boy-merchants

Updated: July 7, 2025

Even mamma would sometimes come to make purchases; and the boy-merchants found their scheme a very profitable one. But alas! it vanished with the last summer breath; the early snows surrounded their little store, and all access became inconvenient. So they had a sale at prime cost and we then obtained most wonderful bargains in the confectionary line.

Ella Rodman Church - A Grandmother's Recollections