salted cod. As he was walking out the door, Charlie Pratt called out to him and said, " Mr. Baker , the next time you decided to steal a cod either wear a longer coat or steal a shorter fish! (20) After Charlie's death in 1926, Chester took over the business completely. Chester's daughter Barbara worked in her father's store for a period of seven years, and recalled that the store employed about five people. Barbara recalled the layout of the store, while indicating what products the store carried: Where the restaurant* is there, the old fire hall, that was part of the store. An extension was built for the bank. It was attached to our store. There were three floors to the store. The first floor was groceries, hardware, and wet goods. We had to weigh all the sugar and oatmeal and package it - two pound bags and five pound bags of sugar. Then there were all the nails, bolts, steeples, and hinges. There was a big candy showcase. When I was small, I used to steal what they called "Ladies Chocolates." There was molasses and kerosene. The kerosene machine was by itself and then there was a passageway and in the counter next to it was dried codfish and wee-ball herring. We also sold a lot of salt cod - the people dried it up along the north shore. Now you pay six or seven dollars a pound, it was five cents a pound back then. Upstairs there were all kinds of paints, varnish, stain, and there was also an office. Tweed trousers, overalls and coveralls were sold and then there was always underwear - blue label, red label, and then the fleece line of stuff. Over the bank was where the dishes were kept. It was the old kind of china with the cloverleof in the center. There were bean crocks, and teapots, the brown ones and they all came from England . On the third floor were mattresses and trunks. Outside in the warehouse right across from the bank door there were springs from the beds, and dressers made of oak. Upstairs is where the caskets were kept. They also bought hides. In those days people did their own butchering. The hides were brought in, salted, and there was a man who came and took them They would ship them off for shoe making. (21) In 1937, Chester closed the store for health reasons. At that time the store was rented out to Clark Brothers of Montague who continued to run it. Anne of Red Doors Restaurant. 118