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The Expositor, 1869-06-18, Page 1is a g O Trs et* tablikiriffr XPO$i:atit " AND etintOti ADVIMNIZEit, (VIE of the I. tnrst -Paperapublihed tha ,County IS PRINT AND- VUBLISRED EVERY FRIDAY MORIN. ROSS cgt. LUXTON EDITORS AND-• PUBLISHERS. MAIN STREET; SEAF01711. ••••••••••••.•••••••W. TERMS. -$1.50 per annum, in advianea . not so paid, $2.00 will invariably b. eharged.- RATES OF ADVERTISING. • YEARLY AGREEMENTS.. • The fellowineratea will be charged to mee. ehanta and others who advertise ley the year, mel iu ne case will exceptions be made: One column for twelve months, - $69 00 " for six months, - - 35 00 .‘ for three months - - 20 00 If -column for twelve months, - - 34 00 " for six, months, - - - 20 00 " for three menthe,. - - 1200 arter of a eolnian for twelve months, 20 00 for six months, - - 12 00 " for three months, - _ - 90o For each Tine over ten, first insertion, 0 03 Laeh, subsequent insertion, - - • - 0 02 The number of lines to oe reckoned bytthe 3pace oecapied, measured by a scale of solid Brevier. Advertisements without specific direetions will be published till forbid, and charged ac; cerdinglv. • GEO. W. ROSS, Proprietor. .NEW11.111LILINERY ! TRS. -GLOVER, begs to announce to the -I inhabitants of =eaforth, and suraostind- g country, that she has opened a now milli- nery, in the shop -POSITE-THE POST OFFICE STORE, Where she will attend. to all ordera 111 hi. er • un.et Millinery, Star -ping &c., and all kinds et Fay Work done on the shortest notice. Seaforth, Feb, 25th 1,869. 54-tf. BLACKSMITH SHOP. THOMAS WATSON Begs to- inform the- public generally that he still carries on general Blaekeraithing at • his Old Sand. - NEARLY MVOS:TEAL STRONG'S -HOTEL AIN,YVILLE Specia attention paid to- Horse -Shoeing. Airdeyville, Feb. 9bh, 63-ly HIRAM COLL1DAY & Sethi, IN returning thanka for Past favors, have the pleasure of announciug to the Mer- chants and business men of Seaforththatthey are prepared to receive orders for all kinds of DRAY WORK. 1 • OttGoods handled with care, and satisfac- tion guaranteed. January 21st, 1869. 58-ly !ANOTHER WONDERFUL CURE OF CONSUMPTION IN CANADA. MESSRS YOVNG & CHAMRERLIN,—Srs, .1 feel it a duty -I owe to you, as well as to the public to inform you of the most -woaderfal bare of Consumption, accomplished in my erson, by the use of the Great Shoshonees Remedy and Pills. 1 coughed a great deal lay and night, expectoreting a great quanti. yof matter, and had tt great pain about my eft lung. I had cold chills every day, and -'evere night sweats everynight, and between he racking cough and great sweating, I was • 'moat deprived of sleep ; by these miseries a well as the loss of appetite, 1 was- so re - Weed that I could harelly stand alone. I vas under the care of a physician for a enth of time, and finding no relief, I nod different xeceipes, but ail withottt any ood effect. Squire Peterson of Bath, re- ummended me to use the Great- Shoshonees ,emedy; I procured three bottles at once, ith the Pilla, so soon as 'I commenced usmg I began to get better, and when I had fin- hed this complement,ihe cough, expectora- len of matter, pain about the lung, chills,- *eating. &c., left me ; and col:tinning s use i•became strong and healthy.- It us ow over two months sinee I quit the reme- y, and there have been no symptoms of the isease returning, and I have been, and am iw, healthier and better than I have been r years. 1 traseyou "Will make this known the public,. that they may be aware of the culiar virtues of this truly wonderful In- . tan .Remedy. PETER C. V. MILLER. rnestown County of Lennox and Addington, Ontario. To- all to whom it may eon -ie. -This is to r.tify that 1 have been acquainted with the me mentioned gentleman, Peter C. V. flier, Esq, for many years, and have own hire always to be of the very high - t respectability and a very candid and editable person. and I am confident tha.t. I n safely vouch for the truth of the above, any other statement made by him. REV. W. F. S. HARPER, 44-1y • Rector of Bath, Ontario. 111111=10011MMIMe ROSS &-LUIT04, EDITORS & PUBLISHERS. • 0 "Freedom in Trade.7-Liberty in, Religion.