The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-24
CHRISTMAS EVE.
THE NIGHT TO FILL THE STOCKINGS.
Where to Get What WILL Be sure 60
Please the Young and Old.

Where to Get What WILL Be Sure e
Please the Young and Old.
N come, good gentlefolks, the last or all,
To hear your 10 dict and to close the ball"
Dear resders-old folks, young folks, and
lovers (for they are more or less Of all sges)-
we salute you most obsequioualy this winter
morning. 30 near the blessedest day Of the
year, and venture our final warning to you
to be ready to celebrate 1t In beart and spirit
as l: should be celebrated. This is Christmas
Eve. The Growing OF the cock at dawn To-
morrow will usher In the grand old day itself.
"soms say that ever gainst that &c ason comes
Wherein our SaVlour's birth is celebrated,
This bird OF dawniDg singeth all light long;
ana taen, tney saJ, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets slrike,
NO ialry taxes, nor witch hath power TO charm,
SO hsllowed aud so gracious is the time"
No evil spirit walks tonight. Old Santa
Claus has the field %undlsputed and alone.
Bright angels, with golden wings, with
sweetest sleep and fairest boiling dreams
come to the pillows wherein the little ones
lie snugly nestled, and fan them into uncon.
cious smlles. The Tiny stockings await the
contributions Of the good old Saint. Let not
the dreams of the little ~innocents lack a gene
rous fulalment ! We hope that people have
been aided by these infallible chronicles in
their hunt for things appropriate for the day.
And nov, as this is the last chance, let us
glance once more at the columns of The
NEWS and see what we want and where to
get it.:
A rare opportunity to secure beautiful
Christmas gifts will be Afforded to-day at the
Confederate Home. Miss Mary Bates, Of Bos.
ton, and other friends In Baltimore, have sent
as a donation to the home q choice collection
Of articles Of swiss manufacture, which will
be offered for sale to-day, between twelve and
three O'clock. An opportunity will be afford.
ed to purchase them, also, every day Of this
week. The Home Christmas tree Is to be re.
vealed on Thursday, the 2sth instant. The
friends who, In the past, have 30 generously
remembered this occasion are begged not to
forget 1t now.
New York has Its A. 7. Stewart and Its Olaf.
lin. but Charleston boasts its Furchgott, Ben
edict q Go. In what are called the good old
times before the war, Charleston never had
a handsomer or more fashionable dry goods
emporium than 1t can now point TO at No. 276
King street. 1t were difficult to say which
Is more to be admired, this elegant assort-
ment Of dry goods, or the imposing style
In which they are displayed. In Its every day
attire throughout the year, this establishment
ls most attractive, but now, deeked as 1t Is In
holiday garb, and with It's stock enlarged and
improved to suit the demands of the season,
1t is an Institution which reflects credit upon
Charleston, and of which Its eDterprislng and
energetic proprietors may well be proud.
Look here upon this picture and on that.
Upon this which was taken in %second-clsss
and careless style, and on that which bears
the imprint Of souder's artistic skill. If there
be any Photographic artist who really holds
the mirror up 10 nature and shows rs our
Image as 1t appears to others eyes, II ia The
experienced and energetic Souder. His pho.
tograph gallery, though not qnlte as large as
Brady's In New York, Is in all other essentlsl
respects equal thereto. Even though We may
not wish to sit for our counterfeit present.
ments, souder's establishment will we'll repay
a visit of inspection.
"Break we our watch up" said Horatio to
his friends, and should have added, land
then let us procure q better one, by going to
Allan's, No. s07 King street." Horatio, how
ever, had never seen A'lan's-had never en-
joyed a sight OF his elegant sllverware, bis
gold opera and vest chains, and his fine
watches. he had never seen the wonderful
mechanical bird, which, almost q thing Of life,
sings 'llke seven BELLS" Call OF Allan's,
see the bird, and procure a Christmas pres
emit for some loved one.
And still with a cong, not OF dolerous pitch,
we sing the song OF The shlrt-of SCOTS cele-
brated star shirts. SCOTS new and handsome
sign at his old establishment, near the corner
OF Meeting and Market streets, Ia one OF the
signs of the times, but his establishment is
too well known to need IT, No one In want
of anything In the line OF mems furnishing
goods can go into SCOTS, with %greenbacks In
pocket, and emerge therefrom scot free. And
80, still with a voice at Christmas pitch, oh,
let the sounds reach pool and rlch, we sing
the song OF the shirt.
Mr.. D. +. Gleason has thoroughly reatted
his popular restaurant at No. 104 Market
street, and is prepared to offer unusual at
traction to his friends and the public. He
calls upon all to meet him during lunch hours
to-day, when anything, from q sandwich to q
champagne cocktail, can be had merely for the
trouble of swallowing 1t. Irresistible !
Messrs. ]. b. Hall d Co., at their establish
ment, corner of East Bay and Market streets,
have on hand an excellent and varied assort-
ment of sushes, blinds, doors, fancy lumber,
&c. To SEQ the blinds at Messrs. Hall d Co.
Is to order them and to have them 'made
good" or builders supplies and hardware
their stock is large and prices most moderate.
Some fine California pears have been re-
ceived by Mr.. B. skerrilt, at the gem OF g
fruit store in Broad street, near The NEWS
office. We believe that such pears cannot be
found elsewhere In the city at present, and
We know that more delicious ones cannot be
found anywhere. skerritt's malaga grapes
would hsve made the famous fox In the fable
take an extra and fabulous leap to reach
them.
TIE HdRD FREEZE.