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BOGLE BROTHERS JEWELRY
From the Windsor County Business Directory, 1891

Successors to T.F. and M.J. Bogle Jobbers of Fine Gold and Plated Jewelry, American and foreign watches, clocks, gold and silver cases, optical goods, etc.—A leading and reliable jewelry firm at White River Junction, firmly established and with every promise of continued prosperity is that conducted by Bogle Brothers. There is a Tale of Two Cities involved in the house as it was originally opened at Brattleboro, VT with T.F. and M.J. Bogle as proprietors, and C.C. Bogle as manager. This was in 1880 and after eleven years of prosperous business in that city, a new co-partnership was formed by C.C. Bogle and B.L. Bogle, who constitute the present firm.

Mr. C.C. Bogle was engaged in business with Messrs. Cheney & Clapp of Brattleboro, VT from 1872 to 1875. In 1875 he started in the jewelry business under the firm name of T.F. & M.J. Bogle in which he prosperously continued till 1880, when he succeeded to the business in partnership with his brother B.L. Bogle. For reasons satisfactory to these gentlemen, their business was removed to this city and the success met with from the outset has precluded any possibility of regret for the change made. They have won popular favor because of the fairness and good faith with which they have dealt, the high quality of their goods and the reasonable terms upon which they are sold. They are jobbers of fine solid gold and plated jewelry, American and foreign watches, clocks, gold and silver watch cases, optical goods, silver plated ware, tools and materials.

They were admirably located in Smith’s handsome new block near the depot, occupying two floors, each 20×40 feet, but their business has increased to such an extent that it necessitated more commodious quarters and the firm has just moved to their commodious and elegantly fitted up store in the Gates Block, which has dimensions of 60×30 feet with basement, and where every facility is enjoyed for the convenience of the large and magnificent stock carried at all times, and which is now displayed to good advantage.

They employ competent and courteous traveling salesmen, doing an extensive wholesale business in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and New York, where the reputation of the house and its goods are well established in the good esteem of the trade. Their stock is a large one and selected with that regard for the wants of patrons that can only be insured through experience and a thorough knowledge of the business. Every department is complete and constantly kept so under the watchful supervision of the proprietors. Utility and elegance are alike consulted and the range of prices tally with a line of goods that run in price from the cheapest consistent with a good and reliable article to the most costly and elaborate that the hands of skilled artisans or the most delicate and accurate machinery can produce.

Both are practical men, C.C. Bogle having as manager for T.F. & M.J. Bogle practically commenced the business alone in 1880, by driving with one horse and Concord wagon, and carrying a small stock of goods with him, delivering them direct to the retail merchants. As the business increased, Mr. B.L. Bogle, now the junior partner, was called to assist. He soon took charge of the books and general detail work of the concern and by his system and correct business methods brought this part of the work up to a high standard of excellence. The office force now consists of bookkeeper, entry clerk, stenographer, typewriter, shipping clerk, order clerk and head of material department and watchmaker. Mr. B.L. Bogle is a member of I.O.O.F. and both partners combine to form a firm of influence, and solid worth.