Middletown transcript., 1883-12-14
Ready for buyers.

gifts we have ever seen DeyOnu tH0 boIu-
ers Of a great city. You can find here
hundreds of articles, cheap and expensive,
to gladden. the heart of loved ones at this
happy season, but the TRANSCRIPT is not
big enough to tell you much about them.
Its columns would be full before it could
describe the half it has seen in one store,
and there are a great many stores in Mid
dIetown, YOU know. All Of these stores
will expect a call from you, and you
should 90 and see the wonderful array of
Christmas goods they have displayed
whether you want to buy much or little
According to the TRANSCRIPTS annual
custom it gives brief notice OF its home
advertisers who sell holiday goods:
s. NJ. REYNOLDS & co.
show fine stock Of holiday novelties,
such as jewelry cases, odor cases, dressing
cases, work boxes, and hundreds of other
pretty things that would make appropriate
Christmas presents. Their stock Of sea
sonable goods is, OF course, complete, and
in their grocery department may be found
about everything that is needed in pre-
pairing for the Christmas feast.
w. H. MOORE & co.
have store full of goods from end to end,
and in their stock of perfumery, fancy
baskets, jewelry, jewel boxes, silk hand
kerchiefs, rugs and hassocks, it is not
hard to find a suitable holiday gift for
man or woman. The grocery department
is we'll supplied with fresh stock.
c. TATMAN, JR.,
shows full stock of general merchandise,
from which substantial and useful Christ
mas gifts may be selected. Mr.. Tatman
will soon see the close Of his 3Sth year as
a Middletown merchant.
G. w. w. NAUDAIN
has carefully selected stock Of dry goods
and groceries. His novelties for Christ
mas include travelling bags, perfumery,
iewelry and a fine line of silk handker-
chiefs.
N. L. HARDCASTLE,
under the Town Hall, has filled every
nook and corner of his store with new
goods for the winter season. In the way
Of articles for holiday gifts he has pretty
lines of silk handkerchiefs and gentle
mems neck wear, and also toilet articles,
fancy soaps and jewelry.
GEORGE STEPHENS
has full stock of everything in the
grocery line. He sells the canned goods
of Biggs, Clayton & Co. and ofthe Watkins
Packing Company.
j. c. STUART
displays a full stock of ladies', misses and
children's shoes. And, by theway, pair
of nice shoes is not poor sort of Christ
mas present to a person who needs nice
pair of shoes.
D. L. DUNNING,
at the post office, has opened an attractive
line of goods varied enough in style to suit
all sorts Of tastes. His stock of Christmas
and New Year cards is large and tasty.
A very pretty Christmas card is sold for
little money this season. The custom Of
sending these cards to friends and loved
ones is growing more general year by year,
and it is very pretty custom. Mr.. Dun
ming has not torgotton to lay in a supply
of nice books.
THOMAS MASSEY, JR.,
the jeweler, will be glad to sell you a gold
watch or set Of jewelry or nice ring, or
anything in his line, at as low price as
you can buy the same article for in Phila-
delphia or New York.
WEST & CARROLL
show the handsomest line of dressing
cases and toilet cases ever brought to Mid
dletown. Some of these pretty boxes will
surprise you when you open them by
playing popular air or two. Asa Christ
mas gift one Of these musical toilet cases
ought to make the receiver a very happy
woman.
f. B. RICE
has two rooms full Of toys and confec-
tionery. There is about everything in the
toy line that you ever saw or heard Of and
a great many things that no person ever
saw till this season. There is a fine line
of dolls, among them the wonderful sing
ing dolls, and sleds and wagons and
wheelbarrows by the score. A big jumbo,
a pig that jumps about the floor and
little man who plays a funny ball game
all day long are among Rice's novelties.
MRS. JOHN MAKENs
has large stock Of toys and dolls and
games for the little folks as we'll as many
things suitable for Christmas presents for
older people. There are two rooms full
of toys and Christmas nick-nacks and
fine confectionery.
WILLIAM KATES,
according to his annual custom, has laid
in varied stock of toys, Christmas pres
ents and fresh confectionery for the holi-
day season. The little folks especially
will find much to delight them in Mr..
Kates' store.
HOPKINS,
the baker, has made up half ton Of fine
fruit cake and is ready for holiday orders.
Last Christmas he couldn't supply the
demand for fruit cake and it is likely that
this season his haIf-ton will not "hold
out faithful to the end.'' Fruit cake is a
good thing to have about the house at
Christmas time. Hopkins has a choice
line of confectionery, too.
w. w. WILSON
displays an attractive line of pipes, cigar
holders and other articles suitable for
holiday gifts to smokers and chewers.
OTHER ADVERTISERS.
Useful and very appropriate articles for
holiday gifts to young or old housekeepers
may be found at the stores of G. Z.
Hukill, w. H. johnson and J. c. Ridge
way.
Odessa Public School.
The Odessa public school is we'll graded
and the pupils are making good progress
in their studies under the careful instruc-
n. IL.