Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-07
& STONE.
The Heaviest Furniture House in
the West.

Dewey q Stone Is an Establishment
of which Omaha has reason to feel
proud, as it is a credit not only to
the city, but also to the State, that
so extensive and varied a stock OF
furniture can be kept on hand here.
Any article of furniture that is to
be had in any of the larger cities
can be found here, as Messrs. Dewey
& Stone keep a greater variety than
any other similar house in the Uni
ted States, every manufactures of
any note, being represented in their
stock. Their establishment pre-
sents an unpretending and uninvit-
ing front on Farnham street, and
to one who has never been through
it, it would seem impossible for it to
contain more than an ordinary-sized
stock of goods; but a complete sur
prise in this respect awaits every
one who visits the house for the
first time. Their store room on
Farnham st. consists of 2 two-story
wooden buildings, each % feet wide
by 1872 feet long, and three build
ings in the real on Harvey street,
where furniture is also stored, man
ufactured, repaired and upholstered.
To obtain an accurate idea of this
establishment, we made a tour
through it a day or two since, in
company with one Of the gentle
manly statesmen, Thomas c. Short,
who has been with the firm over
six years.
We were shown the most mag
nificent parlOr and bed-chamber
sets ever manufactured i'm this
country. The fine furniture of this
firm can nowhere be eXcelled. The
beautiful and rich looking bedsteads,
built of the different kinds of hard
wood, and artistically finished, with
skillfully executed carvings, would
be envied by a prince, while the ac-
companying articles of a chamber
set, the handicapped wash stand,
the cushioned chairs, the wardrobe,
and the elegant bureau, surmounted
with the mirror, all correspond, and
would do honor to a palace; and
vet this is the kind Of furniture that
is daily sold to the citizens of Oma-
ha and the west by this firm: We
can, therefore, safely conclude that
there are more elegantly furnished
houses i'm Omaha than in any other
city double Its population in the
country.
Their parlor sets cannot be too
much praised. They have OIL hand
a great variety of styles, all finished
in the most fashionable manner.
Their lounges, sofas, and chairs
are all most handsomely uphol-
stored.
Every style of bookcases, side
boards, Office desks, Office chairs,
and chairs of every description may
be found here: We NOTICED some
new styles of chairs with perforated
wood seats, which are fast taking
the place of the cane seat. They
are certainly a novelty, and Messrs.
Dewey & Stone were the first to in
troduce this style in the West.
Their rustic chairs and garden
seats always find ready sale during
the summer.
Their assortment of French plate
and common mirrors is very ex-
tenslve.
Messsrs. Dewey & Stone make a
speciality of common goods, which
they sell at eastern prices. They
keep no poor goods, as they can
buy a good article of common fur
niture in the eastern market Us low
as the poorer qualities r sold. The
reason Of this Is, that they purchase
in large quantities-never less than
the car load, and "knOck down. at
that. They have constantly on
hand every thing pertaining to the
furniture trade-curled palm leaf,
reps, hair cloth, pushes,
gimps, buttons, chair cane, Gard
ner's patent perforated seats, bed
springs Sixteen different styles,)
woven wire mattresses, curled hair,
moss, tow, husks, etc., all of which
they sell at the lowest prices.
This firm employ twenty men
in upholstering, mattrass making,
putting up "knock-down" furniture,
and in finishing furniture.
Messrs. Dewey & Stone have long
lived in the west, and are thorough
~ western men. They have done
business here for many years, and
are identified with every interest of
Omaha. The time was when they
shipped goods as far west as Utah
by wagon, and now owing to the
railroad facilities, their trade ex-
tends throughout the entire west,
and their daily sales are enormous.
But, nevertheless, they always make
it a rule to keep on hand a larger
stock than there is present demand
TOR, 20 that they are never liable