TTIEDAILY INI) 10PEXI)I'NT: IIKLKNA, MONDAY MOHMNC. AUGUST 12^^. ihu *
LAD1EB-Tina week we make Jubi^^lee, und cordially iovlte you to a partic^^ipation in our grant buaineaa fssttvlty.^In thua oalabrnting our triumphal eea-^aon'a progreaa wa present nothing in^tha way of oeremuny whioh baa not^already boan performm! by nationa aa^wall aa indiTiduala in all aaotlona o( tha^I'loba. Anolant Uraaca and Home made^Jubilaa and invoked the aanotion and^approval of tha immortal Ooda in their^eiultationa of victory. In more reoent^timea the aame manner ot joyful etprea-^aion has boen obeerved in nommemora-^lion of important national eventa^mod^^ern olviliiatioo oven oonaacrating auoh^oeremoniea by the aacred ritaa of relig^^ion and otherwiae manifesting the ex^^uberance of their joyful enthuaiaam.^Therefore we deem it fit and proper to^mnke Jubilee, and with all the fervor^which aucoeaa inepiree, and with all the^forco nnd strength accumulated In the^atriving for victory, wa heartily, cheer^^fully, and in a joyoua eanee do moat un-^resorvedly jubilate Una weak. Ladiea^we are mdobted to you fcr all this, aa^without your gcneroua patronage it^were impoeeiV... V.'j owe it to tbia^great commonwealth to mnko the earli-^eat acknowledgement of a return to its^normal commercial activity. Thia we^believe ia the lint publio announcement^of actual progreaaivenoaa, thia the rain^^bow in the western aegment of the mer^^cantile sky which indioates, not only the^subsidence of the wutora of commercial^depreaaion, but also the return of the^first great wave which bernlds the full^tlood-tide ot proaperity. I'oasibly tbe^ambition of ^aspiring^ competitors may^bo aroused if not actually atimulated by^the perusal of thia notice into a futile^show of ^opposition,^ but should any^auch ^aspirant^ lift hia puny head now,^or at any future time, wo will readily^make manifost hia impotenoy na the Hour^iahing of the sword of Harlequin aguinat^the armor of Achilles. Thoroughly^equipped aa we are for the dietribution^of Dry Uooda merchandise ovor the en^^tire Northwostern country, we are per-^feotly satisfied as regarda the complete^^ness of our organization, and our com^^petency to supply ull the needa ot thia^progreeeivo, wealthy and important eeo-^tion of tho country. We therefore^ignore any and all pretensions ot ^aspir^^ing^ competitors.
