The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-12-16
The Holiday Season.


The ingenuity OF manufacturers III produc.
ing pretty and novel things for Christmas is
one of the marvels uf the day. With each
recurring season the wonder Is, what can DC
left for next year. The limit seems reached
each year, ana yet at the next holiday time
the variety is as great as ever
This il nowhere more noticeable than In q
fancy goods store, in which line OF goods
something new must come each year. In thls
part Of the state the only fancy goods store
worthy the name is Hapeman " Graham's, on
La Sale street, west OF the new court house.
For years this house has been the leader In
this trade, and this year stands still further
in The lead, if extent variety and beauty OF
stock means anything, for choice selections
from the great variety Of new things produc.
cd by American manufacturers and brought
in by importers are here, as well as "older
faces in new dress"-the standard lines OF
fancy goods, which like the lovely Xmas
cards, change face but not form.
1t would be quite impossible TO catalogue
half the novel things in their stock; but art
lovers will delight in those magnificent
plaque and hammered brass to say 1t in Eng
fish clocks, and those beautiful bronZes, Two
OF the loveliest shapes OF household art
goods ever offered for sale In OTTAWA. Their
Bsque figures, also, are as beautiful as they
are artistic in design and perfect In finish.
In the way of engrayings on steel, arto-
types, panel pieces, oil paintings, &C., they
haye unquestionably the finest line ever
shown here, framed or unframed; and next
week will add splendid line Of steel etch-
ipgs. These goods they frame to suit your
taste on short notice, carrying as they do n
full line of mouldings for this work. They
have also large line OF new shapes and siz-
es in photo frames, in all fashionable colors
and materials.
ba, rn th,. n nj In VA nos pnoDs
IN trays, glove boxes and other shapes; opera
glasses in great variety: toilet sets in plush
cases; albums, in plush and leather bindings;
and a thousand other delicious conceits,
which will delight you If you will call and
see them.
They have full line, too, of the favorte
Prang aud Lowell Christmas cards, the form
err in colors, with their beautiful decorations,
and the latter in their usual form-steel on
board the most beautiful and artistic Of all,
and one of the prettiest of Christmas souve-
Mrs
In books they have the usual line Of holi-
day specialties standard authors in plush,
morocco, tree calf, half-calf and Russia
binding, and miscellaneous volumes in cloth.
And the little ones are not forgotten.
There is an immense line of the newest toys
and games and juvenile books, more beasti-
full in print aud bindings and richer in their
literary contents than ever,
1t is seldom one sees in one store so many.
varieties OF goods and each line SO complete
rs is to be seen at Hapeman IL Graham's
And this is great advantage. In other places
one visits "A dozen houses to find just the
goods ore finds here in one room, and he
finds no more than he finds here.
They ask all to call on them and see the
goods. They will be glad to show them, and
if you cannot find something beautiful to
please yOu,-you may be fastidious, but the
looking will be worth your while.