Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-12-10
SANTA CLAUS.
WHERE TO FIND HIM.

chants being fully alive to that fact, it
will not be long before the young folks get
the old folks to realize it to their cost.
Christmas presents must come with Christ.
mas, that is one of the inevltables and pa
rents who make up their minds to adopt
this as foregone conclusion are wise and
the sooner they do this, the wiser they are.
For the relief of this class OF our com
can find what. they want so that time in
munity we will! indicate to them where they.
looking around will be saved and they can
go right to the place where they will be
best suited. Our merchants, with their
usual enterprise, have not spared effort or
expense to bring their goods before the
public, as will be seen by consulting the
columns of the VINDICATOR this morning
and as there are so many of them we will
begin this early in the season to point OUT
the places to get your Christmas presents
and complete the list next week.
J. E. TAYLOR
has pretty much everything that goes. to
make the young people happy. New, pref
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looking dolls, hobby horses, oak wagons
sleighs, fire works and candies, candies,
candies of all sorts, sweet, sour, bitter,
favored and straight, molasses and sugar,
with currants. figs, citron, raisins and all
kinds Of tropical fruits. Fathers and
mothers, you can get complete Christmas
outfit for e.children at Taylor's. Give
him call.
JOHN LESSER
has the most tempting show of fruit cake
we have seen and every other kind of cake
aud sweet thing suitable for Christmas
dinner made right there by skilled hands
in Jesser's own style, which anybody
knows can't be beat. His shelves are
crowded with fresh, pure candy just made
this week, nuts, raisins. canned goods, &c.
and the incest, contest little back parlor for
ladies and gentlemen to eat oysters in
cooked and served in just such style as will
make you want to come again.
GABRIEL HlRsH
has got all of his holiday goods in at last
and hi store is crowded below and above
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est collection of musical instruments in
the city IS there, and pretty case of sill
yer ware adds its glitter to the bright va
riety. A genuine kriss Krlngle dressed in
his furs with bundle of toys on his
back, walks around the floor when called
out, and pretty, fashionably dressed dolls
trot about and talk as sweetly as two year
old toddler Of flesh aud blood. Mr.. Sam.
Hirsh, the courteous young man of the
establishment will show these animated
toy wonders to the children and their
mammas without extra charge.
LIPsCOMB & soMERvILLE
have large display of useful and orna-
mental goods in their line which present
unusual attractions to Christmas buyers
on their rounds, and their bright and pref
ty place is thronged with them. First
there is $4,000 worth of silver plate of new
and beautiful patterns and Is elegant tea
sets, dinner sets, French china, oyster and
desert sets, &c. The designs in MaJolica,
Kioto, Bohemian and Lava wares, and
French BronZes, Chinese and Japanese
goods are rare and rich. There are thou
sand other pretty and useful things Sc
lected with the good taste which always
characterizes the purchases of the senior
member of the firm who has recently re-
turned from the North where he laid in
this stock, which is suited to the demands
of their trade, and which long experience
enables him to so we'll understand. Only
call and look and you will be pleased.
BERKELEY & CO.,
have choice stock of Christmas goods,
such as perfume boxes, toilet cases, odor
cases. toilet boxes, &c. We cannot go
through the long list of pretty, useful and
ornamental things that crowd the show
cases. You must look for yourselves, but
be prepared to do more than look, for you
can't go away without buying, and you
ought not to. And don't fail to inquire
into the good qualities of the Sunbeam
safety Lamp. which sheds light as soft
sand bright as sunbeam, and the inventor
of which has discovered the lost art of
making lamp that will not break Chin
neys.
But we can't begin to get through the
list of VINDICAToR Christmas advertisers
this time, and must, like the newspaper
story writers, say, 'continued next week. y
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