—Equality in Civil 1?ight8." CEORCE W. ROSS, PROPRIETOR VOL. 2, NO. 28. • HARP'S.' HOTEL, Livery . Stable, and _General Stage Office, Mem Street, R. L. SHARP, Proprietor. Seaforth, Jan. 8th; 1869 • 53-tf. • ir• C. 'CAMERON, BARRIS'TFIR AND j31. Attorney -at -Law, Goelerich, Ont. Dec. 14, 1868. • ILL. 4,11,,T-E.IuOrOrEeoyulVIe.tD, ltermeedville, Dee. .14, 1868." • 53-tf. R. W. R. SMITH, PHYSICIAN, SUR -t GLON, &c. Offi0e,--Opposite Veal's Grocery. Residence, -Main Street, North, Seaforth, Ded. 14, 1866. 53-ly' TRACY, ,IVL D. CORONE,R FOR _Lvf, the County of Aaron. OFFICE and 1-tE ,iDEN•JS-One door East of the Methodist Episcopal Ghurele Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 53-ly J MeCOSII, ATTORNEY AT LAW, So.icitor in Chancery, Conveyaneeretc Paris,- Ont. Money to loan on faam semi- ity. Terms easy. Office -First flat, Paris &co'Bniid ing. • Paris, Dec. 14, 3868. 53-tf - 4.)6E.NSON ‘ee MEYER, BARRISTERS 1) and tkttorneys at Law, Solicitors in Cnancery - and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, .&e. Offices, -Seaforth and Wroxater. JAS. IL BENSON, IL ev. C. Meyer. • Seaford', Dec, 10thh, 1868. • 5-3-1y. • & W l'iloPEIILLIPS, PROVINCIAL Ut, LandSurveyors, Civil Engiiieers,t&e: Ali menner of Conveyancing done, with neatness tri.1 dispatch. G. Mc ehillips, Com- missioner in B. la Office -Next- door south of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth. Seaforth, itec. 14, 1838. 53-ly T_TAYS & ELWOOD, -,BARRISTERt• . I-1 and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancet-y„ Notaries Public; Conveyancers, - , -&c. • Office, -Over Mr. 4rehibald.'s Store, Crabb's Biock, Goderich, Ont. eMoney tt Lend. w. TORBANGE HAYS. J. Y. ELWOO)). Seaforth, Dec. 14th 1863. 53-tf TXT 3, MoCLBA RY,ATTORNEY-AT- 111 4, Lew, Solicitor m Ghancery, Convey- ancer, &e., &e. Office -In Scott's New Melt Block. Money to loan at 8 per cent. Interest, on good. Mortgage security on real esrate. Seaforla, Dec. 12, 1868% 53-}y 1. EIARRIS, L. D.S. _ Den 41a tares inserted with all the latest ,1 improvemenss. The greatest care taken for the preservation of decay -ed and tender teeth. • Teeth ex traeted -without pain. • Rooms over • CoiIies Store. Seafortlit Dec. 14, 1868. -1y, t HA Zit Eli UR At Licensed ...Auctioneer for the County of Harem, God.erich, Ont Particular attention paid to the sale of Itinkietpt Stock Farm Stock Sales a teueled on Liberal Terms. . Goods Apprais- ed. Mortgages Foreclosed, la'ndlord's War ranU E:ecuted. Also, Bailiff Firit Divi:on Court for 11 -ti ron. --Goderich, June 9th. • 79-tf. T R. ROSS, Proprietor New Douuniou •.• Hotel, begsto inform the people of Sea- fo rth and the traveling conimunity general- ly, that he keeps irsCelats accommodation in every thing required by travellers. A geod stable and waling hostler alWays on hand. • Regular Boarders will receive- every necetsery attention. • - • Scalar tie Feb. 8th, 1869. 63-ly ff)UAUGTIEY & HOLMSTEAD BAR RIS'rEItS, A.ttorneys-at-Law, Solicitors in Ct.:aure- and. Insolvency, • Notaries Public and (ou-t.eyancersSolicitors for the R tt. Bank, Seater bh, Agents for the Canada Life A.ssurane A.B.—$30,000 to lend it %. Fames, Houses and Lots few sale-.-- Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1863. • 53-tf. MAIL & CROOKE ARCHITEIS, &e., 0 Plans and, specificatioas drawn ci rrectly, Carpner's, Plasterer's, and Masons work, measeiWencl valued, Office -over Goderich • Amadeu Market, Court-liouse Square, Gode- rich_ Goderich, April 23, 81869. 70-1y. flOMMERCIAL• HOTEL, • AINLEY viiie, f awes Laird. preprietor, affords lass accomodation for the travelling puulic. The teeter ztlei bar are ale,vays supplied wLb. the best the markets afford. Itt.cejeat stabliug co Mita Ainleyiniie, A za 23 1869. - 70.tf •TAR. LtIBELK.I, SURGEON CHIRO- l/ PoDIT, respectfully informs the ittibLe of Seatiorde and aterrouuding country that he is prparl to cure Corns, Bunion, Chil- bams Nails, Large Joints, and diseask:sot trie hunnta foot. (xualant,,x=s a suceoful treaunent, without pain or SO.r..3 11 . Ss. °lace ihreetly Dais's. Dry Goods Store, Main -Street. eaford", Do. 14, 1868. 