The Portland daily press., 1872-12-17

The silver fir is OF course the trae,-that WIS
settled long ago-and the only question arising
is. what shall we put upon it? Yankee-like,
our readers will answer the query by the other
question what have We to put upon it? Well,
if you will follow us by the route we have
marked out we will show you plenty of mate
rial from which to make your selections.
First we will step into
scHUMAcHERs',
where an almost endless variety Of holiday
goods greets our eyes. Pictures from six hun
bred dollars in value to six; oil paintings, wa
ter colors, chromos and porcelains; landscapes,
marines, interiors and figure pieces, all in pro-
fusion. Exquisitely carved ivory lockets and
crosses; albums of all sorts and prices; porcc-
lain Madonnas and Cencis and Chocolate girls;
jewelry boxes, glove boxes, match boxes, hand
kerchief boxes, cigar boxes watch boxes, din
ing room ornaments, flower stands, brackets,
stag's heads, vases and book racks, carved in
German oak and walnut in all varieties and
style. These in addition to the usual stock
make an array of holiday goods that is calcu-
lated to suit the most diverse tastes. Indeed
nothing can be NOR suitable for "a gift than
some exquisite gem of art which will be "a
thing of beauty and joy forever The beau
tifully carved ivory work is most attractive
novelty.
The Christmas tree in the window of
j. A. DAY,
102 Middle street, attracts much attention.
Dancing bears, a very amusing toy, are Day S
specalties. In addition to these he has French,
common wax and creeping dolls, children's tea
sets and furniture, hobby-horsss, 1--WE all ride
them,) vases and toilet sets, steam engines and
other mechanical toys, perfdmery, handker-
chief and music boxes, wine sets, work stands,
rocking horses, full line of black and plated
iewelry, and very good assortment of games.
If one has mind to indulge in the pleasant
and healthy amusement of skating he will find
that
G. L. BAILEY
has full stock of the celebrated self-fastening
Acme Club skates, as well as other kinds. He
has also his usual full line of sporting goods,
and a general assortment of fine hardware,
particularly ladies' scissors, of which he has an
extra quality. This year he has fallen into a
musical vein and added accordeons to his
stock
If one has mind to shape his gifts into
"ruddy gold or virgin silver
c. H. LAMsoN
has variety of gold rings, bracelets, American
and Swiss watches, studs, sleeve buttons, chains,
full assortment of opera glasses, silver ware
and in fact all the many varieties of jewelry
into which the precious metals are shaped in
these latter days.
GERRIsH & PEARSON
have their usual superb line of plate, rings
chains, watches, pins, lockets bracelets and
precious stones. For particulars we refer to
their advertisement in another column.
THE WATER SUpPLY.-A cord to those aoho
soaste Sebago.-Few people are aware of the
enormous amount of water wasted in this city
at the present time. This flow of water through
half inch pipe with the head we have, is
nine gallons per inmate or 1896 gallons pei
twenty-four hours Many pipes are one inch,
flowing thirty-ive gallons per minute and some
three-fourth inch flowing twenty-four gallons
per minute Now if all the consumers, 1000
in number. allowed the full flow and had only
a half inch reservoir. it'll is reodily perceived
that more water would be wasted than is sup.
piled to the entire population of Boston. 1t is
estimated that at least 800 consumers let
their fassets remain open the whole twenty
four hours, thereby wasting over three millions
of gallons daily-enough to supply population
of 100000. Thus it will be seen that such great
waste cannot be sustained by any water COM
pany however largo the source of supply
There is no city more literally supplied with
water than Portland, but no company can
stand such prodical waste as is now going on
in this city.