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Misc Stories BY EPHRAIM S. WILLIAMS
Then James Henderson was the oldest and best known merchant, and Dewey & Crosman had but recently issued their "New Store'' ad, while ^Cotharin's" was still the place to find whatever could not be found elsewhere. The farmer, driving into the city with his load of produce, could seek his own market unmolested, for the present custom of buying on the
street was not seen, and Henderson's or Dewey's, Grant Decker's, O'Donoughue's, Fox's, or the mill, comprised nearly the limit of the market facilities, Old residents will easily recall the trains of Indian ponies laden with maple sugar, or baskets, or blackberries, the entire stock of which. it was confidently expected Charley Dewey or Cotharin would buy. These were all general stores and sold anything from nails to a lace shawl. H. C "Walker and Morrison were also engaged in the dry goods trade; Jas. C. Decker, W. E. Hubbard (son of Diodate Hubbard, one of Oakland's pioneers) and J. H. Townsend dealt more exclusively in groceries; and Forsyth, Higgins and Paul Stewart confined their trade to hardware and stoves. The Clarks, Frank Frary, Wesson, Witherbee and Dr. Moon furnished the drugs, while Drs. Lamond, Drake, Clark, and the new fledged M. D. 's, Axford and Wilson, helped to dispense them, Dr. Eldridge being the only homoeopathic practitioner at that time, and Drs. Smith and Rea pulled teeth. W. L. Sholes, Dewstoe, Ford, Sutton and Lee were knights of, the shears and tape measure; and Joe Cauffman and Lieberman sold clothing ready made.
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