The Portland daily press., 1874-12-19
Our Christmas Tree,

| The man who eSteems good suit OF clothes
of the best mater al and the most fashionable
make, will find that Mr.. Kohling at No. 90
Excl ange street, can make him happy. In
deed, his brain is full of the only "fits" which
delight gentlemen, and his store is full OF the
best goods in the market and right on the top
of the style. Every year kohllng increases
the number of his friends and patrons. Ven
you had some peesness vor Kohlng, mebbe
you had peter loat rount his biace.
j. P. SMITH.
J.P. Smith has opened rooms at No. 553s
Congress street for the manufacture of switches
and all kinds of hair goods. He makes all
kinds of hair goods at short notice. Mr.. Smith
has had long experience in this business, and is
amply able to give the BEST satisfaction.
REDDY & DoNAHUE.
The new firm of Reddy & Dcnahue have just
opened a new stock of mems and boys clothing
in store No. 156 Fore street, in the old Bethel
building. Their stock is large, and every
article is new and fresh, and they propose to
sell at the very lowest price. They also have a
large stock of furnishing goods and woolens.
Particular attention will be given to custom
tailoring in all its branches. Give them CALL
C. W. RICH s. co.
The we'll known firm of G w. Rich & Co.
have as usual a large assortment of ready-made
clothing in their store, Nos. 173 and 175 Fore
street. You can get one of the finest suits that
are made. or one for IS or $40. Their STOCK IS
SO large and complete that you cannot fail to
get suited They have large line OF seamen's
suits that they are disposing of very rapidly.
In addition to their stock of ready-made cloth.
Ing they have full line of furnishing. goods
that are carefully selected, and will be disposed
of at the lowest prices. Visit their large store
nd Lob fbah ap ina NV
E. t. ELDEN s. CO.
E. T. Eden & Co., No. Free street, have
large stock of goods to select Christmas pres
ents from. They have one hundrd cases OF the
Bates Honey comb quilts. that they are selling
for IS cents. and other goods at similar reduc.
tions. A few pieces of black silk are selling at
Las per yard, etc, etc. Their stock of silk is
very large and complete. The rest OF their
dress goods are offered at equally low prices.
They also have full line of hosiery of all kinds,
and lot of ladies' and children's underwear.
Their stock is large and carefully selected, and
is worthy of close inspection. They have
large line of fancy goods especially adapted to
the holiday trade.
oRIN HAWKES. & co. -
The old established firm of Grin Hawkes. s.
Co., at their store on Congress street, opposite
the Preble House, offer large stock of mems
and boys ready made clothing. The firm man.
ufscture their own stock, and thus are able to
warrant every garment they sell. They have
one of the largest and best stocks of goods in
the state, and willing to dispose of it at rea-
sonable prices. Besides clothing they have
large stock of other goods suited for holiday
presents. In fact, at this store you eau find
anything usually found in first-class gentle
mems furnishing goods store.
A. FULLER.
A. P. Fuller has large stock of varnisbes
and iapans in his store, No. 203 Fore street.
which are manufactured by himself. His war;
nish and japan mandatory is the only onelin
the state, and it gives him a large market for
his products. He is also dealer iu machinery.
sperm, lard, burning and wool oils. He al
Ways keeps full stock of oils of all kinds on
hand. Orders by mail or telegraph promptly
filed. rr.-
BAILEY & MOVES.
Bailey & Noyes have an unusually large as
sortment of fine books for the holiday trade. As
usual the standard works in various styles of
binding, from the cheapest to the best, are to
be found, together with many illustrated works
designed especially for Christmas and New
Years, by such artists as Dore, Fredericks,
Causin, Teens, Armytage, and many Others
The editions of the standard poets in limo.
tree calf make very handsome presents The
stock of juveniles is unsurpassed. They have
a large stock of family Bibles, and being agents
for the Maine Bible Society are enabled to sell
at very low prices. In the fancy stationery line
they display fine line of bronze inkstands,
desks, library ornaments, and gold pens and
pencils, Russia pocket knives are offered in
the very latest styles. Albums from the cloth
to the most expensive Russia binding are in
full supply. They have also large assortment
of games for the little ones. in fact their va
ried stock contains many useful and beautiful
articles suitable for the holiday trade. We
must not forget to mention the musical depart
ment, where may be found the celebrated
Chickeringipano and those OF other makers.
RAND & THoMES. f4l
Rand & Themes invite the attention of pur-
chasers to their large and varied stock Of useful
and fancy articles for the holiday trade. In
plain and gold band china the stock is unusu-
ally fine and extensive, as is also the stock of
crockery and glass ware Particularly worthy
of notice are the toilet sets, vases, Dronzes busts
statuettes, smokers sets, and toy tea-sets in
china, lava, alabaster and parian: In lava
goods some very taking novelties in figures are
offered, and in parian the goods range from the
exquisite Clytie of Townley to the busts of the
plainest Of public men. The papier naache
goods are also novelty, and will be eagerly
sought for Silver plated ware is another arti-
Gle to which attention is called. Orders are
taken for glass decorated with initial mono