The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-12-21
ORTENTAL TEA STORE.
A GLAND CoxMERCIAL PALACE.
Ohlna Trana1errea TO E1ansvIIIe.

Mr.. Henry A. Cook Will to-day
open his grand Oriental Tea Store. in
the Opera House building. on First
Street, two doors from Locust. The
room. which is 221 feet wide and so
feet deep, has been fitted up with real
oriental magnifcence, and is beyond
question the most attractive and taste
full business room In the city, if not
in the State. The front Of the
building has been painted a deep
vermilllon, and on each side of the
door are two pedestals, on which are
placed two large Chinese vases, ca
pable of holding about four gallons
each. In one show window is very
highly polished steam engine, which
furnishes the motive power Of huge
coffee grinder, which is placed in the
other show window. Steam is fur
nished by boiler in the basement. in
which is located a coffee rooster, ca
pable of roasting sack of coffee, or
80 pounds, at time.
The show-windoWs are composed
of three huge plates of the finest
French glass, and they will be lighted
up at night with two gas burners.
each with elegant colored globes or
shades, which will give them I'M
speakable brilliancy. and cannot fail
to attract the attention of all passers
by.
The interior Of the store room is
fitted up with all the splendor of an
Eastern bazaar. On the right, as
you enter, are three elegant mar
BILE counters, with each a highly
polished pair of scales, the first for
tea, the second for coffee, and the
third for sugar. The tea scales are of
the most exquisite pattern and finish
We ever saw. They are arranged in a
parrallelogram form, FURNISHED with
gold, and are so sensitively poised as
to be turned by a breath of air or a
single hair. They are of the HOff
man pattern. which received the gold
medal at the Paris Exposition. Back
of the counters are twsnty-four cells,
or tea chests, lined wits lead foil and
perfectly air tight. in which will be
kept various brands of tea, ground
coffee, ete. These are lettered
from A to Y 10 fancy letters.
Above these will be placed as many
Japanne1 tea caddies or cauisters,
ornamented with suggestive Oriental
devices. On the opposite side Of the
room. on low platform, are placed a
number of tubs filed With coffee Of
all known brands and varieties; in.
Guiding some never before seen in
this city. sugars of every variety,
cranberries, sc. In the center of the
room to the rear of the counters, is a
cabinet Of drawers, and above are
pyramidal shelves upon which
are displayed all manner of canned
fruits and condiments, and at the far.
Their end of this cabinet is a writing
desk. Back Of this again Is another
marble counter, 6 feet BY q, on which
viii be keps pure Goshen i5atEers re.
ceived daily by Express from the
York State dairies. Back of this
counter, TO the left, is another cabinet
or cupboard. in which are kept the
barrels of syrup, molasses, &c, V lille
further back in the center and on the
sides are general assortments OF teas,
coffees and other articles in the orig
iBal packages, including the largest
stock brought TO this city by retail
dealer, and all selected with especial re.
ference 10 the wants of this trade, and
at the lowest cash prices with gold a
twenty-one cents. The walls of this
magnificent store room, which are ff'
teen feet high between floor and cell
ing, are fitted up with peculiar beauty
and elegance. From the front back
for fifty feet the walls are vain
scotted and ornamented with The
finest French paper. bearing pic
turesque representations of Chi
nese landscapes, Chinese life
manners, customs aud productions
while the balance OF the room i!
ornamennted with sky.blue paper
divided by richly eolored columns
with magnificent base and corniee
the whole tout ensemble being con,
ceived and executed with the mos
exquisite taste. The spacious room
in addition to the lights in the show
windows, is lighted by four bronze gas
brackets, two burners. with each thu
lights shaded and melloWed by huge
globes of the finest ground glass. We
can give but faint and imperfec
sketch Of this magnificent temple o
commerce. which reflects the highes
credit on the enterprising proprietor
and the city, and is in just conso
nance with the progress Of the age
This establishment will be formally
opened to day, and all cur citizens
as well as the strangers who art
within our gates, or who may from
time to time visit the city, are cor
daily invited to call and EXAMINE
the room and the stock, which is ex
temcly large and complete.
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