W. J. MOORE Mr. MOORE was a native of Pittsburgh, was in such a haste to get out of the smoke of that place, that he came to Monroe county at six years of age, and is now only thirty-two. He first lived near Ozark, but came to Jerusalem in 1876, and was associated with J. C. GATCHELL in business. In his present rooms, for five years, when GATCHELL retired and opened the store at the depot. The rooms he occupies are the historic ones of the place, and have served as a place of business for many successive individuals and firms. The building is a quaint old one and monopolizes the only corner in the village. It has a "corner" on the corners. There is an old fashioned stoop with a roof across the front. This is elevated several feet above the street. A row of narrow glass runs across the front close up to the ceiling. I suspect the windows are modern. This front room is 36 x 20 feet. to the right and left on each counter are show cases containing the smaller notions, while on the shelves on both sides are arranged the dry goods. towards the rear on the right hand side as you enter, is a part of the stock of groceries, the bulk of the heavier goods being kept in the ware-room, that has its door on this side. This ware-room is 16 x 20 feet. To the left rear of the front room a door opens, that leads to the room up stairs which occupies the whole size of the building 50 x 20 feet. Here is kept the stock of boots and shoes and clothing, with other heavy goods too bulky for the room below. Mr. MOORE buys wool each year and annually buys from 125 - 200 hogsheads of tobacco. Dealing in these two staples brings him trade and tends to enlarge his business. His ample capital, combined with his experience, enables him to keep a full stock of such goods as are wanted by his trade without overbuying, so his customers habitually expect to find what they want at MOORE's. Plows and farm machinery generally, are a part of his stock. Mr. MOORE has associated with him as a salesman C. B. BLACKLEDGE who is a native of Jerusalem, and has had long experience as a salesman, working last for J. A. BROWN, of Ozark from 1881 - 1884, when he came here. "Ci" is general favorite and a fixture in the store. D. K. LUTHY D. K. took his nativity in Monroe county thirty years ago, and after educating himself, began teaching in 1873 and has followed it generally ever since. Some time ago he opened a store near the depot in a neat white building just east of GATCHELL's. The building is a two story structure, the upper part being occupied by the family, and below a room 18 x 30 feet is occupied by a stock of Furniture, Hardware, Tinware and books. The open front of the room looks out toward the railroad. Mr. LUTHY teaches the school and leaves the business at the store in care of a salesman. His aim is to keep anything in his various lines that can be called for, and he succeeds. Such furniture as is most in demand is always on hand, and anything in that line can be supplied on short notice. The stock of tinware and hardware is complete, and the stock of books comprise a list by the best authors. Mr. LUTHY is a live business man, alert and prompt. He has bought the property now occupied by I. B. CARLETON, and will remove to it April 1st. Isaac B. CARLETON. Mr. CARLETON is a "native to the Manor born" and has spent his life, so far, in Jerusalem where he began it in 1850. He learned the carpenter trade in early life and mane an enviable reputation in his trade. Tiring of his occupation he began the grocery business in 1885 on Main street nearly opposite the corner store. His front room is 16 x 25 feet. This is well stocked with dry goods with such groceries as cannot find space in the front room. Mr. CARLETON makes a special effort to secure the best of everything in which he deals. He is a cash buyer and get the advantage that cash always commands. His stock is kept full so that anything to be found in a first-class grocery is here. Mr. CARLETON is an amateur printer and employs his spare time printing such jobs as come to his hand. Always courteous and polite. "Ike" is a general favorite. D. D. BONAR Mr. BONAR was born in Monroe county, Ohio, thirty-eight years ago, and has spent his life so far on a farm. For some years he has given his attention to buying and shipping stock more particularly turning his attention to the handling of cattle and sheep, though he occasionally buys and ships horses and hogs. Hi is a liberal buyer, paying close up to what he can get, being satisfied with a small profit. He usually makes a weekly shipment to Wheeling. Dealers in Buggies Evans and Seal, the blacksmith and wagon makers, have a partnership for the purpose of handling buggies. They keep their stock at the shop of Seal on Main Street. They handle the goods at one firm, the celebrated firm, F.P. HADDOCK, Cincinatti. They keep their make of buggies on hand at all times and if the thing desired is not in stock, it can be furnished by the firm on