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BURLINGTON:
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 81, 1859.
THE HOLIDAYS

From the Daily Free Press Of Dec. %.
THE HOLIDAYS
Are at hand, once more, and the customary
doings of Holiday time are in order. 1t is
a rational, wholesome and pleasant practice,
which celebrates these days at the close of the
old and the beginning of tho new year, by
relaxation from the rigor of business, by ex-
change of friendly calls and kindly wishes,
and the giving of substantial tokens of good
will and affection. 1t was Persian (or
possibly Hindoo) Philosopher, we believe,
who, when they told him flower was good
to smell, replied that he was good to smell it,
So the Holidays are good to be enjoyed, and
our readers are, doubtless, good for any
amount of enjoyment of them.
OF course, the shops are great centres of
attraction nowadays, and, following the
crowd, we propost to drop in on our adver-
tisers for a moment or two apiece.
And to begin with the Book Stores. This
is E. A. FULLER's neat and quiet store. The
.'Church Street Book Store he calls it. 1t
is not the largest store in the world, but it is
ga little house we'll filed" Fine standard
works elegant ANIMALS and gift books port
folios and fancy articles, &C., are here in
great variety-and Air. Fuller is here, atten-
tive and obliging as ever and always.
A step or two brings us to SAMUEL Hun
r1NGroN's. Here too are "Books which are
books; children's games and toybooks
globes and orreries, ink-stands and beautiful
stationery and the proprietor is as good
man to trade with as lives. We know, for
we have tried.
The Jewellers are next. JAMES BRINsMAID
is still at his old stand, which seems to be as
we'll stocked as over with desirable and at
tractive goods-gold and silver watches,
Jewclry and "fancy articles &c,
1t is variety store" and we must leave
our readers to look in upon him, for them
selves, ands see what variety there is there.
BRINsMAID & HILDRErH, in Bank block,
we see have boen replenishing their always
large and varied stock of goods, in express
preparation for emergencies like these. Gold
and silver watches, sparkling gems, rich
| .jewelry. silver ware, ornaments for head and
hand and person, reticules and port monnaies
and a host Of articles of ornament or use
are here in abundance.
The Dry-Goods men, too, if we can judge
from the display at their windows and on
their shelves, have filled up their stocks in
anticipation of an active winters trade. There
is no longer any need to send to the cities for
rich goods of any price or quality. Our
merchants keep the best, and sell as low as
any body far or near. Look in here at the
BEE HIVE. This looks like business, does it
not? Sales rooms above and below, full Of
customers counters piled with rich and
beautiful fabrics a regiment of attentive
c,e-Le in waiting The solns are made. and
money passed and changed, and goods de-
livered brskly and yet carefully all goes like
clock-work, and all shows system, indu try
and enterprise The proprietors, Messrs. n
PECK JR., j. E. PECK, aud D. B. PECK, de-
serve their success and prosperity, and long
may they enjoy it.
EDWARD LYMAN still makes the "Cornel
Store favorite shopping place with al
ages and classes. We noticed a "mortal great
pile" Of dry goods boxes before his door few
days since and from that and other Indication
VIC cannot be far out Of the way in inferrins
that he Is doing large and prosperous bu
siness. We are glad Of it, and we may
whisper in the ear of our fair reader that W.
have heard of some rare bargains in dres
goods and embrolderies, lately, at the Corner
Store.
We supposed that on the dissolution G
Hotchkiss & Jellison, some months since, tn
"Peoples' Store" was to become non est. Blu
Mr.. JELLIsoN liked us better than we all sup
posed he did We are glad to find him bacl
again at l56 Church Street. with fresh AM
seasonable supply of goods. Low prices rul
J here, and customers are apt not to 'cut'
the place, but to "come again"
, The Crockery Store of S. S. Brown, look
inviting from the outside, and an inside vie'
disappoints no one, unless they are agreeabl
, disappointed to find so nice variety. an
such low prices for good goods. We sha
not undertake to say what there is or wha
! there is not, here but we will mention tn
e fact that the stock of paper hangings is or
particular feature, of which the communit
4 will do we'll to "make note'' against th
f fitting up time in the spring
ill ,,ot IL 30 ouorlool, ba Ctnya dao lar
. Without running opposition to the Jewelr
/, men, they still furnish cases for the "blac
o diamonds" )" and do CRATE BUSINESS at it,
!, GILBERT B Dow has the famous Stewart stove
:, "handsome as picture" and-well it
the Stewart Stove, that is saying enough
There is besides host of coal and woo
u stoves, tin-ware, neat bird cages, match safe
&C., &C., full stock, and the Dows al
d right good men to deal with
BLoDGETT & SWEET, on College street, a
- a ways cheerful and obliging, will show ,
Is with pleasure, their patent galvanized ovel
y the greatest fuel-saving invention of the da,
Is the Economist" cook stove. which is all
. purports to be, the "Star of the North, Il
le "Evening STAR" the "Golden Fleece" al
st we presume a number ofother Stars and Co
"a stellations. These, though black, are n
a. the "black stars" which Mr.. Emersc
talked about in his lecsure. There is notl
D ing chilling or morose in their influence
% "On the contrary quite the reverse"
- But other things than stoves are needed
,e keep the vital warmth in our bodies tn
ID sharp weather, and the clothing men ha
thought of that BENNETT Turk cares f
% the outer man, with tact and skill whi
, | leave no man anv ercusa fnr ooino i'll drassa