单词 | country store |
例句 | It was my goal to produce dresses that the great mass of the people could afford, dresses that would—from the business angle—sell equally well to both large and small, city and country stores. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z That was what the papers were saying, too, along with the politicians and the men who congregated in little groups at the country stores. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let me guess, sunflower seeds," Mr. Charles practically shouts from behind the counter of what he calls his "country store," even though we live in a city. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z You ate from the ground and bought root beer and licorice in little country stores. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at the country store, and Grandpa told us to wait in the car while he shopped. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I went to the country store to get some things; then I went home and got ready for Sunday school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z After school, Jenna and I ride our bikes down the bumpy road to the country store to get decorations for her party. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We drank Pepsi out of these old-fashioned bottles that Dad had found at some ancient country store, and I swear they tasted better than the regular kind. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "We don't eat in an old country store for woke burgers," one commenter wrote, while someone else added: "I just lost respect for a once great Tennessee company." After Cracker Barrel adds vegan sausage, some say chain is too "woke" 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Minutes from Fallingwater, this adorable country store and antiques shop is a perfect lunch stop for architecture pilgrims. In Frank Lloyd Wright Country, Architecture and Apple Pie 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Along with a country store and farm market, pumpkin patch, maze, kids' playground and hayrides, corn is this farm's other big attraction, harvested twice a day for sale and on-site roasting. Peak season for pumpkin patches, corn mazes 2011-10-19T22:29:03Z No, this band of Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals are Rappahannock County friends, with a bond rooted in regular Sunday morning meetings on a local country store’s porch. In ‘Galileo’s Torch,’ unlikely group of Washingtonians debate issue that resonates On the weekends, they shop at the farmers’ market in town and pick up supplies from their favorite country store and, occasionally, cider from a family-run press in the neighboring town of Hankins. A Home That Makes Time Travelers of Its Inhabitants 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Southerners, awash in peppers, made a version using that country store staple, hoop cheese. A Field Guide to the American Sandwich 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Last fall, Nashville House, a storied family-style restaurant and country store in Nashville, Ind., announced that it would be closing after 91 years in business. Here's how to add apple butter to your decadent holiday cocktails 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z The real reason for the visit: who knows what characters lurk inside a country store? Frugal Traveler Blog: Looking for Characters? Hit the Road 2012-05-22T17:03:53Z In his beat-up Model T, he travels the back roads, talking to farmers in their fields or around the potbellied stoves of country stores. 5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z In honor of its 50th anniversary, the famous country store is shrinking itself down. Cracker Barrel makes tiny 'New York City-sized' version of country store before Thanksgiving Day Parade debut 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Repurposed island: A country store “seed and bean” counter offers twice the charm for half the price of a carpenter-built island. 28 Ways to Customize Your Kitchen for Less 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z People turned to country stores like Dent’s to fill the gap. In This Corner of Maryland, Holidays Mean a Stuffed Ham 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z Also included in the museum is a depot, jail, school, pioneer homestead, country store, Girl Scout collection and restored dolls. ND museum seeks donations to fix church damage 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z After checking in, I bought some fruit and a sandwich in the country store adjacent to the reception area before hopping back into my car and motoring northward. In Oregon’s lone National Park, hike the country’s deepest, bluest lake 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The restaurant and country store announced it would be adding its crispy and golden Southern Fried Chicken to its menu permanently. Cracker Barrel releases ‘juiciest pool float’ modeled after new fried chicken item 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z About the only place to eat in the lower half is Cul’s Courthouse Grille, in a repurposed country store in the hamlet of Charles City. On the Virginia Capital Trail, bike through 400 years of history in 52 miles 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z I’d suggest bringing credit cards for bike-shop deposits and greenbacks for country stores, ice cream parlors, sandwich shacks and ferries that don’t take plastic. Take a grand tour of New England — by bike 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z He then learned of a bat-rich cave from an old man at a country store: Fern Cave, in Alabama, “the most complex bat cave I’ve ever seen.” The Joy of Bats 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z From the Bronx to Montauk he sketched and painted doomed country stores, gristmills, barns, shipyards and churches. Antiques: Female Astronauts? Memorabilia for Sale at Auctions 2012-04-12T22:27:40Z I’d suggest bringing credit cards for bike -shop deposits and greenbacks for country stores, ice cream parlors, sandwich shacks and ferries that don’t take plastic. Take a grand tour of New England — by bike 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z His uncle’s old country store, abandoned with an upside-down sign for palm readings in a shattered window. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “The situation in Naples is under control while in some of the other major cities in this country stores are closing because of cockroaches,” he said. Naples’ giant cockroaches 2012-07-13T13:54:00Z His public social media presence detailed baptisms, family gatherings, homecoming parades and sales at his country store. Pastor’s suicide brings grief, warnings of the dangers of outing amid erosion of LGBTQ+ rights 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Each state in the country stores information regarding criminals. How to Order a Criminal Background Check on Yourself 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Part coffee museum, cafe, country store, book store and herb, tea and spice purveyor, the roastery is housed in a historic building, once the headquarters of Seattle’s Best Coffee. Day trip idea: Explore Vashon Island by e-bike 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Seventeen people using the limo for a birthday celebration were killed, along with the driver and two bystanders outside a country store where the vehicle crashed. Operator in limo crash that killed 20 goes on trial in NY 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z Seventeen family members and friends were killed when the limousine crashed, along with the driver and two bystanders outside a country store. Inspector cites regulatory gaps in fatal New York limo crash 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z He and other young people went to a country store in the town of Money, and relatives have told the AP that Till whistled at a white woman working there, Carolyn Bryant. Prosecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z Sears in particular understood that farmers and rural Americans sought alternatives to the higher prices and credit purchases they were forced to endure at small-town country stores. