The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1891-02-28
(From the Evening Journal
A Mann moth Establish.
ment.

While passing one of our largest
business houses few days ago, and
having a little spare time, we thought
we would drop in and see how our
friend was getting along. After look
ing around and not seeing the head
of the house, we asked for him, and
were told by the clerk that he was up
to his eyes in work taking stock,
but he suggested that if we wished to
see him he could be found on the Sec
ond floor of the establishment. Think
ing we might be repaid for climbing
the stairs, up we went and found him
as we were directed, in the act of
completing his Herculean task OF TAX
ing the stock of his mammoth estab-
lishment. He inf ormed u.s. if we
would wait few minutes, he would
take pleasure in showing us what he
had been doing. After waiting short
time, as he had requested, he told
us to go ahead with the pumps, or if
we preferred it he would enlighten
us in the business, 80 that we could go
right into it for ourselves, with all Of
his experience. So thinking it the
wisest, we accepted the last propo-
sition. We requested him to go
ahead. Well, he commenced on the
ground floor, where we were shown
through his samples of some of the
finest eueenware for table and gener-
al use to be found in any city in the
country, to say nothing of the end
less variety Of china and bric-a-brac,
we found also full line ofglassware,
from the cheapest to the finest cut
glass.
While on our journey, though our
attention was called to great cuts
that had been made in the above
goods to induce the people to buy
them, so as to enable the proprietor
to make room for his spring goods
that were shortly to arrive. Among
the rest we noticed china chamber
sets, with ten and twelve pieces,
marked from 81. 90 to $3.50, and dinner
sets marksd from $6.75 up. The cheap
est thing we noticed in this depart
ment was line of tumbles from 40
cents to SIS per dozen.
Our attention was next called to
complete line Of table cutlery of
Roger Bros make. These goods
were bought from first hands, and
range in prices all the way from so
cents to $15 per set. His stock of
lamps was very complete and ranged
from IS cents up. Other articles too
numerous to mention shown US, all
offered at a very low price. We were
next shown avery complete line Of
cook stoves and ranges, ranging in
prices from $4.75 to $50, and in varie-
ty to suit the tast Of any one. The
Favorite stove and Range and the
Birthday stoves and the Jewel Ran
ges are the most prominent in the
immense stock.
We were also shown the New Pro-
cess Gasoline stove, with improve
ment for 1891, which makes it the
leader as it was in go. We were told
by the proprietor that the West Point
was the best in the market for anthra-
cite coal, and that during the past
season he had placed them in large
number of our largest stores and
dwellings. We also found large line
of heating stoves from SO to $45 in
prices. On the same floor is also kept
full line of tinware Japanware,
graniteware, ante-rustware, bird
cages, brooms, from 10 to 80 cents,
tubs, buckets, washboards, busters,
etc. On the second floor we find the
largest part of the immense stock,
the china department, which is sep
.arated from the other goods, is divided
into bins, which are kept full Of all
kinds of china and glassware. On this