The Portland daily press., 1865-12-23
Holiday Gina.

OF the many shops that have advertised their
their Christmas and New Years Gifts in the
Press. They were crowded with ladies max
ing purchases, and to-day the crowd will he
still larger. The assortment Of rich articles IS
much larger this year than we have everknown
before on like occasion.
The bookstores we have mentioned, viz.
Messrs Davis Brothers, Bailey & Noyes, II.
Packard, Short q Loring and A. Robinson
Their stocks are truly splendid.
Messrs. Crosman & Co., Fox Block, Middle
Street, have an endless variety of rich, rare
and fancy articles, suitable for the toilet and
tor holiday gifts. Take look at their stock
ana you will be sure to find something to pur-
chase
VIM. ID. Robinson, No. 20 Exchange Street,
Charles Day, Jr, No. ia Middle Street, and
II. G. Quincy, corner of Free and Centre SITS,
display large assortment of sleds, toys, games,
&c.
Charles Gusts & Co., Morton Block, have i
| SPLENDID assortment of furnishing goods.
A. W, Paine, No. IS Market Square. Offers a
new article called the " Photographicon.n
]. NJ. Dyer & Co., No. Free Street Bloc K.
have large assortment Of handkerchiefs,
scarfs, &e. ...TI f..L
Dresser &c Co., No. 90 Exchange Street, pre-
sent beautiful stock Of photograph albums
and fancy goods.
j. Partington, under Lancaster Hall, will
furnish loaf and fancy cakes, and variety of
fancy artieles-just what are wanted.
r
son, No. 357 Congress Street, and Charles W.
Lucy, No. 81 Exchange Street, tempt the eve
and the taste with their splendid confeetion-
cry.
Mrs. j. W. Emery, corner of Congress and
Chestnut Streets, will furnish moss baskets,
boquets, wreaths, &C., of which she has u
beautiful assortment.
NJ. E. Bedlow, No. 81 Middle Street has
line assortment of hosiery, gloves, and wors-
ted goods. ---A4lL LOO
w. c. Barnes, No. 100 Federal Street, has a
fine assortment of holiday gifts of all descrip-
| tons. ~
M. Seavey, No. 92 Exchange Street, offers
the neat pocket or family cases of Homec-
pathic medicines.
Fitzgerald & Hodsdon, Nos. AS and $50
Middle Street, offer hoods, shawls, gloves, hos
iery, hoop skirts, &c. Cs'
George Anderson, No. &c Market Square,
presents corsets, hoop skirts and dress eleya-
tors, in abundance. i'--
Eden & Whitman, No 5. Free Street Block;
Leach, Bartlett & Parker, No. Deering
Block; W. R. Howard, No. 166 Middle Street;
Eastman Brothers, No. 129 Middle Street;
Viekery & Bowen, No. 2 Free Street, and q.
E. Hamilton & Co., corner of Congress and
Preble Streets, show large and well selected
stocks of dry goods.
W. r. Howard, No. 169 Middle Street and
L. Toilette, No. 3S1 Congress Street, exhibit
hoop skirts, under flannels, &C., in large vari-
eties.
Burroughs & Hudson, Free Street Block, in
the furniture line show a splendid assortment
of articles -.- .les-..s'.A
Shaw Brothers, No. 1876 and 1SS Middle ST.,
present handsome lot Of fur goods, just the
articles for the present season.
Halls rubber emporium will turn out any
anything in the rubber line, both useful and
ornamental.
r. J. d. Larrabee &c Co., No. 90 Exchange
Street, have one of the finest assortments OF
engrayinss that can be found in this city.
| A life policy is a most appropriate Christ
mas or New Years gift, and Messrs. W. d.
Little, John E. Dow & Son, ]. W. Munger &
Sons, s. FL. Nc Alpine, or Warren Spa. row will
issue policy in reliable and safe Office.
At the Counting Room of the Press, the
cashier stands ready to furnish receipts for
subscription to the daily or weekly issue. A
years subscription to either will be a very
valuable present to the family of him whose
means are too limited to afford It although he
desires it ever so much.
If our readers will visit the above mention
ed establishments, they will be sure to go
home loaded with gifts for Christmas and New
Year. q fA--.- N-A