Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-12-12
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ready. Our stores are well filled with new
and attractive goods appropriate to the
season and the confectionery and toy ba-
zaars are gay with tempting displays turn
ing the heads of the children and threat
ening to turn the pockets OF the parents.
The crowd Of people from the country who
came to town shopping Monday would
have done justice to an average court day,
and as many of our frie DIS were seen going
fror rlace to place undecided where to
buy, we propose in this column to give
them the result of the investigations of
our reporter, who has teenall around. For
full particulars consult our advertising
columns. You will scarcely fluid in the
large cities prettier display than at;
LIPsCoMB &sSoMERviLLE's -Thele are
two large cases of slyerware of chaste and
rare designs, large counter filled with
unique and pretty patterns in MaJollca,
Kiyoto. Pdrian and Chinese ware, tiers u
shelves, loaded down with va IS of every
size, color and design, smoking sets, glass
ware, toy sets in china and gold and hun
dreds of other rare and pretty things that
one would never think Of until they were
seen. 4 ,sr ~, Ha;ads e.s.a e
DIR. N. WAYT & BROTHER Everybody
knows where the store is, have not for
gotten the needs Of the season. Their
eleven foot glass show case, the largest
one in the Valley of Virginia. is filled with
very choice goods, among which are cellu-
loid toilet sets, japanese sets, cut glass
cologne bottles, lgenulne), toilet boxes,
hair brushes, fine soaps, lot of pretty
things in glass, rare pertumery, SC.
MAI. J. w.. NEwToN's large establish
ment has put on its holiday dress. Every
thing looks bright and gay and tempting
Our reporter found the energetic proprie
tor and his clerks busy mailing circulars
$500 names in Augusta and the adjoining
COUNTIES. $33 for postage to say nothing
of the printing and envelopes. looks like
business and that end of the store might
| have passed for the city post office.
w. II. WELLER's handsome store is
| even more attractive than usual and was
crowded with ladies with whom it is a
favorite place. His show of tastefully Sc
lected and arranged gods is irresistible
and his long list of articles such as Bre-
tonnes, Cretonnes 6 ossamers, Fichues, Rib
bons, Rufflings, &c. &c., bewildered our
reporter and he gave up his seat to the
| proprietor, his clerks and the ladies who
seemed to be perfectly at home among the
hard names and pretty things
| LEVY BROTHERs.-Here there was
a jam, and Santa Claus. who advertises
his headquarters at 80 Main street, was
holding perfect levee, ladies. gentlemen
and children admiring; trying and buying.
Picture books, dolls, magic fish, Noah g
Arks, hobby horses, musical instruments
and things guilty of making all sorts of
noise, not musical, toys of all description,
but it IS useless to try to enumerate. Santa
Clause has published full list elsewhere
Consult it 4st $3.50 f-t5
BERKELEY & Co., at their we'll known
stand, do not mistate facts when they say
their show cases are rsplete with exqui-
site toilet acticles.' The array of TASTE
full toilet articles, real cut glass, cologne
bottles, exquisite pelfumeries, comical
Chtna babies sucking their toes and hun
| dreds Of other pretty and useful things is
an attractive one. And the large glass
aquarium with its numerous 6nny popu-
lation is the prettiest kettle of fish in the
city and the children's delight to say moth
ing of older folkss
| ~ II. nr win, III -
son. His show cases aud counters are
crowded with really beautiful collection
of things suitable for Christmas and New
7 ears presents. 70 attempt an ~enume-
ration would be useless. But the new and
tasteful designs of ink stands, paper
weights, writing desks and smoking sets,
attract attention at once, while the array
OF pictures, :hromos, engravings, and the
newest and prettiest books that load the
shelves, with everything else novel and
attractive in the book and stationery line
cannot fail to make DIVERS one of the
most popular places in the city during the
holidays
GEO. w. MAY & 20 too, are up with
the times. Their show cases attract a
great deal of attention Costly cellu)Oid
toilet sets, beautiful glass vases, pretty
fancy boxes for ladies ,oilets, perfumery
OF every degree of fragrance, perfumed and
pertaining dolls and other things useful
and ornamental too numerous to mention
mere of price and quality to suitsevery one
are among the holiday allurements of this
popular house.
BYERs u EAKLE, though dealing chiefly
n the substantlals, are prepared for the
demands of the season as they we'll know
their friends cannot get up a Christmas
dinner without generous supply of the
celebrated Atmore or Lieber mince meats
and raisins. currants AMI citron for the
inevitable fruit cake. Their stock of
canned goods of every kind is very large.
among which is large supply of the ia.
NOUS Denton peaches.
DEBTOR & Co., at 1O5 South Augusta
street, have full line Of Christmas SUD-
plies, mince meats. confectionaries of an.
kinds, fancy and staple groceries, and a
nice lot of candies. The prices will tempt
even poor man to get up first. class
Christmas dinner. Mr.. DEBTOR makes a
speciality of tobacco and cigars of which
he has very large stock of choice brands.
His double decker show case is supplied
with the most fragrant cigars and dainty
clgaretts and lovers of the weed can get
here treat for very little money.
Il. L. LEFT.WIcH, OH Grocers' Row, 10
North Augusta street, has not forgotten
to prepare for his customers, and they Wilt
fluid their favorite stand well supplied With.