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “I grew up in Luster’s Gate, Va., where my dad ran a country store,” he wrote. Perspective | The bricklike Argus C3 camera launched countless photographers 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Zion Church and operated a country store right beside the home; a cash register, scales and cigar boxes are among the items still visible through a broken front window. Historic Coretta Scott home where she wed MLK now forgotten 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Despite the somber backstory, sporting the goofy lid is actually a joyful homage to my dad, whose sense of humor was well-known to those who frequented our family’s Vermont country store. My dad was dying, but a goofy, turkey-shaped hat helped my family cope 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The 60-year-old country store is a bar, restaurant, liquor store and deli rolled into one. Affordability and amenities in Prince George’s County’s Covington 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The single winning ticket was sold earlier this year at a small country store in the western Maryland town of Lonaconing. Winners finally claim largest lottery prize in Maryland’s history 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The crash killed 17 family members and friends, including four sisters and three of their husbands, along with the driver and two bystanders outside a country store. NTSB: Regulators failed at jobs in limo crash that killed 20 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Currently, it is only available at the farm’s onsite country store. Ice cream plan of restaurant owners hit regulatory roadblock 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z The communities were once logging towns with three sawmills, where longtime residents said it was common to see locals walk into the post office or country store slinging a chain saw on their backs. A Desperate Bid for Survival as Fire Closed In on an Oregon Mountain Town 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Also planned are rides to and from the fields, a country store, farm animals to admire and, weekends only, roaming entertainment “at a distance,” from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily Oct. Most Halloween events are canceled. But some pumpkin patches are open for business 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z She returned to find her country store in Napa standing but much of the surrounding neighborhood, including the mobile home park where Ritz lived, was burned, the San Jose Mercury News reported. Weather slows California wildfires; thousands allowed home 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z “Our customers have gone,” Ms. Ritz said on Tuesday morning, a few minutes after she woke up from another night sleeping outside on an air mattress beside the country store. ‘2020 Can Go to Hell’: The Story Behind the Viral Fire Photo That Said It All 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The family takes turns driving down to Brookton’s Market, a small country store with a gravel driveway, to park and connect to its free internet. Parking Lots Have Become a Digital Lifeline 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He photographed “the old farm families with great dignity,” the post office, the country store, children in school and in play. Iconic Photos Cherished By Peacham Historical Association 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z Cochrane likened the refill stations to an almost nostalgic shopping experience — hearkening back to refilling jars and flour sacks at the country store. Zero-waste refill stations in and around L.A. 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z The crash near a popular country store in Schoharie, New York on Oct. Lawmakers, governor announce deal on limo safety regulations 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Her $13-an-hour job at the country store was considered essential work, and though she had asthma and customers sometimes refused to wear masks, she kept going and did not get sick. ‘2020 Can Go to Hell’: The Story Behind the Viral Fire Photo That Said It All 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Historic Columbia is mainly a country store and several ramshackle ruins along Route 6. Virginia’s Monacan tribe uses new federal status to take a stand for what could be its long-lost capital 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. with a fundraiser plant market and country store, a business meeting at 10:20 a.m. and the speaker at 11 a.m. Garden Calendar: Botanic light shows and serious soil-prep workshops 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z A man who was allegedly driving a stolen car crashed into a country store in Anne Arundel County early Sunday, police said. Driver crashes car into Anne Arundel country store 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z The vehicle crashed beside a country store, killing the driver, 17 passengers on a birthday outing and two pedestrians. NTSB seeks new seat belt requirements for limos after crash 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Plus, a country store where you can pick up ice, firewood, hiking tips, a deck of cards and anything else you forgot. In the glow of a mountain campsite that’s closer than you’d believe 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The limo ran a stop sign and crashed beside a country store, killing the driver, 17 passengers and two pedestrians. Federal preliminary report on limo crash offers no cause yet 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The Sears catalog revolutionized rural black southerners' shopping patterns in the late 19th century, allowing them to avoid the blatant racism that they faced at small country stores. Sears’ ‘radical’ past: How mail-order catalogs subverted the racial hierarchy of Jim Crow 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z About 25 miles to the south, a professor and his father-in-law were out celebrating a family wedding and pulled over at a roadside country store to take a break from driving. Death at the Crossroads: A Ragged Limo, an Anxious Driver and 17 Friends 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z A half-hour away in Schoharie is the country store where the stretch limo crashed last Saturday after barreling down a hill past a stop sign into another vehicle in the parking lot. Combined funeral to be held for 8 killed in NY limo crash 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z A half-hour away in Schoharie is the country store where the stretch limo crashed last Saturday after barreling down a hill past a stop sign into another vehicle in the parking lot. Combined funeral held for 8 of 20 killed in NY limo crash 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z When Sinema was 11, her family moved out of the old gas station and country store. A ‘bootstraps’ story like no other: Kyrsten Sinema lived in a shuttered country store and gas station. Now she’s running for Senate. 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Unofficial results show Wallace, who is a farmer, received 1,430 votes and Patrick, who runs a country store, received 1,350. GOP’s Wallace, a farmer, wins seat in Mississippi House 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z The red-roof country store sits at the intersection of Route 30 and Route 30A, a T-shaped junction that had long unnerved residents as a frightening stretch to navigate. Death at the Crossroads: A Ragged Limo, an Anxious Driver and 17 Friends 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z This Father’s Day will be the fourth since my shopkeeper dad shuffled off to the great country store in the sky. As Father's Day approaches, a vintage Old Spice bottle sheds new light on my departed dad 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z It's the vicarious thrill of a what a country store once meant - a community and connectedness that belong to the past. A card game keeping a town alive 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z A cousin who was with Till said he had whistled at a white woman in a country store. Activist Lewis honored decades after civil rights arrest 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z A cousin who was with Till said he had whistled at a white woman in a country store. Activist Lewis honored decades after civil rights arrest 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z That year, Hugh bought an old post office building as a fixer-upper to renovate into a country store. This ‘hillbilly madman’ is country music royalty. So why haven’t you heard of him? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Now those activists are stepping into elections with higher stakes, turning their mountain homes and country stores into headquarters for the anti-Trump movement, focused on taking control of Congress in the midterm elections. A year after the Women’s March, new activists take anti-Trump message into midterm elections 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z Mom used to have a sign like this in the country store she ran for 22 years. Perspective | The D.C. sportswriter who went from covering the Redskins to selling organic food 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z A 5-lb. bag of whole-wheat flour sells for as low as $2.22, and at my favorite Mennonite country store in rural Wisconsin I buy bulk wheat... Are Honey Nut Cheerios Healthy? We Look Inside the Box 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z People stop at the Fennells’ shed, which serves as a sort of country store. Couple makes a difference with community garden 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z On a Saturday in September, the brothers arrive at the country store for an impromptu performance. This ‘hillbilly madman’ is country music royalty. So why haven’t you heard of him? 