The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-24
you, and they can get up trade.
swan it beats all lever saw"

through looking at the Sewing Ma
chimes, and had to take him away by
pure force. As soon as he could speak,
be said ~ want some
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
Here's Rice's CARDS. Monroe street.
What | want ofhim is aNabob necktie.
Uncle said to get one sure" By this time
we were at Rice's. Nephew was intro
duced. He stared at the handsome dis
play in the window till he run into the
counter. "What in the world is them I"
looking at some quaint devices of cuff
buttons, "are they cheap or DEAR"
Rice gavs him the price. you dou't
mean no more'n that, do youi Why
uncle always said them things were
dear as thunder" Then nephew spun
around on his heels, asked hundred
questions about the collars, the gloves,
the scarfs; the entire stock of gents
goods, which is very full, had such an
effect on him that he could not speak as
freely as was his habit. At last be said :
"Why uncle never said Rice had halt
such store as this" We assured him
that this was all real, and that Rice had
good many more things slowed away,
which he would bring ont when they
were needed.
Leaving Rice's, Nephew's e"e fell
upon the froat of the
RELIGIOUS BOOK STORE,
And in he went II know man
up in our neighboIhood, and like as not
he is a cousin of this man, 'cause
he has cousin in this business
He soon found his man, and though not
very much related TO the man the
Nephew knew, he succeeded in getting
his attention. Nephew expressed un.
bounded astonishment at the extent OF
the store, and the number Of fine books
and books for every clas, of readers that
met his eye. "Uncle is a regular old
| fool, or he would have told me of this
place." he said to us; "It's a regular
streak of luck that happened to see it,
We told him the stock had been greatly
added to since his Uncle ran away, and
this made him al the more astonished
"Whecling beats all for doing things
quick" he said. As he gazed on the pre-
sentation bibles and stereoscopic views
of the Holy Land and the French, Eng
lish, German aud American views, his
wonder knew no bounds - nothing
matching them had ever met his gaze
before. "This is Santa Claus head
quarters for books, l know" he said. as
he gathered up his purchases to leave.
Right across the street he saw sign
MERCHANT TAILORING.
He ran across and stopped before the
elegant window and looked at the neck
wear, the gloves, the kerchiefs, and
every thing else that made up the pic
ture. "This looks full as nice rs Uncle
said j. II. Stallman has his store fixed
up.n "This is Stallman's," we remark.
ed. Lets go iu," was his quick reply.
"Uncle said they were bully good fol-
lows in there, and would sell genGe-
man anything he might want to make
him hands me and comfortable. want
few more thiags." He rnshed in and
there we saw him shaking hands with
Doc. Moflitt, and Morrison and all the
rest. Then he went to hauling over
the large stock of fashionable cloths,
saying meanwhile, "What piles ofcloth
he has, end everything elss chap
needs. Why, if a fellow was to come in
here naked they could dress him with
everything he wanted, so that he could
so out looking like gentleman. Uncle
] never said that Stallman had half
80 much in his store as he has.
Why, they have clothes enough To-"
The rest of this interesting remark
was lost to posterity, for a sudden call
from our grip hurried him away to 12O
Main street, where Alex. II. Forgey sells
BOOTS AND SHOES.
"Well, now" again began our wonder-
stricken friend, "what is he goin' to dc
with all them boots and shoes" Sell
them, we told him quietly, growing
resigned to our fate. "Sell them! Why
it would take the whole country to buy
up al them boots. Just look at the
| little ones and big ones, aud some OF
them amt got tops. What's the use oI
b1ots without topsW We informed
him they were slippers, and then priced
a few articles for bis benefit. "Dirt
cheap, Uncle said some things was
high. l guess he didn't try of them
boots. Why all them must cost pow
trful sight of money, more than Uncle
had, Pll bet. Why buying boots al
such prices o chap could set up q little
shop of his own on most nothing. Uncle
never -"
By force and violence we dragged
him away to Harper & Brothers., cor
ner of Main aud Union streets, where j:
to be found splendid stock of
HATS, CAPS AND GENTS TURs.
When the nephew got iuto the store
he seemed to 60 wild as he saw the ex.
tensive stock. Boz when he heard the
prices for fur goods he could not con-
tain himself. "Why it costs more than
that to shoot the animals. l know
cause it costs me dollar and half fol
the powder and shot use every time ]
kill coon, and consequently it costs q
good deal more to kill one of them wild
animals that's so much bigger. And
them's real animal skins, too, right from
Africa and tho Rocky Mountains, aud
New York, and them other desert coun-
tries. And look at the hats, too, enough
hats to last a whole family from Noah,s