The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-12-03
Walks and Talks About Town
Forbes, Collins & Cfais's
Great Queensware House.

Among the many Ieaulng Importing
and jobbing houses of the great West
Wheeling houses stand in the front
rank. Among the first of leading
Wheeling houses We find the firm Of
Forbes, Collins & Craig, wholesale
dealers in and importers and jobbert
of uueensware, French china, stone
china and the goods usually kept in
first class china, glass and queensware
house.
For many years this house has been
established in our midst and has enjoy
ed the confidence of all who have had
dealings with it. Mr.. Forbes, gentle
man of large experience, aud the senior
member of the firm, knows thoroughly
the wants of the trade in West Virginia,
Eastern and Central Ohio, Western
Pennsylvania and Northern Kentucky,
to all of which States the dealings OF
this house extend, and by his untiring
energy and fair and upright dealing he
has gained for his house the reputation
of being the foremost jobbing hsuse in
its particular line of goods in the West.
These facts are testified to by the con-
stantly charging field of operations
and continued increase in the number
of their customers.
We made q thorough inspection OF
the stock of goods now in their store,
No. 50 Main street, day or TIVE since,
and we found three immense rooms, l2O
feet in length, filled with every article
usually kept in houses Of this sort, from
the common yellow bowl with white
rings to the most costly alabaster vases.
Among the richest goods we ever saw
here or elsewhere, is the French China
Dining, Tea and Toilet sets from the
famous mandatory of Charles Field
Haviland, of Limoges, France. NJ.
Hayiland's manufactures have q repu-
tation worldwide, and no one can look
at the beautiful samples on the shelves
Of Forbes, Collins & Craig, and for o
moment doubt it. The beauty, &C
curacy and taste in his styles, and out
line, and in the harmonious blending of
colors is truly remarkable, and must be
seen to be appreciated. What could
be more satisfactory to q refined and
elegant lady than to be able to spread
upon her table for her husband friends
and guests or her own, the beautiful
green and gold set we saw at this house,
or the gold and coral, or the gold band,
or the plain white. Finer goods never
were made, certainly handsomer styles
could not be desired by the most refined
taste.
The stock of palmer wares as we have
said, is immense. That of china toys,
vases, mantle sets and the like, suitable
for Christmas goods, has no equal in the
Western States.
BY late arran cement with their Eu.
ropean correspondents Messrs. Forbes,
Collins g. Craig are enabled to have
put up abroad complete assortment of
ware for their trade, so that buyers at
this house can, if they please, purchase
the goods in the original packages
This is an advantage country buyers
will appreciate. But more than all
will they appreciate the fact that buy
ing of this house saves to them the
profit usually paid to middle men" in
New York, Philadelphia aud Baltimore,
and that besides this saving, Forbes,
Collins g. Craig, have marked every
thing in the house down to the closest
margin, and goods can be now pur-
chased Of this house at very considera-
BILE figure less than the prices of year
ago.
To the retail trade of this and the
States we recommend this
house as one of undoubted honesty,
reliability and energy, aud one that will
supply all their wants, in their line, at
figures below the market rates, and
with quality of goods unsurpassed in
this country. Country dealers, when
in the city, will subserve their own in
terests by calling at the house of For bes.
Collins & Craig, No. 50 Main street,
before making any purchases in the
china and queensware line.