Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-12-27
THE HOLIDAYS...OUR ADvER.
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True. it is War times; but New England
IN comparison with the other manufacturing
portions of the world, is undoubtedly makc
ing rather than losing money by the war,
to day. Our own community is quite as
prosperous as ever, AS whole business has
been good with US. The indications of pros
perity in Burlington never accumulated more
rapidly than since our last Christmas article,
and there is no reason yet, whatever there
may be In time to come, why our people
should deny themselves the customary pleas
ures of the holiday time-why they should
not make presentsand enjoy social relaxations,
make and receive New Years calls, and wish
Merry Christmas" and Happy New Year.
as heartily as ever. Our readers generally
have probably reached this conclusion as
soon as we, and our merchants, aware of the
fact, have laid in store more literally than
ever, to supply the wants of the season.
Our Book Stores are feature in Burling-
ton. Many a place of this size has not one
half as good as either of our three. Look
over E. A. FuLLER's ample stock In all
the lines of standard literature, scientific and
educational books, prose and poetry, you will
find generous supply, and for the holidays
you will discover a great variety of fancy ar
ticles-work boxes and the like, children's
games and toys, and all that can be expected
in a well appointed Bookstore. 1t is busy
place Is Fuller's about now.
SAMUEL HUNTINGTON has, in addition to
his generally well selected stock, fine gift
books, rich bibles and prayer books, elegant
stationery, gold pens and pencils portmon-
aies, portfolios, cutlery, toy books and games,
&C., &c.-all at prices which We knOlc to be
reasonable and low. There Is no better man
to buy Of Drop in and see.
c. o. FRENCH & Co., in their handsome
new store on the corner, have been opening
for some days past, large assortment of
holiday goods, comprising every thing
we have mentioned, and more too. The
new " autonomic > Inkstand-an elegant
thing at low price, may be found there,
with which, certainly if for a lady, you
will wish to buy the new scented "Mauye
Ink "a decided novelty.
OF Toys, a bewildering variety will be
found at the neat shop of W. j. CAMPBELL,
on Bank Street, against the broad window
Of which the little folks fttten their noses,
with astounding perseverance. About every
thing from penny whistle to an expensive
wax doll, which will wink and 20 to sleep
aud wake up like christian, may be found
there, with an OVERLOOKING supply of the can
dies and goodies" with which the Christ
mas stockings are wont to bulge.
c. L. HART. in Bank Block. in addition
to the full supply of substantials for the ia
bic, crOckery, lamps, &c, which stock his
well furnished store, also announces a fresh
stock OF toys-oi all descriptions of which
Santa Claus is requested to make note.
The Jewelry Shops are always centres Of
attraction at thu, season. BRNsXA1D & HIL-
DRETH, in Bank block, increase their stock
and add to their variety with each success
sive year. Gems and precious metals wrought
in every tasteful fOrm-gold and silver
watches, silver and plated ware, clocks and
fancy articles, and varied supplyo of articles
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prolusion, and the proprietors are men whose
word and judgment can be relied on, when
the customer is troubled with what the
Frenchman called ''de en5arrass Of cboice."
JAMES BnINsNAID is still on hand at the
ola stand on Church St., and his store will
be found still variety store. The patent
clothes CriRger advertised by him, Is at
tractl,..r considerable attention. We have
had one in uee IN our family for month or
so, and it Is pronounced a wonderful saving
both of labor and of clothing in the depart
nlent of sodporifics and sudorifics.
handsome crockery, is the particular
weakness" of many a housekeeper, and an
elegant dinner, or tea set of graceful form and
glossy white with gold band is an object
of attraction to almost any one, excepting
always the economical matron who
couldn't bear this white crockery-It
showed dirt so easy "China Hail" on
Church Street Is fully stocked with elegant
crockery and glass ware, beautiful vases,
tasteful lamps and chandeliers, toys for the
Little Folks, and all the variety which
Brown knows SO well how to provide and to
dispose Of.
Our dry goods Merchants are too busy
nowadays 10 notice whether any thing is
said of them or not, and if we allude to them
it is for their customers sakes, not theirs
And this much can be said with all truth, of
our Dry Goods men-that they have learned
the policy of keeping stocks 50 large and
varied as to leave no one any excuse for send
ing to the cities for anything, while pur-
chasers can buy of them, in ninetysnine
cases out of hundred, better than in the
cities, where store rents of t,oeH,y thousand
dollars year have to be added to the cost OF
the goods. The consequence is that trade is
attracted to Burlington from many towns in
the Cham laIn Valley, North ana South and
across the lake, and increasingly so every
year.
The Bee Hive has been brushed up newly,
is looking little better than ever exter@
nally, and the obliging bachelors within are
az ready as ever to show their extensive
stock and point out the bargains to their
ten thousand customers. 1t would be a long
story to 90 into the Catalogue of rich silks
aud satins and velvets and laces and carpets
and cloaKs and shawls, and what not
which crowd the shelves and pile the long
The big sign has been raised
story, but that is no sign that prices have
been raised below. On the other hand,
with the exception of cotton, which is COT
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