But the rival institution runs it very close.

It occupies a corner on the very verge of the market-place--its door facing the farmer as he concludes his deal--and it is within a minute of the best hotels, where much business is done.

It is equally white and clean with fresh paint, and equally elegant in design.
A stranger, upon a nice consideration of the circumstances, might find a difficulty in deciding on which to bestow his patronage; and perhaps the chief recommendation of the old establishment lies in the fact that it is the older of the two.

The value of antiquity was never better understood than in these modern days.

Shrewd men of business have observed that the quality of being ancient is the foundation of credit.