The Portland daily press., 1878-09-19
CITY HALL.

inihgs were pretty well arranged in the hall
by yesterday noon, so that peace and harmony
reigned supreme The lasting sweetness at
the head of the stairs in the shape of chewing
candy did not fail to allure persons to its place
OF manufacture and to make youth happy
The people ca me in bright and early, ard con-
tinued 10 do so, and to utter EXPLANATIONS Of
surprise and words of praise about the com.
pleteness of the exhibition. The Reception
Hall appeared to have been arranged with
great care, all the pictures being placed in the
proper light to appear to the best advantage.
Many new exhibits arrived yesterday before
noon, and the hall looked better than on Tues
day.
Among the most noticeable exhibits in the
hall is that of
CHARLES E. JOSE s. co.
Their wares, situated near the centre, are
mostly china and glass ware. Among them
are china pitchers and bowls, cups saucers, and
complete tea sets, which are very highly decor
ated and fit for kings use. Perhaps that
part of their exhibition which should be noticed
particularly is the beautiful iridescsnt glass.
This glass, although the manufacture of it has
recently been introduced into this coun-
try, is not recent invention, but rather
revival Of very old one. Unless our
Bohemian has been misinformed, the glass
was first made 10 Venice a number of centuries
ago. The art of its manufacture seems to
have died almost entirely out since then, until
recently, the art seems to have been again dis
covered. The glass is thin and perfectly plain,
and on presenting it to the light beautiful colors
appear as though fast in the glass. These
colors can always ba seen, as the glass properly
prepared will not change. Besides this they
have fine show of lamps of all styles, and if
beauty made the light they would rival the sun.
There are also some patent wooden lamps of
various styles, the outside being turned fro N
wood and lined with tin. Their greatesG worth
Is probably in that they will not "sweat" on
warm day. In another part of the table they
have some elegant silver ware, ice pitchers,
fruit dishes, urns, and smaller wares. Near
this exhibit are some cases of
sADDLHRY HARDWARE.
Whitney s. Nelson have one of the cases
filed with articles from their store. Bits, the
wherewith to curb the fiery, untamed steed,
buckles, rossttes, dees and chain martingales
appear in profusion.
In the other case are safety rein holders
These rein holders are made by the Safety Rein
Holder Co. of this city, and are arranged with
springs which keep the reins in position to be
grasped instantly. These holders fasten to the
dasher, and are not only Indispensable and
useful, but ornamental. Some ara polished,
while others are painted black.
MERRY, THE HALTER,
occupies large space under the north gallery,
where he shows to the people what kind of
goods he keeps. The styles are the latest and
the stocs the best. Among them may be
found the Harvard, Low Derby, Rssorte, and
that famous Kuox Broadway silk hat Ladies'
seal sets, cheap of course, are to be seen in
case, and all styles of ladies' fur caps. Valises
and buffalo robes abound. He has also on
exhibition fine lot of gentlemen's gloves of
all sizes, large enough to fit the largest and
small enough for the smallest hand. Near
Merry's can be found the clothing of
G. D. b. FISK s. co.
Their display takes up considerable space,
having there suits for children, suits for boys,
suits for young men and old men, and in fact
they can at their establishment fit the young
and old, great and small. lean and fat, and
everybody. They have light and dark, thin
and thick suits. and cheap enough to suit the
most economical and nice enough for the most
fastidious dandy.
PAINTS, OILS, sc.
Unier the back gallery can be found the
paints and oils of Burgess, Fobss & Co. They
have stocks OF paint in cans weighing from
pound to fifty and over. Also can be seen paint
kegs which would hold, some, fifty pounds,
and all the way from that to six hundred
pounds They exhibit some pure lead before
and after corrosive and u case filled with fine
brushes of different Sizes Further south J. b.
Pickett & Co. have fine display of DEssel-
doris fresco colors and Wardsworth, Marines
q Co.'S resdy mixed paints. These paints diff
fer from ordinary mixed paints in not being
chemical. They guarantee that if the paint
does not cover more space and last longer than
ordinary paints, that they will paint mans
house for him with any pure oil and lead that
he may select That is enough surety. They
have also large amount of the Union Lubri-
eating grease. There are three kinds, the axle
grease, the car and machine grease and the
gear grease. This grease has the best of rec
concentrations and certainly is an excellent
lubricator. Besides these they have some Of
Babcock's fine varnishes, for which they are
agents as for all the above exhibits.
La the southwest corner il large quantity
of soap exhibited by Curtis, Davis & Co. of
Boston. They show three kinds of the greasy
article. The American Peerless" "Curtis
& Davis's" Extra and the "Welcoms''. To
the last named special attention is called, as
its being unsurpassed for the laundry, bath or
toilet A great quantity has besn sold and
without doub! it is an excellent soap. Several
OF the retail grocers ia the city keep it, but
Smith, Gage s. Co. are the wholesale agents.
In the northwest corner is the
SALT.
Motley & Winchester have the "Globe" salt
on exhibition in boxes. halves and quarters
Next comes Stevens & Cos salt Here they
have the article ground and unground in box
es and In bags. Henry A. Peck has the larg-
est exhibit. We find salt in boxes, in bags and
half dozen different kinds in pens, such as
the Liverpool" "Cadiz," 'Trapini,' "Turks'
Island" "Hyers'' and st. Martins The
salts exhibited are all of the first grade.
TRUNKS.
j. s. Bracket s. Co. have a lot OF fine trunks
which would look formidable to destroyer.
There are some nice leather ones, some wood
en- ones covered with leather and some with
zinc.
THE BOOTS AND SHOES.
The boot and shoe display is particularly
fine. Shaw, Cooling & Co. have the largest
exhibit although not as many dainty goods for
the feminine sex as some others. Here we
find boots and shoes from the heavy grain
leather fishing boot down to the small shoes for
infants. These goods are of the best manu-
facture, being made by themselves All styles
of rubber goods are shown, which makes one
wonder why any one should have wet feet with
those in the market. Irving J, Brown has his
cases on the end of one of the tables. One
handsome case contains some elegant women's
misses and children's boots and shoes and
dainty white slippers. Som ething entirely
new is to be seen here in the shape of lady's
white cloth top walking boot, which is seen
only in Browns case. Another case contains
some. gentleman's fine boots and slippers.
Near by M. G. Palmer completes with the 9TH