-o61~ LOCAL STORES.

Three merchents supplied the needs of the area; Kobert MacPhail, Patrick Berrigan, and Hugh MacMillan. Later, Sept Colwill bought the MacMillan . store, when the family removed to Cornwall. Still later, Clarence Frizzell opened a Successful business a little distance west of The Corner. It was

always a pleasure to be sent on an errand to any of those stores, where, of

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course, the candy jars were our objects of major interest. Butter scotch sticks were favorite confections, with Red Jacket chewing gum running a close second. When a new production bearing the name of "hunky-dorey" appeared, it was an instant hit. Like butter scotch, it cost a cent, but it was much larger -- over six inches in length -- and heavily laced with coconut which made it deliciously chewy and long-lasting -- the latter a very desirable: quality.

Each store had a back room where puncheons of kerosene and molasses were stored. The Slight drip from the faucets when containers were being filled soaked into the plank flooring and gave the room a fascinatingly rich, fruity, Slightly pungent aroma that I can smell to this day.

They carried an almost incredible variety of goods: All kinds of cooking, and baking accessories; patent medicines; cotton thread in all sizes and colors ; pins and needles; children's everyday clothing; boots, shoes, rubbers, and galoshes for all ages; men's working clothes; smoking and chewing tobacco; confectionery, and much more. Eggs, the perquisites of the housewife, were taken in barter, and accounted for most of the day-by- day purchases of kitchen Supplies. For the rest of the household require- ments, the storekeepers "carried" the family through the late Spring and gummer months until the farm produce came to market and the outstanding | accounts were squared up. ‘

For a number of years, MacMlllan's store was also the New Haven post

office, where people came to collect their letters, daily newspapers,