Towns > Aberdeen > 1858-1912 - Post Office Aberdeen directory > 1887-1888

ADVERTISEMENTS,
GENERAL DYE WORKS,
42l Upperkirkgate.
ESTABLISHED 1857.
o<j ROBERT 4 FERGUSON, I>
D YE E,
RESPECTFULLY returns thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public
in general of Aberdeen and Country, and the sm-rounding Counties,
for the liberal patronage conferred upon him during the fifty-one years he
has been in business in Aberdet;n.
ii. 1 . desires to state that be has introduced Steam Power into his premises,
thus giving him greater latilitics in executijig all orders committed to his
care ; and he trusts, from his long practical experience and friendly corres-
pondence with some of the first Masters of the Art, in the South and West of
Scotland, to be able to give his employers every satisfactian.
The Dye-House arrangements sit present are as follows : — Mf^inoes,
Coburgs, &c. , dyed and dressed, commencing on Tuesday every week. Silks
Velvets, Poplins, &c. , dyed and dressed on the most approved prir>ciples,
commencing on Wednesday and Friday every week.
Silks watered on Thursday and Saturday.
Carpets, Crumb-Cloths, and Hearth-Rugs cleaned.
All sorts of Linen Drapery hot calendered.
Moreen and Damask Furniture cleaned, re-dyed and dressed.
Printed Furniture cleaned, starched and glazed.
Straw Bonnets dyed Black, Tuesday and Friday.
Kid Gloves dyed Black.
Gentlemen's Apparel renovated in a superior style.
ORDERS FROM THE COUNTRY ATTEKDED TO WITH PUNCTUALITY
AND DESPATCH.
*^*Not accountable for any Article left over Twelve Months.
JAMES MATTHEWS,
PLUMBER, GASFITTER, & BELLHANGER,
rro ■woonL.:M:.^isrH:ix_.iL, 7^0
Corner of St. Andrew Street, opposite Eoyal Infirmary.
Always on hand, a Variety of CHANDELIEES, BRACKETS,
HALL and lobby LAMPS, GAS STOVES, &o. &o.
ESTIMATES GIVEN.
553