The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-02
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LOCAL SKETC HES.
Weeks ma Barbcr's Establishment.
Merchants Row is Rutland's proudest
and most extensive mart of trade. Here
may be found the wholesale dealer and the
retail trader in almost every class of goods
under the sun. The business accomplished
and the many goods sold on this avenue is
something decidedly extensive and a mat
ter of congratulation to those who are so
fortunate as to be engaged in its lively anc
lucrative hustle.
One of the best known establishments
located on said thoroughfare is that of
Weeks & Barber. The goods they deal
in are of so extensive variety and number
so many of the different as well as the best
elements of trade that it is impossible to
classify their business under a general
head. To start upon we may consider them
wholesale and retail dealers in Furniture,
Crockery and House Furnishing Goods,
and in this connection at least they are
known far and wide, their goods are scat
tered abroad and their trade embraces a
host of customers.
In the year 1862 Messrs Weeks and
Cheney opened an establishment similar to
the one under consideration, in Perkins
Block, now occupied by Dunn & Cramton,
where for six years the business was car
ried on, only two years with Perkins as
partner, the other four years under the
| firm name of Newman Weeks & Co.
In 1872 the well-known Opera House
block was built by VIM. Y. Ripley, Esq,
one portion of which was fitted up for the
express purpose of this business, and in
February of that year Messrs. Weeks and
Barber, the present firm, took possession.
An examination of their extensive estab-
lishment gives some idea of the vastness of
their business, which is large compared to
, the general idea of the observer and is wor-
The building itself is of Milwaukee brick
and is acknowledged to be one of the best
built in the state, while Weeks and Bar
ber's rooms are fitted up for the purposes
they are used in the very finest style and
with the most convenient and appropriate
arrangements. The work shop and store
room of the firm is on West street, build
ing 2Sx5O, used for the storage of some of
their goods and by workmen for the re-
pairing of furniture and the business of
upholstery, which is conducted on large
scale by this establishment.
The spacious first floor is used for the
business of crockery, glassware, gas-fix-
lures and lamp goods, as well as paper
hangings and great variety of improve
ments in household utensils and Yankee
notions. Here is spread out one of the
best assortments of crockery in the state,
while in kerosene and lamp goods the firm
sell more than any other house in Vermont.
They keep constantly on hand everything
connected with the lamp business every
variety of hanging lamps, and every style
OF burner or chimney yet manufactured.
They buy some forty or fifty barrels of
chimneys at once, in which are from four
teen to seventeen different varieties, from
those used ten years ago to the latest style
and pattern. Another branch of goods
kept on this floor is the silver-plated ware,
eastors, spoons and forks These are of
the Rogers make entirely, of which IA
nous mandatory this house sell exclusive
ly, and of every variety of these goods ex-
cepting the hollow ware. The many i'm
provements in household utensils and
Yankee notions are simply wonderful, and
are here seen in all their variety and in an
extensive assortment. The raisin-seeder,
the nutmeg crater, the egg nog beater,
the chicken feeder which is on the same
principle as the patent feeding ink stand,
and thousand other useful things too
numerous to mention, can be found at this
establishment One of the best articles,
and one greatly appreciated at this season
OF the year, is the mammoth refrigerator,
two manufactures of which are here sold,
one by Allen of Fairhaven aud the other
by Boston firm. The largest of these is
an embryo cellar in every respect and for
a small family serves all the purposes of an
| underground room. The ice-cream freez-
er, another summer indispensable, is sold
here, some of which measure eighteen
quarts and when frozen the contents will
supply an entire community with enough
left over for next time.
Ascending the broad and substantial
stairway, we are introduced to another and
entirely different branch of the business of
the house, which is Furniture and Carpets.
This business is dealt in by the wholesale,
comprises large capital and represents
considerable money Here is the elegant
chamber set ranging in price from 800 to
| $275; matched sets of parlor furniture,
marble top tables, sofas and lounges in
endless variety. The lounges are manufac-
tured by the house, of eight different vari-
cites, ranging in price from 30 to 1856. We
were here shown an invention of lounge
and springfield all in one, a lounge by day
and bed by night, constructed on SIM
pie plan of opening the seat, doubling the
width of the lounge, and with the requisite
coverings that can be kept inside, bunk
Is made fully up to the most downy couch
that we read of in fairy tales. These goods
together with every variety of chair and
stools, book cases and whatnots, fill to re-
pletion two large rooms