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z On a Sunday evening 25 years ago, someone walked into a country store north of Washington and brutally killed the friendly owner. Someone — who may have looked like this — killed a Md. store owner 25 years ago 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z His mom ran a country store for more than two decades in rural North Carolina — that was his living room as a kid — and he wants Cranberry’s to have that same community-gathering-place appeal. Perspective | The D.C. sportswriter who went from covering the Redskins to selling organic food 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z A still-standing school building in the Eldorado section of Culpeper County, along Route 729, that was a country store for years and now is a private residence, looks like both photos of the Thompson School. Surveying Rosenwald schools in the Piedmont 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z The side includes a reconstructed village, complete with a blacksmith, a rail splitter, homes and a country store. State seeks volunteers for Lincoln’s New Salem historic site 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z His father ran small country stores in Tennessee and Mississippi, and his mother was a part-time music teacher. John Herbers, journalist on front lines of civil rights reporting, dies at 93 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z His father operated small country stores in Tennessee and Mississippi, and his mother was a part-time music teacher. John Herbers, Who Vividly Covered the Civil Rights Era for The Times, Dies at 93 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The huge safe had been in the Dyer country store/gas station/post office in Accokeek as far back as the horse-and-buggy days. Lost slave freedom papers tell of the tortuous paths out of bondage 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z His father ran a country store in the Deep South. Jeff Sessions, a Lifelong Outsider, Finds the Inside Track 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z His mother called him “Buddy” to distinguish him from his father, who ran a country store and then a tractor dealership. Trump’s pick for attorney general is shadowed by race and history 2016-12-24T05:00:00Z He ended up making annual summer visits to Hale County to photograph country stores, churches and homes and document the ravages of time. Southern photographer William Christenberry dies at 80 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The family also operates about a dozen businesses on the estate, including a country store and a “deer safari” for tourists seeking to snap photos of the wildlife on the grounds. When Your Home Is a Castle (and a Tourist Destination)When Your Home Is a Castle (and a Tourist Destination) 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Concessions are popular, too, said Anjie Williams, who runs the country store at Bob’s Corn & Pumpkin Farm. Pumpkins, corn, even zombies grow into agritourism revenue 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z “It has been more like an old country store; the only thing missing was a potbelly stove.” Hile’s closes the doors after 65 years in downtown Danville 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z When my parents divorced, my father offered my mother the choice of keeping either their house or the country store — assuming she’d take the home. Newlywed in a new land: The stories of Japanese war brides 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z He will play at country store “picking parties,” join in “jam sessions” and jump on stage at bluegrass festivals and other events. How Tim Kaine’s Harmonica Skills Make Him a Better Leader 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z He parked his cherry-red Lexus Coupe alongside the road at a country store off of U.S. highway 74 to rest. The Tragic History Behind Michael Jordan’s Statement on Police Shootings 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z I grew up in Hamilton’s world, on a winding road in Connecticut near a country store and a rambling clapboard house that was the home of Sen. Prescott Bush. I rejected my parents’ WASP values. Now I see we need them more than ever. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Tuck, a community college teacher who was raised by country store owners, wasn’t wealthy. In Mississippi, retiring officials can pocket campaign cash 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z “St. Joe Mercantile was one of the last of the really old country stores that didn’t insist on constantly reminding you that it was a really old country store. It just was.” 112 years up in smoke: Fire destroys landmark St. Joe store 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Cruz embarks Monday on a “Cruzin’ to Caucus” tour of Iowa that includes stops at sport shops, church halls, country stores and eateries. Inside the Beltway: Ted Cruz offers custom shotgun as voter incentive 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Mike Harbert was at work that winter day when the country store went up in a blaze and collapsed. Historic Unadilla store to rebuild after fire 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z The town’s resurgence started in 2013 after Cook Group’s CFC Properties swooped in, bought the country store and renovated it from basement to attic. More visitors checking out the Greene County scene 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z Growing up in Poland near the German border, he was 13 when his grandfather was beaten to death in his country store during a pogrom against Jews, and 14 when the Nazis invaded in 1939. Henry Krystal, Holocaust Trauma Expert, Dies at 90 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Scattered here and there was a country store. The Actual Hollister 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z “Just an old country store, I don’t know what to tell you.” Guns From Georgia Are Linked to Another New York Officer’s Death 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z The spinning wheel, and the goods for sale around it, belong to Tammie and Lester Marks, who own and operate the Heavenly Sunlight Alpaca Farm and country store in Wirt County. W.Va. couple raises alpacas, turns fleece into wares 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z He saw a chance to buy the Walnut Cash and Carry, a country store that offered everything from woodstoves to plow points, local meats and molasses, to hardware and dried goods. Legacy of western NC political family held in old ballot box 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z In country stores and on the docks, the poaching case remains the talk of Tilghman Island. On Tilghman Island, law-breaking watermen are defended 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Recently, I stopped at a country store at a northern Maine crossroads on a frosty morning. What Keeps America Caffeinated and Why That's Okay 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z “People get along pretty well around here,” said Joseph “Larry” Langley of Joe’s Grocery, a country store on Marshall Corner Road, as he greeted regular customers by their first names on a recent Saturday. Where We Live: Pomfret in Charles County is close-knit and far from the crowds In Mississippi so long ago, the stories told at the Till trial had the boy mouthing off to Carolyn Bryant, a woman at a country store. Emmett Till's cousins recall historic murder 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z The youngest of three sons, he was born James Scott Bumgarner on April 7, 1928, in Norman, Okla. His mother died when he was 4 and his father, who ran a country store, later remarried. James Garner dies at 86; TV antihero of 'Maverick,' 'Rockford' 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z He said owning a country store is a way of living, and it is one that he enjoys. NC country stores survive mega-store trend 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z In Chobani's big game debut, the tune of "I Want You" plays as an angry bear ransacks a country store for something good to eat. Super Bowl Ads: Anything Could Happen 2014-02-02T22:59:40Z As long as the scenic, 469-mile parkway stays open to visitors, so will the hotel and its restaurant, gift shop and country store, O'Connell wrote on the inn's Facebook page on Wednesday. North Carolina inn vows to stay open despite government shutdown 2013-10-03T18:35:37Z The son of Mississippi cotton farmers, Mr. Campbell grew up in a backwater of segregated schools, churches and cracker-barrel country stores where men chewed tobacco and spat bigotry. Will D. Campbell, Maverick Minister and Civil Rights Stalwart, Dies at 88 2013-06-04T16:45:01Z Center staff would organize trips based on activities Ms. Twain would have done as a child, like walks through the woods and stops at a country store she used to frequent. Shania Twain's Hometown Blues as Center Nears Demolition 2013-05-23T03:27:37Z “When I turned off my television, I started crying,” said Paulette Camp, who owns a country store with her husband in western North Carolina and met Obama backstage in Columbus. Obama’s supporters see advantage in debate’s town-hall format 2012-10-16T00:34:00Z The group passed a splintered green house that doesn't appear to have been touched since the twister yanked it from its foundation; riders pedaled past the roofless remains of a country store. Bo Jackson begins bike ride for tornado relief 2012-04-24T18:16:12Z The young man decided instantly that if anything of that sort should happen to him that afternoon, he would go back to Georgia at once and try for a place in the country store. Vistas of New York 2012-04-14T02:00:25.810Z His wares included everything that a country store usually deals in, "and Bill himself," said Mr. Hickox, "is just the cleverest man in these parts." The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z One had only to cross the road, pass the country store, and stroll a short distance along the shady avenue. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Horace Greeley, as the story goes, one cold day went into a country store, took a seat by the stove, unbuttoned his coat and spread out his hands. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Lincoln quit the farm—went down the Ohio and Mississippi as a hand on a flat-boat—afterward clerked in a country store—then in partnership with another bought the store—failed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z Eve had an errand down at the nearest country store, so she put the old gray mare into the spring cart with her own hands, and Laura rode with her. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z The store itself was a delight, as real country stores always are. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z My father kept a country store there, and hauled his produce to St. Louis. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z This man kept a country store, and his attitude toward his customers, and 'trade' in general, was delicious in its drollery. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z He was perfectly acquainted with the political questions of the day—heard them discussed at taverns and country stores, at voting places and courts and on the stump. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z They pulled up at a country store where they sold gasoline, and Hester refilled her tank. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z Whichever was first, Gray’s is the real thing: It’s one part museum and one part country store, with gifts, collectibles and vintage retail products like Lux dishwashing liquid. Staples of small-town New England, general stores keep it current with mix of offerings 2011-09-19T18:52:54Z A sign swinging over the door says ‘Post Office,’—but you don’t mean to say that is our only shop?” laughed Natalie, as she jeered at the general country store. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z While August and February are Vermont’s busiest months, the three weeks of prime foliage season beginning in the last week of September are the most crucial for smaller businesses like inns and country stores. Vermont Leaf-Peeping Season May Fall Victim to Images of Floods 2011-09-02T09:22:02Z The tavern originally had two long wings, in one of which was kept a country store. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z But Carl Rosenthrall's business was not confined to trading with the Indians alone, he kept what would now be called a country store. Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. 2011-08-09T02:00:29.010Z And, of course, you sit in his tiny country store with a loaf of white bread and big bottles of strawberry soda to eat it. BBQ's Best Secret Is Out: Fame Comes to Rodney Scott 2011-07-27T05:20:00Z Both socks and stockings were occasionally sold in the country stores, but they were almost exclusively the surplus products of the industry of women on the farms round about. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Owners of country stores, inns, bus companies, cider mills and syrup farms that depend on the state’s colorful autumn foliage are growing anxious as the season is set to begin in three weeks. Vermont Leaf-Peeping Season May Fall Victim to Images of Floods 2011-09-02T09:22:02Z Her husband opened a general country store of the old type for the sale of anything the people needed and if he did not have it he would get it. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Mr. Pore had not gone, however, when we drew up at the cross roads where the country store stood. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z A larger number than usual of possible customers and evident idlers were gathered at Billy West's country store on the Tuesday morning following Court Day, discussing the latest news. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z I may find a country store, or, if I can’t find that, I’ll find a house, describe our plight in such moving words as I am able to command, and buy what they’ll sell.” The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z A country store in a small settlement on the river bank is not such a very cheerful place for a beautiful young girl with a voice she hopes to make something of. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z Perhaps it will be," I said, "but I'd rather keep a country store than do anything. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Word had gone forth that we were keeping shop, and everybody hastened to the country store. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z When a youth, he was clerk in a country store, and formed the habit of saturating loaf sugar with brandy and eating it. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z “It was a regular country store,” Walter explained, “but they had some good things.” The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z Mostly they mourn for a school of drama in which emotion flowered more luxuriantly than in the usual run of plays to-day about life in country stores and city flats. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z While at Norfolk, Mother heard of the country store at Price's Landing which could be bought for very little. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z Order in a country store seems to be impossible. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z When he was fifteen years old, his father put him into a country store, where he remained a year. American Leaders and Heroes A preliminary text-book in United States History 2011-04-03T02:00:17.547Z Here he obtained a situation as assistant in a country store of the period. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z He worked through his early manhood and boyhood with his hands, sometimes on a farm, sometimes as a clerk in a country store. Stories of Great Men 2011-02-21T03:00:07.643Z Mrs. Pore was a beautiful woman and it seemed strangely incongruous to see her in the country store measuring calico and what not. At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z I have never seen a country store that was not crowded. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Three waiters were wrestling with an ugly shawl, a dreadful shining valise, and a painted wooden trunk, such as is seen in country stores. Louisiana 2011-02-18T03:00:21.217Z A man with such a remarkable faculty for success in mercantile life was not likely to remain long an assistant in a country store. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z These are sometimes mere storehouses for the furs, and sometimes they look like, and are partly, general country stores. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z I fancy that was it," he laughed, "but why should an Oxford graduate keep a country store for a livelihood? At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-04T02:00:13.920Z The seemingly impossible was accomplished and that before we left Maxton: a complete inventory of the stock of a crowded country store was made and in order, all because of the many helpers. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z The North Dakota farmer is rarely denied credit at a country store. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z A common practice—less common in the North than formerly—is the payment of bills at country stores in produce. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z The stock was precisely like that of a cross-roads country store in one of our older States. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z Here we alighted at a large hostelry, which was a sort of combination of the inn, caravansary, and country store, and after some refreshment, mounted saddle-horses which we found in waiting. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Why should a man whose brother had recently died in England feel a necessity of taking stock in a country store? A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z That's the entrepreneurial insight that lead to the forming of startup company that aspires to be for the emerging world of cloud services what the cash register was to the country store. Salesforce.com Veteran's Cash Register For Cloud Services 2010-07-20T10:00:00Z The man who has tried to make payment with a ten dollar bill in a country store has not infrequently put the storekeeper to much inconvenience. The Value of Money 2011-01-04T03:01:12.363Z The agreement "preserves key protections for the grocers, retailers and country store owners most affected by out-of-control swipe fees, while addressing legitimate concerns of the industry," Rep. Lawmakers reach deal to limit card ????swipe fees' 2010-06-22T04:00:00Z Foxes were certainly abundant, because at the squalid little country stores there were hundreds of their skins and also many skunk skins. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open So Dee took off her hat and got behind the candy and ginger ale side of the counter, and then such a buying and selling ensued as that country store had never witnessed. