The Press., 1894-12-20
POINTERS FOR SANTA CLAUS.
A Tour Among our Advertisers.

toilet sets, etc., also the fine china ware in all forms for table and decorative use, with Stafford Springs views thereon. The Springs House as it looked in 1910 is 6 taking novelty. The stock also includes elegant piano, banquet and other styles of lamps, fine china and plated wares, ,etc.
 Lathrop, on East-Main-st., is newly stocked with toilet articles, perfumes, soaps, confections, stationery, and many forms of fancy goods, always in demand, and never misplaced when chosen for holiday gifts. A good stock of diaries for 1895.
 J. M. Leach, the Central clothier, tells his story in his windows as well as in our advertising columns. A succession of Christmases has educated him as to what people want in his line about holiday time, and he meets the demand with tasteful goods and reasonable prices
 Miss Whiton's (Main-st.) stock includes standard books and the latest publica- tions of best known authors, also book lets and toy books and novelties in sta tionery as well as staple goods in that line, jointed paper dolls, dolls furniture, paper and materials for drawing and for water-color painting. Their store is n very attractive bazar of pretty things, se- lected with good taste, and for customers of good taste.
 Hurley Bros two stores are crowded with goods from cheap toys up to high grade articles, as music boxes, good class of violins, guitars, banios, etc. Every purse and every taste can here be suited. The wonder is, where are all these goods going? Going they are. Every miss within radius of a mile can be sup piled with doll of any size, and furniture to go with it. The boys can have their train of cars, fire engine, rocking horse, sled, or anything else, including candy and nuts, and when papa is through shop ping, if he has any change left, he can can buy nice pocket bank to put it into. A smoking set, for him, or manicure set, work box or writing case, for her, is here procurable. The special feature of the stock is the large display of handsome and useful Indian made baskets shown.
 II. s. Abel, the clothier, in Oronoco Block, has been to market and offers you nice things in gloves, ties, handker- chiefs, neckwear, and so on up to a nob- by hat, suit of clothes or overcoats, any of which articles your intended beneficiary will accept with gratitude proportoned to the size of the gift. And he is happy to show you all these things.
 Next door is A. w. Walker His store is full of pretty dry goods, and pleasant sales ladies stand ready to give you prices and information. There isn't anything in the dry goods line that you can't get here Pass up stairs and see goods more par ', ticularly for holiday trade. GreatL loaded with valuable but Sw-priced books! Fancy dishes See that rich souvenir Worcester ware bearing Staf- ford Springs in rich gold letters. pret- ty cup and saucer with sterling silver spoon for S9 cents A new consignment of china, with Crystal Lake and Stafford Springs Congregational and St. Edward's) churches upCn it. Toys, rich calendars, and an endless variety of fancy goods, useful and pretty
 Two doors to the east is Hanley's shoe store. No need to suggest what you may get here. Foot wear, whether in fancy slipper and a good pair of shoes, is all ways a sensible. present. The always good stock kept here is we'll rcplenished for Christmas trade.
 Just across the street, in Warren's block, is the store of Miss Russell, al- ways 8 favorite place for shoppers, es- pecially at holiday season. Here, too, the regular line of goods, is always full chiefs, millinery wares, &c., are supple mented by a stock of fancy goods in plush, celluloid, leather and other materials, as frames, pocketbooks, toilet and decorative goods, etc., etc.
 Next door is Mane's shoe store. His windows give you hint of what you want in nice fitting shoes, as slippers, cheap or costly. Go inside and get more hints. You will act upon them of course. The temptation will be too much for you. You will come out with lighter purse, but well satisfied with your outlay, as your beneficiary will also be on Christ mas morn.
 In Haymarket Square you will find the | old established 1S0S) furniture ware house of G. H. Baker X Go. The antlq- uity does not extend to the goods, how ever-except such as assume to be an | tiques-neither are the brisk young gen. tlemen in charge at all rusty or aged stricken. There are so many things in the furniture line suitable to give away that none will be at a loss for suggestions. And remember, please, that cut flowers and nice potted decorative plants are to be had at the Stafford Floral Co.'S new conservatorics on East Main-st.
 Next door, at E. A. Buck X Co.'S, sleds, skates or jack knives for the boys, nice table cutlery and plated ware, and all things in the line of hunting or fishing traps, are to be had-as well as anything in the line of hardware.
 E. l.. Burr (East-Main-st.) keeps all small wares in his regular line-dry goods as gloves, 'kerchiefs, and all the little necessities of ladies' toilet, as we'll as holiday specialties in celluoid and silver
 frames, leather writing cases, perfumer- ies, soaps, and a host of things of little cost, as well as those more expensive and | narha nc uSefn1 in DroDortion to tha coct
 ''too numerous to mention."
 Burwell, Main-st., shows large line of sterling silver ware in novelties and in staple goods. Nice patterns of tea spoons, also orange, bon-bon and cream spoons and sardine forks, paper knives. Orange