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Globe, Volume II, Issue 154, 1 December 1874, Page 1

MERICAN WELCOME. L there ?" said Jenkins, one cold winter night, disturbed in his repose by some one knocking at the street door. "A friend," was the answer. "What do you want?" "Want to stay here all night." "Queer taste, —stay there by all means," was the benevolent reply. "ANTED KNOWN, that G. L. Beath and Co, celebrated perfect fitting white Shirts (Irish linen fronts), are now on sale at Argyle House. Prices 5s 6d, 6s 9d, 7s 9d, 8s 9d, and lis 6d each ; or, 29s 6d, 37s 6d, 43s 6d, 48s, and 63s the box. Wholesale warehouse upstairs. Sweetening one's coffee is generally the first stirring event of the day. ANTED KNOWN, that 11 cases of Gents', Boys', and Youths' Hats have just been opened up at Argyle House, including fashionable shapes in Straws, French Felts, Black Paris, and Drab Shells, at prices defying competition. A greenhorn sat a long time very attentively musing upon a cane-bottom chair. At length he said, " I wonder what fellow took the trouble to find all them ar holes, and put straw around 'em ?" "ANTED KNOWN that the youth of Canterbury will never regret visiting Argyle House. Over 2000 Shirts to select from. Latest London styles. O. L. Beath and Co guarantee a saving of 15 per cent by purchasing at their establishment. New Hats, Collars, &c. A Schoolboy's Aspiration.—"Oh, how I wish I were a fountain, for then I could always be playing." "ANTED KNOWN—Gentlemen wishing to lay aside their winter Flannels will find Beath and Co's stock replete with every description of merino, gauze, silk, and cotton hosiery, short-sleeved under vests, drawers, &c &c, Crimeans, silk, Harvard and Oxford shirts in great variety. Wholesale warerooms up stairs. When a Portland woman chases her boy with a broom, he runs down on a wharf and jumps into the water. When he comes out his face is washed, his mother does not know him, and he is safe. "ANTED KNOWN, that the Persian Paget is the fashionable walking coat of the season. To be had in blue diagonal coatings, fancy tweeds, and silk mixtures. Sole agents for Canterbury, G. L. Beath and Co, Argyle House, Cashel street. Also double and single breasted Pagets, from 25s to 455. What relation is a loaf of bread to a locomotive?— Its mother. Why? Because bread is a necessity, and a locomotive an invention, and we all know that necessity is the mother of invention. ANTED KNOWN, that the Argyle Clothing Establishment stands unrivalled in Canterbury. Quality, style, and price, unapproachable. Trousers, fashionable cut, 6s 9d to 21s. Suits 25s to 555. Beautiful assortment of white and coloured vests 4s 6d to 10s 6d. Scarves, &c. Wholesale warerooms up-stairs. The Future Love-letter. —Dearest, believe me, I love you with my whole nervous organism. You share with no other being the emotions which pervade my undivided grey matter, and if I were conscious of a ganglion that throbbed but for thee, be sure I would not sleep until I had procured its neurotomyANTED KNOWN—That the cases of Sunshades, Parachutes, and Urnbrellaf, just opened at Argyle House, have been marked at a clearing price, in order to qu't same before Christmas —10£d to 12s 6d each. The following concise and comprehensive note was sent to an Illinois merchant by a neighboring farmer the other day : " Send me a trace chain and two hinges—Jane had a baby last night—also two padlocks." "ANTED KNOWN—G. L. Beath and Co. are in receipt of their second shipment of Dress Material, comprising a splendid variety of new fabrics not hitherto shown in Christchurch. Two cases of Costumes and Polonaises just opened. Also, one case of perfect-fitting Corsets—ls lid to 8s 6d per pair. Wholesale warerooms upstairs. The Brussels Conference (between husband and wife). —" Shall we have a new carpet ?" TED KNOWN—That Beath and / Co.'s Prints at 2s lid defy competition—so patterns to choose from. Muslin Curtains —Great variety, 6 yards long, from 3s tfd pair. Hollands, Shirting, Calicos, &c, &c, at our usual low prices. Sea-side Etiquette for Ladies.—Always carry a volume of poetry when walking on the beach, and look as sentimental as possible when a " nice young man" is approaching. If the back hair is let down, tho effect is more striking. Tennyson sor Browning's poems are to be preferred, as most people know as little of them as you do. WANTED KNOWN That G. L. Beath & Co's only establishments are Argyle House, Cashel street, Christchurch; Argyle House, London street, Lyttelton; Argyle House, Oxford road, Rangiora. TO LET, IHE Bridle Path QUARRIES. Apply to THOMPSON & CAMERON, Hertford street.