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z He was a fair sample of the many thousand young men seen now about the country stores and taverns. What You Can Do With Your Will Power No one knew why he used to take that little country road that led up the hill towards a stupid old country store. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew An interruption here occurred, and I took the opportunity to saunter out into the crowd of idlers always to be found hanging around a country store at mail-time. X Y Z A Detective Story After various ups and downs in life, he joined his brothers at this old settlement, where they had a mill and a country store. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 It is a small, insignificant looking place, country stores, houses, etc. known as Waterloo. An Artilleryman's Diary Many a Country Girl has laid the foundations for a regular public library by using the country store and the schoolhouse for book stations. The American Country Girl The place was a huge country store with the living quarters attached like a toad-stool to the side of it. Phantom of the Forest He said that he kept a country store in a village in Arkansas, where the young men used to come in the evenings and tell stories together. The Story of Chautauqua At a country store, just across the road from his father's tavern, he bought a cotton pocket-handkerchief on which the Constitution of the United States was printed. The Child's Book of American Biography The country stores required a much more experienced hand, and one who could speak the native language fluently; the town ones wouldn’t look at him. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley For ordinary use the powdered spices, which may be obtained at almost any country store, answer every purpose. Home Pork Making In twenty minutes they were on their way, crawling slowly down the opposite side of the hill into the cup-like valley where a country store, church and schoolhouse had been flatteringly named "Village of Rosewood!" Phantom of the Forest The Hortons’ place was some five miles below ours, if one followed the main road, but they were often passing the house on their way to and from the little country store and post-office. Two Wyoming Girls and Their Homestead Claim A Story for Girls These shops were not unlike our New England country stores in their combined odors and confused incapabilities. An American Girl Abroad This is well illustrated in the country store, which sells everything over the same counter. Rural Health and Welfare The family was poor, and when George was fourteen years old his mother became ill, and he was forced to leave school and go to work in a country store. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 It was in a little country store, where I stopped to–to―” She hesitated and her voice faltered. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea A man in an obscure section of New Jersey, inquiring at a country store for onions, was told that there were none in the place. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected That,—maybe,—but after all a poor and humble gentleman working for wages in a country store;—so, why worry? My Brave and Gallant Gentleman A Romance of British Columbia In the cool of the evening her mother sent her on an errand to the little country store, about a mile distant. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 Probably these could be bought at wholesale from dealers in chemicals and dyestuffs at much cheaper rates than by the small paper from the druggist or the country store. Hand-Loom Weaving A Manual for School and Home He keeps a good stock, if ’tis nothing but a country store.” Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted Now they are scouring the country in all directions, buying all the goods they can find in the distant cities, and even from the country stores. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Here—it was a country store—we sat and smoked and drank and chatted with our guard and with their friends inside and out. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 There was not even a country store to draw upon for materials, so they made the best of what they had. The Little Book of the Flag The country store of 1770 in Duchess County, New York, had an amazing relation to a wide population. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology The chief work of the suffragists was done in the cities, although women spoke at picnics, county fairs, family reunions, circuses, beaches, institutes, labor meetings, at country stores, school houses and cross roads. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI Mrs. Bartlett's tea was not of corresponding quality, for it came from a country store. Diana A dealer in a little country store told me last summer that he would make about $75 an acre on three acres of watermelons, although almost every purchaser could raise them if he would. The Negro Farmer But despite his cold, dampening presence we were soon at it, hammer and tongs, discussing the things that are discussed behind hospitable stoves in country stores on bad nights. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 The country store in many communities is already closed and its maintenance is surrounded with increasing difficulty. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology At the end of two years he made a forced sale of some of his slaves, and invested the proceeds in the stock of a country store once more. Patrick Henry In the post here they had groceries, and axes, and calico dresses, and hats, just like they have in a country store. The Young Alaskans on the Trail In the same year, his son Thomas J., after serving a fifteen-year apprenticeship in a country store, entered his father's employ. All About Coffee I was a clerk in a country store when the war broke out and I’d ’a’ been there yet if it wasn’t for the war. The Comings of Cousin Ann The institutions of the rural community of the land-farmer type are the country store, the rural school, and the church. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Fortunately, in these days of the automobile, an ample supply of gasoline may be found at any country store. Dorothy's Triumph When Willard was over nine years of age, his father moved from the Old Homestead and purchased a place named the Goodrich Farm, where he opened a country store. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier There was not even a country store in that lost land of forest and hill and rocky cliff and desolate open field. Dwellers in Arcady The Story of an Abandoned Farm The man holding the dogs answered, "Casper Daniel's country store was robbed and burned just after he had gone to bed, and Daniels was either murdered or lost in the fire." Shawn of Skarrow Judgment of men and of properties is so essential to his business that if he can not judiciously loan and give credit he cannot maintain a country store. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology When I was a little boy, Minnie, my father kept a country store, where all manner of things were exposed for sale. Minnie's Pet Parrot Life is just a little old checker game played by the alfalfa contingent at the country store unless you've got an ambition that's too big to ever quite lasso it. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Now, in civil life, I have frequently been amused in noting some dudish young fellow in a little country store trying to fit himself out with a light summer coat, or something similar. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 At the age of fifteen he was placed in a country store as assistant salesman, or clerk. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A young, red-bearded man of herculean frame fiercely jerked the words between his teeth as he leaped between two boys who were about to enter the country store, from the door of which he sprang. Far Past the Frontier But if I kept such a country store, I would provide an open fire and, when the shadows lengthened, an easy chair or two for gossips. Chimney-Pot Papers In the fall of 1859 I began trading, having obtained an interest in a country store at a little place called Centerfield. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings The clearings followed, then the homesteads, then the corners, where the country store and the smithy flourished in primitive dignity. Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road It was printed upon a cotton handkerchief which he purchased in a country store with what was then his all, and which amounted to twenty-five cents. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History A few doors away from the country store in front of which the automobile stood, the girls saw a quaint old house, with a few toys and candies displayed for sale in a front window. Patty's Summer Days “Trading for butter and eggs over the counter of a country store, and discussing Doty’s corn crop and Hayworth’s pigs hasn’t done anything particular towards fitting me to shine in society,” he said. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim The country store, in most new settlements, is the resort of story-tellers. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk One small country store, in Floyd County, southwest Virginia, assembled and shipped between sixty and eighty thousand pounds annually. Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 There's Firmin's," he said, with a wave of his hand—"post-office, country store, boots and shoes and all that sort of thing. The Varmint All country stores were speedily cleared and closed. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back Young men leave the country store and come thither if they desire to learn business on a large scale. Amusement: A Force in Christian Training Then, when Abraham Lincoln became President, his mind went back to the quaint smithy in the cool, free woods, and to the country stores, and he told these stories all over again. In The Boyhood of Lincoln A Tale of the Tunker Schoolmaster and the Times of Black Hawk The country store is a sort of clearing-house, exchanging household and other commodities, such as sugar, tea, coffee, spices, drugs, silks, woollens, cotton goods, farming machinery, and furniture for farm products. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges As they stopped at the door of the little country store, a young man came around the corner. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 Shortly after we met, sure enough, the cab you had sent back from the country store. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Personally, I believe that when this law becomes more generally understood there will be fewer17 failures decorating park benches in our cities and cracker-boxes in our country stores. Opportunities in Engineering He spent his youth as an assistant in a hotel and in a country store. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States The settlers fought the Indians, and made use of the wild creatures for clothing and food, and to sell at the country stores. Historic Boyhoods He talked the matter over at the country store, and it was suggested that his tallow was possibly the very valuable substance known as ambergris. Chatterbox, 1906 When we had escaped from the railroad at Enfield on the Penobscot, we slept a short night in a room over a country store, and took wagon the next morning for a twenty-five mile drive. Days Off And Other Digressions He felt that there was something to live for besides taking in dimes over the counter of a country store. Mary Ware's Promised Land Even the heavy black lace shoes, ugly shoes from a country store, which showed so plainly below her green skirt, had no sort of power to spoil for Arethusa the general effect of loveliness. The Heart of Arethusa The leader of the gang was a very good wrestler, and he seized an opportunity when all the men of the town were gathered at the country store to challenge Abe to a wrestling match. Historic Boyhoods The boys worked at odd jobs, on farms in Summer, clerking in country stores, driving stage—and be it said to the credit of their father, he allowed them to keep the money they made. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators This was done for the purpose of impressing the buyers for country stores who were flocking into New York for their fall purchases. The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing A country store is the place for a boy to learn merchandising. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen There were few “country stores,” in those days, and the settlements were so scattered as to make it sometimes very inconvenient to visit them. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States I dare say he would do very well in a country store, but in the city we want boys to be active and wide awake. Chester Rand or The New Path to Fortune But there were things other than politics discussed at the country store, and Abe Lincoln often raised a laugh at the expense of some braggart or bully. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln By the church was the schoolhouse, and there was a large store very much like our country stores at home. The Land of the Long Night This training in the country store proved of great value, just as it did in the case of H. H. Rogers, George Peabody and so many other men of mark. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Usually the upper chambers of country stores were filled a foot deep with flaxseed in the autumn, waiting for good sleighing to convey the seed to town. Home Life in Colonial Days We frequently find him in the back part of the country store playing checkers. Dollars and Sense In a few hours after a violent visit from those ruffians from Clary's Grove Berry and Lincoln had formed a partnership and were the nominal owners of a country store. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln As is customary in many of these little villages along the coast, the butcher shop was also the country store where groceries, dry goods, notions, and possibly boots and hats in addition, were sold. Darry the Life Saver The Heroes of the Coast I bought them at a country store as we drove by this morning. Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters There was a constant demand in Boston for them, and sometimes country stores had several hundred of the brooms at a time. Home Life in Colonial Days If it were not for discontent many of the leaders in the business world today would still be on the farm or clerking in a country store. Dollars and Sense She found that there was a little of almost everything that was kept in a country store. Fred Fearnot's New Ranch and How He and Terry Managed It "It is better to keep a country store than it is to hoe your own potatoes, barefoot," she responded tartly. The Brentons Come back to the country store—to the Country Retailer who is pulling on the other end of the whiffle-tree with the Farmer for community progress. Deep Furrows The most primitive among these institutions is the country store. Society Its Origin and Development He may employ thousands or he may have only two or three clerks in a country store, but he nevertheless is an employer. Fundamentals of Prosperity What They Are and Whence They Come The performance of this trick got Pedro and the bear all the soda water and small drinks that they cared for at the country stores and hotels. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear His hard-riders were confined in their depredations mainly to the plunder of the country stores on their route. Stories Of Ohio After the war he kept a country store, and won a reputation for honesty. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings The Sewing Circle.—What the country store has done for the men as a means of communication and stimulus, the ladies' aid society or church sewing circle has done for the women. Society Its Origin and Development And if the soldier sends the notes to his wife to be passed at a country store for necessaries for his family, what will be the result? Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 Here the peddler disposed of the remaining goods in his two packs at a country store, and went into business as the keeper of a dancing-bear. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear Here he built a log hut, opened a country store, and remained till the close of the year. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Small quantities of both medicines were, with a great deal of persuasion, exchanged with country stores for farm products. Watch Yourself Go By A country store, helped out if necessary by an occasional visit to town, supplied the few goods that were not produced at home. Society Its Origin and Development You see I thought they would be a setting and a trading across a long, wide board like they used to do at the country stores for counters. The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs About this time he became a clerk in a country store, where his honesty and square dealing made him a universal favorite, and earned for him the sobriquet of 'Honest Abe.' Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Besides the purchase of lands, Mr. Gallatin invested part of his little capital in building houses on his farm, and in the country store which Badollet managed. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Arriving at the country store the dance was already under full headway. Watch Yourself Go By The farmer makes occasional visits to the country store, where he experiences social contacts; there is habitual association with individual workers on the farm or traders with whom the farmer carries on a business transaction. Society Its Origin and Development And, dashing the weed to the floor, he rushed from the country store, with the boys' laugh ringing in his ears. The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean When only thirteen years old he became a clerk in a country store. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail As they approached they saw that the front of the house was a small country store, so they went around to the door and opened it. Little Maid Marian We drove as far as Gray Corners, where there was a country store, and there I bought a bushel of oats for the horses and a hundred-pound bag of corn for the hogs. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's He gets into the current of community life and finds out the importance of local institutions like the country store and the meeting-house. Society Its Origin and Development We have a picture of this middle-aged man, clerking for his younger brothers in a country store, at eight hundred dollars a year, and day by day sinking further into the slough of despond. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers It contains no society, no church, no library, not even a little country store! Cape Cod Folks No one wanted many, as they were not bought at country stores, and, required as much sugar in the cooking as there were berries; so cranberry sauce was a luxury rarely indulged. Confessions of Boyhood North of Lockport is a man who supplies the country stores with English walnuts. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report Of The Proceedings At The Tenth Annual Meeting. Battle Creek, Michigan, December 9 and 10, 1919 They gathered at the country store opposite and poured across the street, in sixes and sevens, like so many reliefs on army duty. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World On the contrary the burning issues of the day were discussed in public house and marketplace with the same vivacity with which politics are now debated in the New England country store. The Age of the Reformation I seated myself in the corner of this floating grocery, crowded, shelves, floor, and counter, with such goods as might be expected to be found at an ordinary country store. The House of Martha These packages were hung up over the counters of all country stores. Confessions of Boyhood During that interval he reviewed his career from the time he helped his father, a Prussian refugee of 1848, in the little country store upstate. Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter I was seventeen years old when I left the country store where I had 'tended' for three years, and came to Boston in search of a place. Choice Readings for the Home Circle They are then carefully dried, and packed in bags, and carried to the nearest place of sale, generally a country store. What Might Have Been Expected They put him, when fifteen 5years old, as clerk into a little country store. Stories of Later American History Eggs, cheese, butter and pork were bartered at the country stores for West India goods. Confessions of Boyhood The country store and post-office is the same everywhere: it belongs to every clime and nationality—it is a human device and speaks an universal language. Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches Organized counties and all the subordination of social life are there; and there are the noisy school-house, the decent church, the mill, the country store, the fat ox, and the sleek plough-horse. Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk We see Jay Gould investing a thousand dollars in a country store and then in turn dictating to all the railroads and controlling all the telegraphs in the greatest empire that has ever existed. The Golden Censer The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future But I know clerking in a country store ain’t much of a job for a college graduate, and I’m glad you’ve found something better.” The Jester of St. Timothy's In country stores the man or boy behind the counter was an enviable person. Confessions of Boyhood There was one customer in the great country store, a stout old man, on the grocery side. Pembroke A Novel If of wire, common brass "sucker wire," to be found in nearly all hardware establishments and country stores, is the best. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making When he was 4 years old his father accepted a call to Fayetteville, near Syracuse, N.Y., where the son had common and academic schooling, and afterwards was a clerk in a country store. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term This was a lucky find, for I doubt if one country store in a hundred carries such stock. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island Suddenly, as the car approached a little country store, at a crossroads, and looking as though no one ever went there to buy anything, Holmes slowed up again. The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm Or, Bessie King's New Chum She sells eggs from her 400 Anconas at from 4 to 6 cents more a dozen than the country store is paying its patrons who bring in eggs and "take them out in trade." How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers This book had the support of the authority of Webster's Dictionary—an original American work; and it soon became a staple article of merchandise which was kept in stock in every country store. A History of the McGuffey Readers In rude regions, where the rougher border element congregated, country stores were subsidized by candidates, and liquor liberally dispensed. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics I used to linger about the busy country stores, and listen to the graphic country talk. A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches The brother who cared for the parents, with the help of the girl’s own slender wages earned in the country store of the little town, became ill with rheumatism. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil Arriving presently at a hamlet, where he paused for breath in the rear of a country store, he found a basket and a quantity of paper in which he carefully packed his loot. A Reversible Santa Claus LOWE'S soldiers furnished and equipped themselves by robbing Union houses and the country stores. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Well, well, I never thought to find myself interested again in the fortunes of a country store. The Twenty-Fourth of June This cheese is our regular old-fashioned store cheese—it's been in old country stores for generations and we have been pioneers in spreading the word about it. The Complete Book of Cheese I was a merchant at Springfield, and kept a large country store, 70embracing dry goods, groceries, hardware, books, medicines, bed-clothes, mattresses,—in fact, everything that country people needed. The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him I wished to save you the disgrace—yes, disgrace!—of being found here in this—this country store. Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper At twelve years of age, he was clerk in a general store—one of those country stores where everything is kept, from ribbon to whisky. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen He had strongly fortified his little camp, which embraced a village of a half-dozen dwellings and a country store, and had collected a considerable quantity of supplies. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians Provide your own assortment of breads and try to include some of those fat, flaky old-fashioned crackers that country stores in New England can still supply. The Complete Book of Cheese And what a flat it is!—enlivened with a first-class hotel, some questionable hostelries, a country store, a post-office and livery-stable, and a great mill buzzing in an artificial desert of worn brown sawdust. In the Footprints of the Padres The success of this scheme depends upon the fact that transportation and agencies at country stores are relatively less important items of expense than plant construction and high salaries for skilled labor. The Dollar Hen In short, there sprang to being in an astonishingly brief space of time a very creditable specimen of the country store. The Rules of the Game One thing is very noticeable in these country stores, the certainty of finding a great stock of sardines in bright tin boxes. Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern If they had bought supplies at the country store at inflated prices, the crops sometimes were insufficient to pay the store accounts, and the balance was charged against the next year's crop. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution That grocery was like a country store: one could get anything there; and from the balcony above there was a wonderful view. In the Footprints of the Padres Until the starting of the Roycroft Shop, there were no industries here, aside from the regulation country store, grocery, tavern, blacksmith-shop and sawmill—none of which enterprises attempted to supply more than local wants. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great The interior of the store proved to be no different from the general country store anywhere. The Rules of the Game By making a slight deviation, there was a country store which I could pass on the last day, where I expected to buy some presents for my mother and sisters. A Texas Matchmaker Father was at first a clerk in the country store, but at an early age became the tavern-keeper. A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment In his time he has built shacks, kept a country store, and run a saw-mill. The New North If he refused this miraculous opportunity, there would be Riverton, and the hardware store, or other country stores similar to it, to the end of his days. The Purple Heights The gasoline was good, but the gallon measure into which it was drawn had been used for oil, varnish, turpentine, and every liquid a country store is supposed to keep—not excepting molasses. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" The father of the swain conducted a small country store at the Mission, and besides had landed and cattle interests. A Texas Matchmaker Two weeks later, at a country store in the Chickasaw Nation, there was a horse race of considerable importance. Cattle Brands A Collection of Western Camp-fire Stories As most of the country stores were back from the river, the sailor, on horseback or in a cart, made many a long provisioning trip. Virginia: the Old Dominion Paul remembered that the owners used to buy the cloths and materials at the country stores, and render a strict accounting thereof to his mother. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Mr. Offut, the owner of the flatboat which he had taken down, then employed him to act as clerk in a country store which he had at New Salem. Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln A Book for Young Americans Nellie said that you would not care to be married in a country store, with cheese and bacon and all that sort of thing about. A Countess from Canada A Story of Life in the Backwoods "Suppose we call up his home," suggested Ned, as they came to a country store where there was a telephone. Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam My father kept a country store, and if there is any place under the stars where a man gets all sorts of experience in every kind of mercantile transactions, it is in the country store. Acres of Diamonds: our every-day opportunities In managing the country store, as in everything that he undertook for others, Lincoln did his very best. Good Stories for Holidays This book, while it presumes to record what Pat Higgins was thinking as he sat in front of a country store, seems to be "the true story." Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations My grandfather," said she in meditation, "began as a clerk in a country store. The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking An exploration is always bringing something new to light among the commonplaces of ginghams and working shirts, and canned goods and stationery, and the other thousands of civilized drearinesses to found in every country store. The Forest Perhaps we thought of them in the same country store, their chairs tilted on either side of the air-tight stove, telling stories, in the intervals of custom, as they apparently did in their earlier estate. Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life At the age of fifteen he left the Academy where he had been studying and entered on his commercial education by becoming clerk in a country store, where he remained five years. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men The miners wanted to be trusted for their daily needs; the country stores had to have credit because the miners could not pay; and so on up to the wholesalers in the city. The Gray Dawn On his return home he stopped at a country store to make a small purchase, and there at the end of the shelf he saw a cheap dingy copy of Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus." Sketches from Concord and Appledore One of the most interesting places in the world for the study of human character is the country store or the city grocery. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him Iron, Steel, Tobacco, Radiators, Vinegar, Oil, Leather, Spices, Tin, Candles, Biscuit, Rag,—the names of the "industrials" read like an inventory of a country store. The Web of Life When he was very young the family removed to Columbiana county, Ohio, where the senior Garretson opened a country store in New Lisbon. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men He did not show much sociability; but Hal persisted, refusing to believe that any one in a country store would miss an opening to discuss politics, even with a miner's helper. King Coal : a Novel "Now, miss," said Lawrence; "do you want to make me angry by supposing I would smoke any tobacco that they sell in that country store?" The Late Mrs. Null His wife's cousin, Mr. Kirk, who has already been introduced to the reader, had, in his earlier days, served as a clerk in a country store. The Store Boy Stopping in a country store to make sure of their route they were informed that by taking to the railroad track for a short distance they could save considerable time. The Outdoor Girls of Deepdale Or, camping and tramping for fun and health He obtained all the education a widowed mother could give him before he was twelve years of age, when he entered a country store and remained five years. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men I worked as waitress in a restaurant, and as saleslady in a country store, but Jim was not getting the care he should have. Purple Springs It cost Indiana and Ohio something in the plunder of country stores and farm-houses, and in the pay and expenses of large bodies of militia that were temporarily called into service. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 It was a large country store, devoted not to groceries alone, but supplies of dry-goods, boots and shoes, and the leading articles required in the community. The Store Boy The country store furnished the frontier substitute for the club, and there the men were wont to congregate. The Life of Abraham Lincoln The boys could watch him as he seemed to be hiding back of the corner of the country store. The Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook When fifteen, he became a clerk in a country store, a task which, he related, kept him at work from six o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock at night. Great Fortunes from Railroads These vehicles were sent to the eastern counties and even to portions of South Carolina and Georgia, to supply the farms and country stores. School History of North Carolina : from 1584 to the present time Yet I was the daughter of a bankrupt farmer, and my husband was clerk in a country store. The Store Boy In the loafers on the street corners, in the illiterate that use the country store as their club, in the very halls of congress, are heard the most unsparing criticisms and denunciations of the administration. The Life of Abraham Lincoln This village is a dull hole, and yet father expects me to stay here cooped up in a little country store. Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune Any seedsman will furnish them, and they are usually on sale at country stores. The Home Acre He knows about enough to be clerk in a country store—and I suppose he'll fetch up there some day. Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck The owner of the woodyard and country store bent forward still more and took a closer look at the speaker. The House Boat Boys They lunched on crackers and canned beans at a country store and made a more extended drive in the afternoon. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, "Well, no, not exactly," answered Eben, "I feel that a country store isn't my sphere." Do and Dare — a Brave Boy's Fight for Fortune At twelve I left school; at fifteen I worked in a country store—up at daylight and to bed at midnight, often. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero With the fifteen dollars, David and his little wife repaired to a country store a few miles distant, to furnish their house and farm. David Crockett His Life and Adventures Sitting in a New England country store one day I overheard the following dialogue between two brothers: "Say, Bill, wot you done with that air sorrel mare of yourn?" The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 4: To California and Return As a boy he was a clerk in a country store, but his education was not neglected and at the age of fifteen he was studying, with a view to entering college. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics He was often to be seen going down to the country store in a sleeved waistcoat with a knapsack on his back. The Great Hunger More than that, she was finally obliged to sink her reserve in employing him in the necessary "chores" for the house, and he was sent on an errand to the country store at the cross-roads. Tales of Trail and Town The post-office was also the "country store," and Leonidas was in the habit of still further protracting his errands there by lingering in that stimulating atmosphere of sugar, cheese, and coffee. Openings in the Old Trail This establishment has been described as "a poorly furnished country store where commerce looks starvation in the face." The Story of the Mormons, from the date of their origin to the year 1901 The driver spoke to him, and then, as the horses stopped, turned to toss the weather-beaten mail-bag to the porch of the country store, where a group of men were lounging. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields "But will have some in very shortly, I presume," suggested the assistant, who knew the idiosyncrasies of country stores. The Woman-Haters: a yarn of Eastboro twin-lights He gave himself an education, he took part in an Indian war, he worked in the fields, he kept a country store, he read and studied, and, at last, he became a lawyer. Hero Tales from American History There was much to be learned in a country store, and principally, as he found, this: that sharp tricks, deception and dishonesty are by no means confined to the city. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum Besides being the proprietor of a hotel he owned a livery-stable, ran a sort of an express, and kept a country store. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum |
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