The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-24
BLOBBS, THE YOUNGER.
WHAT he SAW IN WHEELING.
a CHRISTMAS STORY
BY sPIvlNs.

own State until he has visited her me.
tropolis and seen the wonders there
gathered by Science and Art, and
wrought by the cunning hand of Skill.
So thought Blobbs, the Younger,
nephew of the old and off quoted citizen
of that name, as he looked out of his
fathers door and watched the cars on
the Slackville and Skedunk railroad fly
ing past at the rate of three miles an
hour, and the off mule sick at that.
The nephew Blobbs had been reading
the REGISTER. He saw there such &C.
counts Of what had been done and what
was doing that he determined to come
to Wheeling and.see if all that he had
read was true. As it was Christmas he
came prepared to 60 Back loaded with
presents. He shuffled into our Office
yesterday and insisted that as friend
of his Uncle's we must go with him. He
wanted to fix up. Laying down pen
cilwe had just'sharpened' we started.
Nephew's tongue is hung in the middle.
He talks eternally. He talks like a
streak of creased lightning. Sense and
nonsense are to him the same.
On starting out, noticing he had his
hand trunk with him, we asked nephew
where he had taken rooms. "Why, of
course" he said, II stop at the McLure
House. Where else should gentleman
put up but at the best hotel in the
Statei My eye, but haven't they got
things fixed up there! l never saw
nicer rooms, softer beds, more attentive
servants, politer or more accommoda-
ting clerks anywhere. The Mcclure as
1t is kept by Goodwin q Co., is a per
feet palace of u house. Uncle told me to
stop at the Mcclure. He says there are
brit few better hotels in the country"
As We were walking up Monroe street
near Odd Fellows Hall, his eye caught
the sign World Renowned Hair Dress.
ing Emporium. by jingo" he e1.
claimed, eff that amt just the place.
Uncle told me that there was no such
barber shop in in the city as Stein &
Bixon's. He says they eau take a maR's
beard off as easily and so quick that
while ne Is waiting for them to com
mence, the job is done, and when it
comes to hair dressing they have no
equal anywhere. We must go in there,
sure" As we went in we saw the chairs
filled with the young bloods of the city,
all being fixed up for Christmas. After
passing through theihands of th0se ar
fists our country friend looked almost
handsome.
Coming On to The street again we
showed him Odd Fellows Hall.
what he shouted, taking as franti.
cllly by the arm, "Odd Follows Hall 7
Why that's where the great Pharmacy
of Ed. Booking is. Everybody in our
part of the State knows Booking.
That's where Uncle al ways had his pre-
scriptious filled when cut 20 sorts or
right down sick. You see Uncle was
always particular about his medicines.
Uncle is queer old fellow anyway
He says he would never be able to rise
in the morning if he didn't take tea
spoonful of Bookings Baking Powder
before going to bed" We went inside
and there such beautiful display OF
Parian, Bohemian and Alabaster boquet
holders, toilet sots, rich aud rare hya
cinth glasses and the lovely plants
bulbs just putting forth the tender
shoots that soon will bloom into rarest
beauty. What beautiful Christmas
present, we thought, pair of these
bulbs would make.
"Where are you goin. ROW r. he asked
as we pulled him out Of Bookings and
started towards Market street. We
suggested cigar. Oh, yes" he said,
Uncle said must bring him some
TOBACCOs AND CIGARS,
And that l might get the best, lie told
mt to go to Jake Bentz's store. Where
is its We showed him the plac., on
Market street, second door south of the
McL1re House. He bolted in as if shot
from a cannon, and on following him
we found him busy examining stogies,
tips aud Prima Donna cigars, Durham
and Old Dominion smoking tobacco,
which he told Jake were the best arti-
ticlcs he had ever seen, and that he
knew for he had been raised on tobacco.
Jake showed him all his various brands
of cigars, worth from $3.50 upwards,
his kjllickinick, cut and dry, German
and Fancy smoking tobaccos, his supe
rior snuffs, his brarwood and meer-
schaum pipes and cigar holders, and all
his superior stock of manufactured to-.
bacco. The nephew of his confounded
uncle came out loaded with stogies
enough to break mule down. He
bought them because they were good
and cheap.
As he came out Of Bsntz's door, right
next to the McLure House, on a hand.
some brick building, the nephew's eye
caught the sign:
SINGERS SEWING MACHINES.
"By jings" he said, and his eyes
grew as big as saucers; "I'l leave all
these things over in your Office and go
and see the sewing machines. Uncle
never could tell me anything about it..
Do You know the men who sell the ma
chimes :"
Contessiug an acquaintance, we pilot
ed MN to where the Singers Sewing
Ma'h'ne Is kept by W. D. Sawtell, on
MarSet street, next to the McLure
House Wishing him to put his whole
; mind to the subject, we did not mention
tue hame-remembering how he talked