed out somewords and letters and leaving others un-touched. For instance, the line PurchaseYour Buggies on the sign appeared as Chase our Bug. WIRE NAILS WIRE - TACKS On tarioTack Co HAMILTON t HARDWARE AND METAL. STEEL WIRE Cow Ties Manufactured in foursizes by . . LIGHTESTSTRONGESTBEST and CHEAPEST IN THE MARKET. The B. Greening Wire Co. Ltd., Hamilton PROMPT SHIPMENT OF ALL NUMBERS FROM STOCK. ORE SHIPMENTS. The ore shipments on the lakes have, saysNew York Journal of Commerce, been aboutone-third greater than last year, and theyexceed by more than 10 per cent, the ship-ments of the banner pear, 1892. Further-more, ever since 1892 a surplus of about twoand a half million tons of ore has been lyingon the docks, while now the supplies havebeen drawn down to such a point that thereare fears of an ore famine, and the price hasadvanced accordingly. The Mesaba minesbegan shipping in 1892, but the amount wasnominal. In 1893 there was a considerableshipment, which was nearly tripled in 1894,but the shipments of four million tons in thepast season is a good deal more than doublethe shipments of last year. The olderranges are being carefully explored, andvaluable finds a
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