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| Mr.
Clark is one of the striking examples of what energy and sound judgment
will do. Although from birth a deaf-mute, he has made a progress intellectually
and financially that exceeds the results produced by many a man who
had all his faculties perfect. As a youth he stored his mind and acquired
the trade of cabinet maker at the school for the voiceless at Indianapolis,
Ind. After 8 years of close application as a student, he went to work
in the organ factory of Cady and Phillips in this city. The next we
hear of him he is at work at his trade for a period in his home in
Leonidas, St. Joseph county. From thence he moved to Vicksburg, and
securing a desirable location he engaged in the manufacture and sales
of furniture. This was in 1877, and from the first he has enjoyed
the confidence and esteem of the entire community. Upright and just
in his business relations, prompt to the moment in fulfilling every
engagement, and an excellent workman, it is not surprising that his
trade has already increased until he owns a large two-story double
store, well filled with goods from bottom to top. The class of goods
kept by him are always the best he can secure and are sold at reasonable
prices. He takes great pride in placing on sale the finest grade of
suits and upholstered goods, and in this line, as well as pictures
and mouldings, he shows a decided taste for the proper blending of
shades and patterns. Mr. C. gives his sole attention to the care of
his business in all details, and its present magnitude shows that
even the voiceless can teach us correct business principles. |
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