Connecticut western news., 1888-10-17

ing Bridgeports great Dry Goods firm.
 What tends more than anything else to strengthen the confidence of those who buy over retail dry goods counters is the evidence that the worth of the money paid exists in the goods obtained. There is such thing as finding on in spection that an article is worth more than it cost. The buyer in such an in- stance will not hesitate to revisit the counter where bargain of that kind was secured. Now the house of w. B. Hall & Go. has for ten years been striv- ing to give full value for money paid, and during that period, through the purchase of bankrupt stocks score of times repeated and selling them at low rates, the shopper has realized not only full value, but often much more. But where this great house has chiefly won favor has been in the steady course maintained in its trade, by offering what people stand most in need of, and by catering to those who buy from necessity, to gratify fancy, to while away the time or be in fashion. The representatives of all these classes, no matter in which season of the year they called have been able to find exactly what they sought and at living price. The closing days of the firms tenth year are marked throughout the store by ex- amples in fine silks, furs, woolens, vel vets and other fashionable goods, which have already made the fall trade of 1888 an assured success. There is in the store no fuctuating price thermometer as in the political news arena, now high, now low, and no dependence to be placed on it, but in it's stead there is an atmosphere of confidence making such an indicator needless, for if prices are to advance as they must at intervals in the nature of things, or decline, the labelled goods tell of it, and that is about all customer cares for in that regard. A walk through the store will supply evidence that the dress silk de- pertinent is fuller than ever; that in the ready made department the fall styles of ulsters, raglans, short coats, wraps and jackets are up to the times, and the quantity adequate to the calls of a vast people that the examples of seal plush sacques and wraps are per- feet beauties, almost tending to awaken jealousy in the corner where real seal, all shapes, holds sway. These lines are simply put forward by way of introdu- cing the more solid garments which will be required for winter, and the prices are low enough to secure the sale of the stock before winter sets in. As to colored dress goods, the agents of the firm have bought largely as the demand for them is likely to be animated. Staple dress goods are, as they always have been, the bulwarks of this house, and the counters show how true to it's legends the house has been in providing so literally in that line Indeed at every point in the store the attractions of the warm season have faded away, even that vast consignment of books for idle hours which Summer suggested, and which the firm made an innovation as it were, for flyer. The space which these books occupied is now given to goods for the season in their regular lines. Below stairs, where are hidden from general view the equipment of three stores like that of the firms, first floor are Nottingham, Irish point and other elegant standards of the curtain family more furniture coverings and plushes, more China and other silks, and more Vienna, chenille, silk sheila, French velour, Italian plush, silk and wool damask and brocatell for portiere work, than has hitherto been seen. Rugs of the Smyrna patterns. oil cloths and other kindred articles which everybody needs at this season assist in making complete the display, as the shopper
 may find as she makes investigation.
 The lords of creation who will be call.
 ed on to pay the bills win find the
 alarm, if they had any about upward
 tendencies of retail prices alleged as
 likely to result from certain movements
 of tariff, is here presenting no features
 upon which to frame even an ordinary
 scare. At any rate, with this house the figures for first class goods, especially
 dress silks both imported and domestic
 are i,s statue quo, and, if anything, lowe,
 than when the political campaign open | ed.