The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-12-13

We resume our notes Of things in season
and that are arrayed before the people:
OSCAR CRANz, No. IA Governor street.
Wine. and Liquor Store.-Cranz's, to use
the. hackneyed phrase OF the advertising
community, is the cold reliable" establish
ment. The proprietor is fine Judge Of
good wines and liquors, and has that trou-
blesome thing to many persons. "reputa-
ton" to maintain. {. What he says they
must believe" and will believe
when they test his veracity in
the light Of topaz or any of the
sparkling liquids in which he deals.
We behold now in his advertisements the
most inviting names, such rs Premiere
Serre, Napoleon, Roderer, Clicquot, and
that dear, irresistible fellow, Bouzy! But
there are the old companions OF other days,
Madeira (once the fashionable wine of Vir-
ginia) and Sherry Of the best kinds. Nor
will man find any difficulty in procuring
the very best ingredients for the superb
beverage OF the season-the rum, and the
brandy, and the whiskey. OF all Of these
Cranz has the very best You cannot go
amiss in buying in the Christmas stimu-
lants at CranZ's.
NowLN & Co., corner of Main and Tenth
streets-Jewellers.- the stocks of
superb iewelry, watches, trinkets, and
silver and plated-ware, are beautiful and
brilliant enough to turn mans head and
involve him in maze Of indecision and
perplexity. Many, are able to decide what
they like best, but then where's the money
That's the question.
Really the show of new-fashioned and
exquisite ornaments for the fair challenges
alike admiration and criticism. MIR. Now
lin, the head Of the house, and Mr.. McCom-
Der, the junior partner, are untiring in their
disposition to accommodate their customers,
and they are gallantly reinforced by their
statesmen. When we behold their stocks we
cannot but think that it is a hapless age
which arrays such lovely things for the
public eye, and so curtails the means for the
qualification of ones taste. What diamonds
and rubies-nay, what every sort OF o1na-
ment-they have to grace the arms, and
necks, and ears, md hair OF the fair 1t is
indeed place for Christmas presents Of the
choicest and most elegant styles. We COM
mend Nowin & Co.'s to the generous
makers Of holiday presents. ,s Fl s.
7. L. o.. WALFoRD and CARLTON McCAR-
Thy, 914 Main street.-Here we have that
highly-improyed instrument ..the parlor
organ, which has. by the great improve
nient in manufacturing machinery, been SO
reduced ~ cost that a very fair instrument
isbought for Sl50. With this family may
organize very happy Christmas. We in
vite people OF q musical turn to look into
this store and examine Messrs. WALFoaD
& McCARTHY's stock. .@.s FIX (
NINErY-NINE-C CENT STORE, No. sos Broad
street.-This odd store Dis bother to most
people-to the Jews a stumh bling block, and
to the Creeks Greek nation) fo0lishness.
.'Ninety-nine cents . indeed !! How is a
man eyer to spend an even sum sthere9 AS
Mrs. Partington would say, it is q matthew
tistical arrangement that would puzzle the
saint himself. Why a man cant get a
round sum at that store, as "a friend says,
without buying 4 hundred dollars worth,
which would cost him sai,aet, ,-'ai1e dollars!
That's a pretty state of5things. 1T is a en-
rious puzzle in arithmetic; and as the.
99-cent store is supplied with q great va
riety of desirable articles the purchaser
may indulge a sort Of mental recreation by
going there TO make purchases. Speaking
il the a9-eent business, we are reminded
hat that sum is SO near par that there are