The Portland daily press., 1869-12-22

| will saw tb 1T Rollins & Adams, Warren Spar
row. W. d. Little & Son, Benz Colby Har-
rington & Raymond, J. G. jerks, Turner &
Morrill,, John Palmer, DR.. Deane, A. H. rench
| or M L. stevens, are all good names. Perhaps
you would like to make present to yourself
| christmas is the time. Then insure your
mouse, or your vessel if you have one, and call
on either Loring & Thurston, John E. Dow &
Son, j. w. Munger & Son, w. d. Little &
Son, Dow, Coffin & Libby, n. +. Deering
Jeremiah Dow L. s. Twombly, Warren Spar
row, II. r. Stickney, w. g. Ray, Joseph Ii.
| Webster, III. H. Foye or j. G. jerks.
There is class of stores that possess pecu-
| liar attractions for both old and young. None
are so old that they can resist the temptation OF
| making some small purchase at least for a low
| ing child, and none so young but what they are
fascinated with the brilliant display, and sigh
| for some, if not ALL their treasures. These are
the JEwELRY STORES. The infant, crying in
its mothers arms, is instantly modified, and its
| still wet checks are wreathed with smiles, and
dotted with pretty dimples at the sight of the
Clustering watch suspended over its head while
| even the elderly lady cannot resist the neck
| lace of diamonds which suits so well with her
elegant black velvet bali dress. We wander
among these palaces of enchantment and feel.
we think, somewhat as Aladdin must when
| first he entered the magic cave and found him
self surrounded by glittering gems of fabulous
value. Here are diamonds set in every STYLE
from the single stone in a fnger-ring to the
magnificent set composed of coronet, necklace,
PIN and earrings. Then there are emeralds,
pearls, opals, topazes, sapphires, onyx, tur-
quoises, garnets, coral sets, sleeve buttons and
studs of innumerabe patterns, handkerchief
rings, bouquet holders, watches, (from the $500
repeater to the Watham watch which has al
ready gained European reputation), beauti
full designs in vases, from the large bay-win-
dow vase designed to hold pot of flowers to
the fragile spire of gilt which holds tulip of
frosted glass, curious designs in watch boxes,
Parian ware as beautiful though not as expen-
sve as marble, Rogers groups of statuary that
surpass in fidelity to their subject~the works of
more ambitious sculptors, and silver-ware of
every description, both solid and plated. The
stores of Messrs. Lowell & Senter, corner of
Brown and Congress Streets Gerrsh & Pear
son under Canal Bank, E. C. SWEET, II Middle
street, Geo. A. Harmon, 317 Congress street, A.
g. Corliss 317 Congress street, Cyrus Fl. Farley
(who will fit any eye with spectacles)4 Ex-
change street, j. w. & Fl. II. McDufee, cor
ner Union and Middle Streets, and E. P. Banks,
Exchange street, will be crowded this week or
we are much mistaken.
A nice bonnet or hat trimmed in the latest
style will not come amss to your lady friends
or nice pair of gloves, or gay ribbon, and
therefore we would advise you to drop in and
sna what an aycal1ant ariatv 10 copstoptJx IN,
the MILLINERY store of Kaler, Bowen & Mer-
rill, on Free street.
What splendid present is ne PIANO or
ORGAN. 1t is not only "thing of beauty
but it is truly ga joy forever The different
makers are well represented in this city, and
whomsoever's you may prefer you cannot go |
wrong. There is Bailey & Noyes, Exchange |
street, will tell you that a Chickering piano or
a Mason s. Hamlin organ stands at the very
head of that class of musical instruments. w.
p. Hastings, Is Chestnut street, will tell you
that his organs are just as good and, moreover
of home manufacture. S. III. Stevens, 145 Mid
die street, will say that the Weber pianos can
just knock spots out of the Chckering. AT
Paine's, II Middle street, they will tell you
that their Chickering's are as good as Bailey's,
and their Central Co.'S can outlast any num-
Der of Webers. S. +. Cobb, SO Exchange
street, will say that his Mathushek will give
odds to all the others and then beat them easy.
w. G. Twombly will tell him he'll see him and
60 fifty better. And so each will vaunt the
merits of their respective pianos, and all will
be right and none wrong.
And here we must stop fer to-day, or other
wise we shall have no space left for anything
else.