The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-09-06
EXCELSIOR HIS MOTTO.
The Palatial Establishment Of
D. !. Holcomb as Viewed
bya Bazoo Reporter.
China, Queens and Glassware
for All Who May Desire
to Purchase.
A Stock Of Goods that Would be
q Credit to q City Of 100. 900
Inhabitants.

Mr.. d. ]. Ho,com6's new china, glass
aud queenswarc establishment on Second
street Was visited By BAZoO reporter yes
terdav. A more complete and magni6-
cen, stock cannot, probably. be found in
the state outside vi st. Louis. The spa
cious building is crowded from top to
bottom with every description Of beautiful
goods, comprising china, glass goods, bar
fixtures. HadlOn's decorated ware, ivory
ware, majOlica ware. earthen ware and
every variety vi articles connected with the
business. For two weeks past Mr.. Hol-
comb and his corps OF assistants have been
engaged in the herculean task of removing
this gigantic stock from the old rooms In
the llgen block to the spacious building
on Second street, which is one Of the best
in the city. II is three stories high and
10 feet deep. II has q very large cellar,
itself capable Of containing an ordinary
stock OF goods. The convenient arrange
ment OF every part OF this fine building,
spacious, yet economizing every square
foot, will ut once strike the visitor. The
front is composed Of two tremendous Crys-
tai City plates, which cost the neat sum OF
$500. The pavement in front IL formed
Of two huge fakes Of Fort Scott stone. The
long room on the ground floor is filed
with shelves, showcases, tables and coun-
tiers, which contain a fne selection OF
china and glassware and fancy furnishing
goods ~ was ever exhibited anywhere.
At the back end Of the room are stairs
which lead to galleries on each side Of the
room, in which sort of . miniature OF
the lower part il presented. Passage ways
fov I'D
u the visitor or purchaser walks around
the numerous tables, or along the crowded
shelving and chests Of drawers and beholds
the almost bewilderins display OF every
suggestion OF beautiful and useful goods,
he cannot help feeling An honest pride in
the enterprise and business-like liberty Of
the energetic proprietor, and in the city
which has grown to be what it is in fifteen
wears, and in the class of business men
who have grown with it. Everything il
new. from the tiny and delicate hour glass.
the horOloge Of our fathers. with its gOsa-
mer bulbs and its red sands Of life slowly
ebbing away into that eternity which is
the common lot of all, to the huge buf
tasty oleander pot and the large varieties
Of modern pottery. While moving around
through the labyrinth OF tasteful orna-
ments, the saving Of the aesthete, Oscar
Wilde. "Let us live up to our blue china"
naturally rises in the mind. The blue
china is there, in many beautiful varieties.
The lilliputian leaves suggest smbrosia
and other impossible deiicacies. One
could spend hours admiring the splendid
display OF china alone. In wandering
through the superb stock, unsurpassed in
variety, quality, style and workmanship,
the eve lights on patterns the most orig
inal. unique and arabesque that the cum
ming OF could devise. Bohemian glass
ware. majolics ware, sevres china. old Ger
man Styles, the old blue and yellow
OF our grandparents, and Roman, Greek.
Etruscan, Etrurian, Moorish, Mexican,
Egyptian, Coptic, Chinese, japanese and
Hindoo designs, together with the produce
of modern taste, suggesting the progress Of
the potter's art from the beginning down
| to the present time, are on hand, in the
shape OF useful and beautiful articles. Up
stairs and down stairs the display il
everywhere complete. The two upper
stories and the cellar are stored with goods
vet uupacked, and the work Of shelving
fresh goods il still going on. The build
ing is provided with every modern i'm
provement. such as gas, water, FIRE and
burglar-proof sase set in the wall, of6ce.
and an elevator, upon which the goods are
| transported from door to floor.
| The residents Of our city, and stransers
Sightseeing here, are recommended to pay
= visit TO this pslatial bazaar, where they
will be welcomed BY the genial propriet0.
and his gentlemanly assistants. Ladies.
especially, will find their visits rendered
pleasant and enjoyable BY the attentions
Of Miss Sadie Bennett, late stewardess .,
the Garrison house, who has been en-
gagged BY Mr. HolcOmb 70 act a saieslady
| Misc 0itchell'O School.
! The fall term Of Miss Nellie NJ. Mitch
ellis school and kindergarten opens Mon
day, September II. School all day. Kin
der8xrten from SIS to II .. m. NOrth-
east corner of Fifth and Lamiue strests.
! For Rent.
A we'll furnished room, centrally locs,-
ed. in . private family, suited for two gen
tlemen - . sleeping room. Call At thisoi-
fee.
Strayed About Ten Doysaince.
Mare colt, 2 years old, dark brown,
80 81 =: