It is what may be called a combination establishment.

My father started it toward the close of the last century, when a journey to New York meant a great deal more than it does to-day.

So he tried to provide the neighbors with everything they could need, such as dry goods, groceries, hardware, farmers' implements, and, as I said, about all that a large and growing family are likely to require.

I have followed in his footsteps, expanding the business, until now my clerks and assistants number nearly a dozen.

I am in need of a large, strong, wide awake, active boy, who can write a good hand, and who is willing to begin at the lowest round of the ladder and work his way up." It was the personality of the man, rather than the business, which attracted Tom Gordon.