The retail department of the store is distinct, in order that the 

 wholesale business may not interfere at all with it, but that both 

 can be conducted on the most extensive scale, without the one 

 interfering with the other. Thirteen persons arc employed in 

 preparing, compounding and packing medicines. The retail 

 department is conducted by the six most experienced of the 

 number, who, in weekly rotation, give their entire attention to 

 this department, and in this way an intimate knowledge of both 

 branches can easily be acquired. The acting head of this de- 

 partment attends to receiving all goods, and the examination of 

 bills ; he acts, moreover, as treasurer in receiving and paying out 

 monies, of whicii he files a daily account. 



The first floor of the store is appropriated, in part, to the retail 

 business, and contains two hundred mahogany drawers, five hun- 

 dred bottles, from two gallons to a quart, one hundred porcelain 

 jars, and thirty showcases with plate glass, all of which are 

 neatly labelled in gold, and appropriated, exclusively, to the re- 

 tail department. The depth of this part of the store is thirty 

 feet, and it contains four counters, on which are two pair of 

 silver scales and two of brass. The ceiling is thirteen feet six 

 inches high, for the distance of thirty feet ; it then falls to nine 

 feet, shewing an opening, in the centre of the store, of four feet 

 six inches, finished with railings, &c., in the center of which 

 is one of Lukens' superior regulated time pieces, decorated 

 on each side with two dolphins, with a wreath of flowers in 

 the center, on which is the hive of industry, all of which is taste- 

 fully carved in wood and bronzed with gold, and moralized by 

 the motto, Tempus fug'it. The whole, being executed with a 

 rich and ornamental finish, produces a pleasing effect on enter- 

 ing the store. 



From this point, but still on the first floor, commences the 

 wholesale department, which extends further in depth, thirty five 

 feet, making the whole uninterrupted depth of the store sixty five 

 feet in the clear. In this department is a further continuation of 

 drawers of larger size, a hatchway, stairs, &c. ; also a counter 

 twenty feet long and four feet wide, on which are a large pair of 

 brass scales. These scales, as also those previously described, 

 are manufactured by Mr. John Wilbank of this city. The work- 