53-tf -LITTLE WONDER HAIR- utting and Sha,ving Saigon. If you vent a good. heve, or --yor hair eat, or Shampooned, as it glit to be, go to the " Liete AVonder," South. side of Sharp's Hotel. Main Street, Seaforth The .Bath }looms in connection will be opened to the publie on April Lubelskis• tonic: for leaking the hitir grow and preventing it from 'cantle out, WAS never known to fail. Sold it, le Wes at $1 ech. Come and Tray it. ,_. Saforth, Dec. 14,1838. 53tf S. Lea1141u. 41CSEMAIIIIC, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1869. • SUMMER. Domnion, M withly Season belayed ! a gladsome life is thine, Each morning from thy meadows pearled. • with dEV6 • To mark the glowing concave's changeful hue, To feast thine eye on beautY ; to incline Thy ravished ear to melodies divine ; Anon -recumbent in aletticed bower Of honeysuckle ancl sweet eglantine, yo take voluptuous ease at nocintide hour; • Or, by the shore, at eve, to wItch tht sea, While anfrous winds flii softy whispering 0 summer ! who so born to joy as thee, Or who, so born, would elelwish to die! But thou art frail ; e'en now comes autumn bown, With sickle keen, prepared to cut the down. eseastetseearetreateseeeteesetateete...tatteearseees TheCitsr of New York. Alexaitder T. atewart---His Early • [FromSwishing and Shadow.] Mr- Stewart was born in Ireland. His home Nt as a humble one. He in- herited a good .conAitution, was gifted with -energy and indomitable Perseve- ranee, blended with great shrewdness. His education was fair. Two pious ,•-icotch twomen interested themselves greatly in his welfare. They hoped to see him in the pulpit, For the sacreu profession hernade some preparations. It is said that vei now, amid his im- mense Wtness, be keeps up his classi cal readings. He has been beiti.d to say, notwithstanding his conceded suc- cess in mercantile life, he has doubts whether be had not inistilken his call- ine- anl would not have &ne better in some other sphere. In, 1825 he studied the languages. under the tuition of a celebrated actor. He then iooked to - weeds teachiag as a means of livelihood, a,u4 :perhaps,_bad not abandoned the idea, of enternie the sacred profeeion. -He alarmed, quite early, a Miss Cor- nelia Church, of New York, abandoned his lierary. pursuits, and beeame trader in a. small way. A little sum of moncy was left him by a relative in, reland, Ho set up store <in a small. room aearly opposite his present down- town establishment. .Elis shop was al little affair, only twelve feet front. • It was separated from its neighbor by a thin partition, through which all con- versation could be beard. • The store stood on What is no* 1:flown as 262 broadway.• He tended t -hop from four- teen to eighteen hoursa day. He w is Iiis own errand boy-, port( r, 000k-ke,eper and salesman. Hekept' house in the humbiest style. He lied over his ly to protect his note, but protect him- self from, again being in such a posi- tion. He marked every article in his store down below the wholesale Price. , He flooded the city with handbills, 1 origina ting the selling -off -at -cost style of advertising. He threw his hand - bilis ley thousands into. the houses, basements, noir, steamboats, and ho- tels of the city.: He told liis story to the public; what he had, and t he proposed to sell. He proinised them not only„ bargains, but every article wouldLbe found just what it was guar ante d to belie took New York by • sorm. He created a furore among housekeepers. The tittle shop was crowded with 8uspiclOtts And half -be- lieving persons in Search of bargain 8. Mr. Stewart, presided in person ,He said but little, offered his goods, awl took the cash. To all attempts to beat • him dwn, he quietly pointed to the plainly written 'price on each package. He had hardly time to eat or sleep. His name became a houseboat(' word ou every 1p. • Personsbought the goods, -Went home, and examined them. They found not only that they had not Lien cheater!, but had really good bar- gains. They- spread the news from house to house. Excited New York tilled Mr. Stewart'.s shore and crowued the pavement in front Long befoi.e the timenamed in the handbill for stopping the sale, the whole store was cleaned out, and every article sold for cash. -The troublesome