St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-12-15
Holiday Attractions.

The merchants report the open
ing of an earlier holiday trade
than usual, and the season promises
great expense and labor i'll making at
tractive displays. Conspicuous among
the displays is that at the store of
T. c. FLETCHER AND co.
j In one window is IA representation of
a sitting room, with the usual adorn
ments and furnishings, with a little
innocent asleep in IA tiny bed dreaming
of Santa Claus visitation. The hoary
headed god of the child's kingdom has
indeed been there, as suspended from
posts, etc, are numerous evidences of
his thoughtfulness and kindness. In
the opposite window Santa is supposed
to be taking his departure in his rein
deer sleigh. The design is very neat
ly and tastefully executed, and sur
passes anything of the kind ever at
tempted here. In the store the dry
goods have been removed to the lower
room, and the counters are filled with
a great variety of novelties, greater in
variety and quantity than ever before
shown. At the store of
E. AND T. FAIRBANKS AND co.
a fine line of holiday goods will be
opened to day Thursday and placed
on exhibition. The displays made by
this house i'll the past insures large
quantity and fine quality of goods
shown. A novelty this year is the re-
moval of counters and goods in the
centre of the main store and the cree
ton of house or pagoda, beautifully
trimmed and adorned, from which two
young lady clerks will dispense holi-
day wares that will please all ages.
At
4 HOWARD AND ROwELL'S
is shown an elegant and valuable stock
of gold and silver ware and jewelry
equal to the best. Their goods are
first class i'll every respect, and in add
dition to these distinctive features they
have a good assortment of gift books,
fancy stationery, albums, diaries, etc.
While the stock is choice one, and is
not cheapened by novelties very much,
some smaller things are shown which
will delight the little folks. At
BINGHAM's
is large assortment of new and fresh
goods just received from New York
and Boston. Russia leather goods are
shown in great variety of fancy and
useful articles, as, also, are plush
goods, olive wood goods, and peacock
fans and mats. A large assortment of
Christmas cards are shown, cOmpris-
ing the well-knOwn makes of Ward;
Prang, Lowell and Hildeshmer, the
whole forming an elegant and choice
display. At
W. b. ANDERsON's
are shown Christmas and New Years
cards, scrap-bOOks, albums, fancy sta
tionery, and many fancy articles suita-
able for holiday presents. His store is
small and does not admit of an extern
sive display, but he has more of a stock
than he can find room to show to good
advantage. In addition to the more
distinctive Christmas features he has
good lines of wOrsteds, yarns, ribbons,
laces and gloves, and ladies' and chill
dren's goods of every description. At
FLINT BROTHERS
a great variety of holiday goods are
shown, including so many things that
they can hardly be indicated. Watches,
clocks, jewelry, books, fancy station
cry, albums, CHI istmas cards, diaries,
etc, with IA large assortment of toys
and confectionery, are among the at
fractions to be seen. At
/. b. ATwOOD's,
while no particular holiday display is
made, 500 overcoats are marked down
twenty-five per cent for thirty days
only.
CLIFFORD's AND MEMS
are shown fine lines of Christmas and
New Years cards, the designs being
varied in character and elegant in de
sign.
F. o, CLARKS
may he seen a very fine show of books
of various kinds and values, Christmas
cards, diaries, etc. A fine line of iu-
venile books is shown. A novelty in
the way of illustrated poems, with en-
bellished and fringed covers, is among
/ the attractions he has to offer on his
we'll filled counters. At
c. VI. CARPENTERS
is shown frameless and rubber snow
glasses and gold bowed glasses, suita-
bic for Christmas presents. Mr.. Car
penter is making quite business of
the spectacle trade. At
G. E. GROWS,
or in other words at the Boston Varie-
| ty store, is seen large and varied as
sortment of novelties and toys, in such
profusiOn as TO make the youthful eyes
dance in glee at the sight of the many
pretty things there displayed. At
T. C. sPENCER's
is shown one of the incest and most
valuable assOrtments in town. He
makes no display of novelties at all,
but all of his goods are of standard
value and merit. His stock of watch
es, clocks, jewelry, plated and silver
I ware is unusually full and comnleta