Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-30
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Ohce Second Story. three doors from
ODD FELLOws' HALL.
Spectac!es and Glasses suited TO every sigbt.
Opera, Reading, and Watchmaks's s Glasses; Tele-
scopes, Microscopes IN great variety Cosmoramic
Stereoscopes with views of superior and choice
pictures on hand. See advertisement IN Nation6I
lnteigencer.
TESTIMONIALS.
NORFOLK, September Z 1884.
SIR: The SPectacles you made for me suit me
very well. and seem to have improved my sight
~ ' '' ''" LIFT ". T.ASZEwELI..
have tired pair of Speetables obtained from Mr..
Tobias; s and lind them Of great assistance to my
locus. recommend him as skiliful optIclan.
4a - HENRY A. WISE.
About FIVE years ago. obtained from Mr. Tninas,
in Washington, pair Of Glasses for the spectaces
which used and found them of great assistance to
my deGay,ag vision and my opinion Of hin is that
he ~ SIX fui In the preparation of Glasses for eyes
j. MAY.
LYNcHBuRG November 1881.
From an examination Of Mr.. Tobias' Glasses, and
from his obseIyatIons and remaT KS am convinced
J. j. BLACKFORD,
LYNCHBURG, November TO- 1884
Mr.. John Tobias. having furnished me with Glas-
ses, hy which have been greatly aided, Tiny vision
earlier lieJ il affords me the highest pleasure to
say that consider him skiIliul practical optician
Snd Ss p5epaed to aid those who sy gGd his
Elder OF the Methodist Conference.
WILMINGTON, ". c., June 81. 1854.
the Spectacles which obtained from you last week
are entirely satisfactory From inequality in the
dficulty getting glasses of the proper fooal dis
tances IL affords me pleasure to state, that by the
obviated, so that the Glasses you furnished me are
decidedly the best adapted to my eyes Of sny have
Very respectfully yours, r. B. DRANE.
Rector of st. James Parish.
Having been induced by friend to visit the estab
glasses furnished with pair slightly coforrd
blue, whce have afforded me more relief and gratlf
aly very good. was injured BY writing and reading at
night, frequently to very late hour: but with the
sver and that too without the Pnn % here ereyious-
sun'f0u tato Commissioned f CENT Land nH0 Office.
have used Mr.. Tobias's SpectacIes for three or
four months and take great pleasure in saying that
benefited by them. GEO. p. SCARBURGH.
May 5th, 1856.
was recommended to Mr. John Tobias a s a skiIful
optolan and as have eyes of remarkable peculIari-
ty. was gratlted to find that MIR. Tobias seemed to
measurement, and he has made me pair of Specta-
ces that suits me admirably. A. =. BUTLER.
July ii, 1855.
Having been for years under the necessity of hav-
two sets of glasscs-One for use in daylight and one
which answered both purposes. have used his Tor
several months, and find them excellent.
EDN AMI DDS,
OF Department Of State.
Mr.. TOBIAS. Sir: The pair Of Spectacles you
furnished me yesterday are satisfactory
and an the owner of eight or nine pairs, carefully
selected IN different PLACES and from opticians rec,
standing in rance, Eng land and the United states
have been also pleased with your remarks and di-
PGss Gi pTeseTvnS and sha
Professor Of M. c., Louisville, Ky.
BROOKLYN ORTHoPA EpIC ISsTITUTIoN,
Amer most careful examination OF Mr.. j. Tobias's
Glasses, am enabled to testify that their hardness,
ceaTness, polishing, and exact optical shape render
merely optical Impairment OF the eyes are in want of
such auxIaries. consider, moreover, Mr.. Tobias
by hls optical knowledge and experience. and by
means of his oRtomster In addition, ] can further
state that Mr.; Tobiss has supplied some OF my pa
'en'' with to ihf'F hEWfs fPs Bs TER st.
cSsss SssP
Of the Medical Society Of London, and Of the
oil s IF ST as
MANCHESTER, England and Surgeon of the h.
In the experience Of even two years, have found
great hculty in obtaining Spectaces that were ex-
convenience MIR. Tobias seems to have removed for
the present by the substitution for me of better and
and comfortable to my eyes. would commend him
to those who from age or other nhrnty require ar
WILMINGroN N. c., June l6, 1854.
To persons who have had the sight oitheir eyes so
impaired as TO require the use Glasses, would
from whom 10 obtain such Glasses as they msy re-
quIre, he has suited me with pair Of Spectacles
for far and near sight NV sight has been impaired
very much by service ofyears IN the Post Once
Department, which berth required me to be on duty
from II O'Clock at night till after day, during which
time used but one light. w. A. WALKER.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, May 8, 1855.
From natural defects and the unequal range of my
ey es, have been compelled To use glasses for seve-
raj years. ! have tried different opticians without
obtaining glasses perfectly fitted TO my eyes. Four
months since Mr.. Tobias made two pairs especially
for me, which have found to serve me perfectly.
BY the use of his optometer he enabled to adapt
glasses most minutely TO the eye. most cheerful
Iy recommend Mr. Tobias to all having occasion to
glasses, and bear testimony to his skill as
an optIc.an. HENRY +. BALDWIN,
se25 Asst Sec'y to sign Land Warrants.
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