note was paid, and a handsoine balance left ovor. Mr. Stewart resoived topurchase no more on credit. • The nia,rket e as dull, cash scarce, and he was ensbled to fill up his store with a choicestock of goods at a smallprice. In that little shanty on Broadway he laid the solid founda- t" on of that colossal fol tune which towers to the height of over thirty millions. .. • HIS StYLE OF BUSINESS. Though Mr. Stewart sells goods on credit, as do other merchants, he buys • solely for cash. If he takes a note, in- stead of getting it discouted-at a bank he throws itinto a safe, and lets it ma- ture. • it does not enter ito' his busi neSs, and the non-payment of it does npt disturb. lie- selec's the style of carpet he Wants, buys everyya.rd made • by the niaufactui er, and • pays the cash. He monopoizes high .priced laces, silks; costly goods, furs, and gloves, and compels the fashionable world to pay him tribute. Whether he sells a first-rate or afourth-rate :tr ek, the customer gets what he bargains for. A lady on is journey. who- passes a couple of days inthe city, cn find every article she want, for her ward- robe at a reasbnaLle he ( an have the goods male up in .any style, and sent to her • hotel at a given hour for the opera, the ball, or fOr travel. Mr. Stewart will take a contract for the complete outht of a steamship or stearn- boat, like the Em opa or the St. John,. furiiish the carpets, 111i1TOr, C4an(leliers cli ma, sil ve.r war e, cu tier , tit attrasses, blankets, napkins, with el ery article needed, it' anY, style de:nanded. He can defy competition. • He buys from the manufactolies at the lowest cash 'prie. Be presents the originl bills,t chaiging only a small commision. The parties haven° trouble, tne articles are of the first • class, • they save from ten to twenty per cent.. and the small om in issioa pays S tetva,rt handsotnel y. He furniiihes hotels and churches in Saitin 'rammer. He could supply the t• rmytand 'levy as easily as he could fit out a steamship. • NOT WELL INFORMED. stOre ; and for a time One room served. as kitchen, lied -room, ar (1 parlor. Bis Wd was bidden fiom view, being elosed,.Within- -a dies, or bureau. As Stewart attended to the stor, so &Ira Stewart atteuded to thework of the house. - The increase of busintiss demandedassistants. These he board- ed, and • to accommodate them, More room was required. So he added to his single* 1 oom Ele after w I .ds kept house in chambeis on Hudson Street, his income not warranting thetiking of a Whole house.- His style of living was very plain in his furniture and' tbie Hard i y laborei. among ns to-, day would live as.plainly as Mr. Stew- art lived ew hen he began. Iii', p earer. But Mr Stewart always lived within his incomes whatever that in- come was. - illE ACCIDENT OF SUCCESS. - Mr. Stewert began basiness wbeu mer' hants it tii)(qt themselves. It was nut easy to elstate eredit. Banks wefp feiv• • and (tin 'tome •- Itankimptry Traders made money oat ut their (Its tUniers, a, d not out of rtheir ci editors. To 8/1, aaoident, which would •3:aye s-wamped most men, Mr. - Stewart is indebted for his peculiar style of busi- ness and his colossal fortune. While doing business in his little store, a note became due, which he was unable to pay. A shopkeeer, with a miscellan- eous stock of goods, not very valuable in a store twelye feet front,, Lad little to hope from the banks. ' His friends were short. He resolved not to be dis- honor6d. He met the crisis boldly. His indomitable will, shrewdness aud energy came out. He resolved not on- The late William Beecher told me that Mr. Stewit bought manygoods of him when he first setup for himself. Xhe day Mr. .Stewart cause inio his store, and said to him, privately, "Mr. Beecher, a lady came into my store to- day asked me tp show her some hose.. I did net know *hat the goods were. and I toll bet I did not keep the artiele. What (lid she want?" - •Mr. Beecher pointed to a t box of stockings that stood before them. The y;oung trades- man looked, laughed, and, departed. IN HIS DOW -TOW N OFFICE. • He attends personally to his own business. His office is a sinall-room in his down -town store. No merchant in New York