He said 'twas a good, serviceable color, and more economical to buy it all alike, and remarked: 'What's the difference, anyway?
Calico is calico.' From the same piece of calico his wife made dresses, aprons and sunbonnets for herself and daughters, shirts for the farmer and his sons (the boys were young, fortunately), and patchwork quilts and comfortables from the remainder." "Rather monotonous, I should think," said Mary.

"I am surprised his wife did not make him wear coat and trousers made from the same piece of calico." [Illustration: THE OLD STORE ON RIDGE ROAD] "The dry goods," continued Aunt Sarah, "retained the scent of coffee, cheese and dried fruits some time after being purchased but no one minded that in those days.

I still remember how perfectly wonderful to me when a child appeared the large, wide-mouthed glass jars containing candy.

There were red and white striped mint sticks, striped yellow and white lemon sticks and hoarhound and clear, wine-colored sticks striped with lines of white, flavored with anise-seed.

One jar contained clear lemon-colored 'Sour Balls,' preferred by us children on account of their lasting qualities, as also were the jujubees, which resembled nothing so much as gutta percha, and possessed equally as fine flavor; also pink and yellow sugar-frosted gumdrops.