The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

Goods and Carpet Houses Of Toledo
would require columns. Though we
can not do justice to the firm, or jus.
/ tice to the establishment in q descrip,
tive way, justice to the city demand:
that we should put on record fact,
that are Of interest to all and OF spe.
eiaI interest to many.
THE TWO sTOREs-LOCATION.
Fred Eaton & Co. occupy two large
and handsome buildings in Toledo
The stranger visiting the city on leav.
ing the depot, and passing up Summit
street, comes first to the wholesale
and retail dry goods house, Nos. al
and 70 las familiar as household words
and sort Of synonym for excellent
goods and good bargains.) The four
floors of this building are occupied,
each floor being 40 by 125 feet. On
the first floor is a bewildering array
of every conceivable kind of dry
goods and fancy goods for the retail
trade.
DRESS GOODS.
On the left are the dress goods, low
priced varieties coming first, and
grades increasing in price until you
reach their silk department, at a dis
tance of 125 feet. This silk depart
ment is the largest in the northwest
and is kept up in the latest styles and
newest specialities. Opposite is the
white pique, and French print and
foreign gingham department. In the
center, a large space is devote to
trimmings, notions, hosiery, gloves,
laces, buttons and thousand other
things that go to make up a lady's
wardrobe.
PRINTS, CALICOs AND FLANNELs.
AS you pass in at the other entraace
the print and calico department is on
the right. Next comes the flannel
department and following this the
brown and bleached cotton. The last
two stocks were bought by Mr.. Eat
on's buyer in New York long before
the dissolution of the firm Of Eaton &
Backus, and at old prices.
CLOTH DEPARTMENT.
Under the skylight and beyond the
archway, corresponding 20 the Silk
Department on the opposite side, is
the Cloth Department, the stock the
largest and most complete in this or
any western city.
The entire basement under the first
floor is devoted to wholesale dOmes-
tics, bales upon bales being piled one
upon the other, and the assOFtm ent
including every grade.
sHAwLs-wHTE GoODs-FEATHERs.
On the second floor, reached by a
stairway is the shawl and suit and
white goods room. Passing through
two arches, you enter the wholesale
dtess goods, notions and print stock
department. The fourth floor is devo-
ted to wholesale cloths, flannels, &c,
and space is gwen to a department
for geese feathers, and the supply on
hand gives the best idea of the extent
4 of the trade.
AN ELEGANT ROOM.
A walk down Summit street two or
three squares, brings US to the other
establishment of the firm. Here
there are three floors occupied, each
/ 40 by 100. The basement is used for
storage. The retail sales room above
this, is admitted to be one of the most
convenient and elegant rooms of the
/ kind in the Northwest. The best
light is obtained from the large plate
/ glass windows, and this is made avail
able to the greatest degree by the ex-
| treme height of ceilings and the gem
eral arrangement. Very properly,
this room is Mr.. Eaton's pride. The
shelves are filled with the most cost
ly fabrics as well as the more COM
mon fabrics in the dry goods line.
BRIDAL OUTFITS Ts-READY-SfADEs SUITS.
That this firm make bridal outfits
speciality is well known, and at both
stores they are fully prepared TO meet
any demand. The rear portion of this
room is devoted to shawls, ready
made suits, COTsets, hoOp-skirts, and
/ the popular dreSsmaker, Miss Nichols,
/ has her apartments here. The ready
made suit trade has become a promi-
nent feature of the Dry Goods trade,
! and Messrs. Fred. Eaton & Co. claim
/ To have the most extensive assOrt-
ment in the west. The space Occu-
pied measures 40 by 90 feet, and more
than forty forms, graced with some
of the most exquisite suits, show the
resources of the department, and the
taste and skill of those employed.
CARPETs-HOUsE FURNISHING GOODS.
Mounting the grsud staircase, we
enter the Carpet and House Furnish
ing Hall. This hall has been recently
taken by the new firm, and is ac-
knOwledged to be one Of the most
beautiful in the country. 1t has been
known as "Hunker's Hail." and has
been used for balls, parties, lectures,
&c. 1t is scarcely necessary to remark
that more people visit it now, under
the carpet Influence, than ever before.
and more to their profit. The stock
of English and Amerian carpets is
immense. being the largest in the city.
The firm deal extensively in window
shades and curtain furnishing goods,
in bedding, &c. In fact, the firm can
take a house and fit it up from cellar
to attic in the most complete order.
THE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
The whole business management is
under the control of Mr.. Fred. EatO n,
he being the only proprietor. The
buyer employed by the old firm of
Eaton & Backus, is still employed by
the new firm. He is a thoroughly
posted resident of New York, acting
under daily orders, either by mail or
telegraph, from the proprietor.
No visitor to Toledo should fail to
see these two great stOres-the best
Representatives OF Toledo enterprise
and energy in this department, and
no buyer of dry goods and carpets,
should fail to inspect the stock. Mr..
Eaton has been at the head of this es-
tablishment for fifteen years. His ex-
perience has been such as to make
him an expert in meeting, and even
anticipating the demands of trade
and the people at large.
To New QUARTERs.-Last week
Chas. Sting's Sewing Machine Agen-
cy removed to nice, commodious
rooms, nearly opposite his Old stand,
one door south Of Buskirk's Stone
Front Grocery. His stock combines
the Domestic, the "Kingn of Sewing
Machines, with its extension table
and other modern Improvements; the
old, reliable Howe, with which all
that have used it are pleased; fail
line of oils, needles, threads and at
tachments. BE guarantees complete
satisfaction in every case. As he is
well known in this community as a
reliable, welI-posted agent, all will do
well 10 DatroniZa him in his new