spends as many hours at his business as Mr. Stewart. He is down early, and remaias late. Men • • WHOLE NO. sg. who pass through Broadway during the small hours of night may see the light burning brightly frem the working - room of the marble palace. He ire - mains till the day's work is c]osed, and everything is squared up. He knows what is in the store, and not a package escapes his eye. He sells readily with -- Out consulting book, invoice, or sales- man. • He has partners, but they are partners only in the profits. He can buy and sell as he He hohls the absolute managemetit of the concern in his own hands. His office is on the second story, and separated • from the sales -room by a glass .partition which goes half way to the ceiling. • Here he is usually to be found. Else he is walking about the store,„: with a quiet tread, as if his foot was clothed with velvet,—up stairs and down stairs. all around, with a keen, quick, vigilant eye, seardiing in all places and all de- partments:• taking in everybody and everything as he passes. • -ACCESS TO MR. STEWART NOT EASY. • It is difficult to gin access to the princely merchant. Any man who has run the gauutlet once will not be fond of repeating the experiment. • On en- tering the main door, a gentleman • stands guaid, who says,. "What Lis your business, sir?" You reply, "I wish to see Mr. Stewart." • "Mr. Stewart is busy ; what dO you want?": "I wish to see him personally, on private busi- ness." "Mr. Stewar has no. private business. You cannot see him unless you tell me what you want.' If the guard is satisfied, you are • allowed to go up stairs. • Pere you are 'met by sentinel No. large," full-faced bland -looking gentleman,—who is Mr btwart's confidential agent; though at one time one of the judges of our courts. He examines and cross-exam- ines you. if he cannot stave you off, he disappears into the office, and reports your case to Mei chief. Probably Mr. Stewart will per at you through the plate glass. If he does not consider you of consequence enough to invi4, you in, he turns away, shrugging his, shoulders, and sends a snappish refusal by the guard. If otherwise; you enter, and faae the lion in his den. His whole manner is hard and repulsive. He is or the average height, slim, with a decided Iliberthan face ; sandy hair, nearly red; sharp, cold, avaricious fea- tures; a clear, cOM eye ; a face furrow- ed With with thoughts, cai-e and suc- cess ; a voice harsh and unfriendly in its most mellow tones. He could be easily taken for his book-keeper or por- ter. He meetsyou with an a1- of a man Who is impatient from interrup- tion ; who wishes you to say your say and begone. He hves -wholly by hm- self. His wife has borne him no ail- dren • he has probably not a bosom friend in the wo.ld. Some men End their pleasare in chess, in dissipation, in drinkiug, in amusements, in trVrel. in 'mutat s, theatres, operates. Stewart finds his in bard work. Business ishis idol, his pleasure, his profit. He re- vels in it. Approaching his eightieth year, he is indomitable, prtievering, and enterprising its when he cmmenc ed trde. STWART AS A MASTER.' • He is a hard master, and his store is ruled by despotio law. His rules are inexorable, and must be: obeyed. • His store is regarded as the hospital for -de- : cayed meu chants. evei7 proud- ntnt man in bis wholesale store has i;een in buainess for himself, and failed. All the better for' Mr. Stewart. SI eh a man has eircit, of acquilintances, aad can influence tradeif he failed without dishonor, lre is rum of a posi- tien in. Mr. Stewart's stere. • No fac- tory is run with more exactnss. No package enters or leaves the store with- out a tisket. On one oc,-a.d.on Stewart himself left directions to have. shawl sent up to his house, winch Mrs. Stewart Was to wear to a soiree. He forgot to place a ticket upon the package, and to the imperious law of the Ft tore the shawl had to yield He regarded his employees is cogs in the complicated machinery of his establish- ment. A New York fireman is quite as tender of his machine. The men are numbered and timed, There is a pet- alty 'attached to all delinquencies. It takes all a, man can earn for the