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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 16 April 1880, Page 2

I ";Johk Oabsill still lives in the eleyating stream of literature for ever flow, ing from the great publishing house he founded. Few men have left a deeper mark on their age than John Oassell. He arrived in Loudon in 1838, with all his belongings tied up in a coloured handkerchief. At the various temperance meetings which he addressed, in a roagh and uncultured manner, but with an earnestness that proved his attachment to temperance views. He saw, however, thai more was wanted than mere preaching, and with a sagacity deserving of recognition, he projected two strong counteractive forces to intemperance— wholesome beverages and educational literature. . He set up in Fenchuroh street an establishment for the sale of tea and coffee. A long way afteftitm ' McGowan follows with his 3s tea. MsGowan has been in the tea trade for many years, and has a Home and Colonial experience in selection that few can lay claim to. A few years ago it occurred to him, after seeing the same* ness of the quality ef tea supplied on the Thames, that there was room for a better artiole than that usually sold. At the same time he saw that it would be suicidal to introduoe a high price, so he determined to put before the judges of good tea an article for 3i, that oould not be excelled, unless there were those wealthy enough to receive it from Russia, costing about 15s per lb there, being conreyed overland by oaravaa. Most people have a hobby, and 8s TBJA is MoQowan's Hobby, get a pound and try it. Mc&owan's 3s Tea is different and distinct from all other Teas. It is his intention, at some future date, to publish, for the information of the trade, full instructions as to the plant, time of pulling, selection, manipn* latien, &o. The publio are requested'to judge for themselves, in preference to listening to the disparaging remarks of interested and unprincipled tradesmen.