short notice. There is no use of going farther than here to secure a buggy of the finest pattern and finish at a price that cannot be beaten. WAGONS & BUGGIES Geo. W. EVANS is a Monroe county man, and is in his prime at forty years of age. His broad shoulders and deep chest suggest strength,and his work as a wagon and carriage maker attest his ingenuity as a mechanic. He learned his trade at New Castle, and came here in 1881. The building where he does the wood work of buggies, wagons, etc., is on Main street, near the tobacco house. This room is 16 x 22 feet. He also occupies the second floor of Seal's shop for storage purposes and for a paint room. He he keeps a sufficient stock of the best timber, perfectly dried, ready to be converted into buggies, barouches, wagons, or any other sort of vehicle. His shop further down street is perfectly equipped wit all the tools necessary in his trade. here he turns out work that for symmetry of form and beauty of finish equals that from any shops, and excels most. Seal irons his work in the best style of the art. Evans is a popular workman, because the work of his hands stands the racket of Monroe county roads. Blacksmiths J.H. SEAL is one of a numerous race of estimable people of the same name about Beallsville, where this particular one took his origin about 31 years ago; there he learned his trade of blacksmithing with G. W. CARPENTER. He started a shop of his own here in 1880 on the spot where L. B. CARLETON now has a store. In 1883 he built the two-story building farther up Main street, where he works on the ground floor and uses a part of the up stairs for buggies, which he handles in company with Evans. This shop is furnished with two forges, but at present only one is in use. Seal is specially neat and ingenious in doing iron work to buggies. His shop is perfectly equipped with all tools necessary to his trade, and he knows their use as well. In addition to working at his trade he keeps a stock of plows, mowers, reapers and other farm machinery. In the more than six years he has been in the place he has made himeself a necessity to the village and is permanently established. C. C. McCLEARY Mr. McCLEARY took his being in Belmont county, Ohio, and inherited his trade from his father, with whom he worked at Loydsville till he was master of it in all details. Then he went in partnership with his farther and continued with him till 1885. He then worked at Flushing one year when he again changed his base and established himself in the shop near the depot in April, 1886. His shop is a two story frame 22 x 32 feet. Wagons are manufactured up stairs and ironed on the gruond floor. But McCLEARY makes special boast of his skill in horse shoeing. He is just in the bloom of youth and equipped with the muscles so necessary in his trade. His shop is completely stocked with the best tools used by the trade, and those who are compelled to go to the blacksmith shop can do no better than take their work to the shop at the depot. Miscellaneous. Among the institutions of the town may be reckoned G. C. BEACH, the tobacco packer. He was raised near Woodsfield and came here in 1865. Fifteen years ago he developed into a tobacco packer and has followed it continuously ever since. Much experience has left him nothing to learn in his trade, which is an indispensible one here. S. C. SIMERAL Mr. SIMERAL is a good companion to BEACH, because he has spent his life making tobacco hogsheads, and still continues the business. the two are to some extent cooperative in their employments, and are a mutual help to each other. SIMERAL lives in and owns the larger, two-story frame dwelling, to be seen from the station. W. H. PROBASCO Mr. PROBASCO is an engineer by trade, but at present employed on bridges and trestles by the B. Z. & C. railroad. The Hotel If after viewing the town you are hungry, go to Smith's Hotel and get a good square meal. If you are tired - (and I think you are) - ask for a bed at the same place, and W. D. SMITH will introduce you to a clean, comfortable one in an upper room where, amid the quiet of a well regulated house, you can refresh yourself with a nap. Mr. SMITH took charge of this house in 1881, and has won golden opinions as a host. The house is in part what used to be the Quaker chruch, but has been so metamorphosed that it bears no resemblance to a church whatever. It contains furteen comfortable, well-furnished rooms, and the table is always supplied with an abundance of well-cooked food, while by the proprietor you are always welcomed with public house hospitality. ***************** I want to express my sense of appreciation of the uniform courteous bearing of the people of Jerusalem, in all the relations, both social and business, in which it has been my fortune to encounter them. They are always polite, and never forget they are ladies and gentlemen. A. R. P. Jerusalem, OHio, February 11th, 1887 The Monroe Gazette, Woodsfield, Ohio Volume XIV, No. 31