first inonth or so to pay his fines. He iR lined if he exceeds the few minutes al-- lotted to dinner. He is fined if he sits during business hours. He is fined if he comes late or goes early.' He is• ed if he inisdirects a parcel. .He is fined if he mistakes a street or number, He is fined if he miscounts the money, or givee the wrong change. • HIS SHREWDNESS AND TACT. He always kept in advance of the the age. Duringthe last twenty years he has ruined himself in the esteination of his friends, a .hundrea times •He bought the Site for his down town store against the most earnest expostulations. t was too far up town. _It was on the shilling side of Broadway. No man could 'do a successfnl business there The price paid aims exorbitant The proposed mamMoth store would be a laughing stock of the age, and would be known as "Stewart's Felly " As usual be i died on his own judgement, He believed the investment to be a good one. He told his frknds that it would he the centre of trade; that on the dollor side or on the shilling side �f the street he intended to create a business that w( uld compel New York and oil the region round to trade with him He is not a liberal man, but his donations t45 public objects are princely. Tax -gatherers, nationa, state,and coun- ty, say that no man pays his assessment More fairly or more cheerfully. •If he is hai'd, he is just He keeps his con tracts, pays what is nominated in the bond, and no more. • HIS HOME ON FIFTH AVENUE. lie is a shrewd buyer of real estate. He has purchased more churches than any man in the city. He bays when. the church is ciappled, and gets a bar- gain. both in. price and location. His 4able on Amity street was for many years the celebrated Baptist church here Dr. Wii1itms offiiated. The Dutch church on Ninth street wanted puichaser. Several appehls- were made to Mr. Stewart. He had bought odd lots in that that neighborhood. When the purchase of the church was complete, it was fomni that he had the lease of the entire block, and OR it Mil mammonh up -town store now stands. Lafayette Place, once a fashionable lo- cality, was occupied by saoons, restau-, rants, gambling-houes, and houses for boarding. Governor Morgan had a residence there which he wanted to get rid of, Stewart took compassion on him, and bought the. plae. Persons *ondered -what Stewart wanted of That great house, in that out of the way spot Shortly after, Dr. Osgood'A • church was for sale on Broadway. • Af- ter it had been in the market a long, time, Stev art became the purchaser. It was -found that tue church lot joined the afayette Place lot, making a mag nificent site, tanning from street to street, for a huge store. • The leading desire of fashionable New Yolk is to get a double house or a double lot on Fifth Avenue. Such accommodations are rare, and fabulous prices are paid for land or dwelling. On the corner of Fifth .A.enue and Thiity-fourth Street stood a famous house, occupying, with the garden,: three lots of land. It Was built by '‘a, successful sarsaparilla man. . it was the largest in New York, built of brown stone, as gorgeous and inconvenient as an Ea.sternyagoda,. It cost fabulous sums It was large enough for a hotel, and showy enough for a prince. It was burnished with gold and silver,and elaborately ornamented with costly paintings. It WaS the nine days' won-,/ der of the city, and men and womeil crowded tcsee it at twenty-five eents-, a • head. The owner failed and the house, pawd out of his hands. It became school, with no fareess, One ,morning tbe residents Of the avenue were astonished to see a siog- ing built up against this famous, pile, reaehing to the roof. They were more astonished when they learned that OAS gorgeetts pile was to come down*;, that its foundations were to be dug up ;that * marble palace was to be erected on that site that Would Jiralte Shoddydona red With envy ; that its furniture, statuary, painting, and adornments would exceed any house the conti- nent. _Many lessons are taught by the career of Mr. Stewart. It is worth while, on a fine morning, to pause, on, the Broadway pavement, and watch the small coupe that di ives up to the • (Coninued on fouiret page.)