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of hammers and trucks, that perfectly startled us. At first It waa our impression that tic establishment had been burnt out, aud that Mr.rttfHjk FMlM ■ wwgy. va# re-| building; but Judgo of our surprise when, onstepping in we lound that the noise proceeded Mi vMmfe depmtmsirt, Jvrhero a number o! clorka were buay packing up hugo boxes ol caodiea, toys, baaketi, Ac.f lor shipment to ^1 »rU oj t|.yjtate Wqo). fi Y° AveS 8a w boxes marked and ready for shipment into South Carolina, aod others for Rrunawh k, away down on the Southeastern const of our own Empire Stato, As soon as wo could collect our faculties sufficient to lake cognizauo* ol the things about us, we found ourselves under theguidance ol Mr. G. W. .kick, the presiding ge niut of the establishment, who conducted usinto the extensive candy maoulactory in the reaeot hts store. Here machines Wero tufniug out candy toys, gtady lishcs, l)nlls, kisses,, and other a went thingj, while stalwart ■ man, lt;wilh muscle* bare, were spinning out tiio long, bcnm-t#ul Sficll^ Hurt a|je so popular and extensively k^owu aajujack,ajstick.lt;*ndy, assorted/’ slicks t f^|ll, fere Ibn^ sweeten thousands of little ullia, and lurnlih a thcuic for many pleasing ughla jo the hfmcst larim r, us he wends Lin y homsward with a present for the littleoles.[Leaving iho c^njy nianutoctory, w* wero ifndweVdc»fndi»r*ed Into She wholesale department, where Iho popular and Indelaii^bl* “Hi! ytomiTlthithtillmiMHPlt;OfciiHtatwCPiJack” was bd.-y ^rrungini and classifying the; hr8tHitlPiOlniITimmense stock, now ottered by the house fi tin merchnnts ol Georgia, Alabama, i»r.«j Houth Car ollna.Here we were pleased to see the face of lion est “WhiL Eil wards,” known lo every man, woman ami child along the entire line ot the Georgia I Ini I road, who, with Mr Hen. WcltOB,was busy stacking up immense piles ol crackers, pfcldes, oysfcrs,' isAlhiAs, darnVl gbnfta, tftr., rte , sufficient, it seemed, to Mip,Jy the countryfor months lo come; but Mi .Ink iulormcd us] fthat bo rx|*:ctcd J^clcun out allot lit/ pie.-1'ut stjH^i and jspnicfe inOfe, ty-lorut hirMIni.I'rogreHHing luither, we fouud Mr Ed. Wilson, superintending thymol ail dopiuloiunt. and busy weighing'on' cuk'H', candies, nula, and every other good Hung that could tom pi the taste,while a dor.cn or more lair laces, and n number ol gentlemen were making selections for the Httje ones, lUudwirue bridle cakes too, decorated the Inge show cases, indicating that Cupid lias not yet ahot away all his arrows. And now, alter seeing the walking dolls, talking dolls, railroad trams, velocipedes, pocket aud pa: lot nfuitt. boxes, toifgic gill tars, and a'liAxt of Splendid toys and oruameuts, supposing we had M en all, we stepped upon the sidewalk only to find that since we had stepped in, slaeks of Iwiea ho high as to cqtofl 9II view ol the opposite hide of the afreet, had la en filled up, and drays wero ■HU unloading )urg6C'A*afi of goodn, u (ill up tbecfttnbliBhnicnt, winch, to iH.gcemcd jammed aud crammed already, llerc the irrepressible t iJobu i’a^ an,Jn ldB,|ltirj, *ece|fmg rwnl skin-,K'ffift ii^d as ^JmAiiitl us,w«)ifartl! him giving orders to make room lor SUO barrels sugar, and several hundred rases ol oysters yet to lie hanfed from tUb Ooorgia depot, aud stored away bclorc darkness set in.A visit to this mammoth ostahllalimeul Will wntl repay any one, tifidiho rhfhMTiiTii il.al wiTIlid 11 hour 1111 'Tef^sit our kluio Jfair cannot spmd.ai pfodtubljf Kiamby Idkllfllfig Utnmgh Ud« i-ul»linhmeut. Mr. Jack is doing tn Immense I111-1 I tMs. and no.lipmie t)i Atlanta IsAmmtfworlliy M patronage. ilefrhfcnto ill Iroifrt^i tfceit in* tcrcat by pricing 1*1* slock, and be i.s prepared to luraiah a complete catalogue and price lint to nil on upplimiini]. Scud lor one and have tin ex •f a to the NArtli.* f *
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Atlanta Daily Atlanta Intelligencer
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Sun, Oct 02, 1870
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Clipped by
David D.
VA, USA 13 Jan 2019
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