. Leading business men of Spencer, Brookfield and vicinity;. s po-sition was attained. A store and cellar is occu-pied of the dimensions of 25x30 feet, also alarge store-roomjfor the acconmiodation of thestock, as the store is rather too small for theimmense retail business done. The stock car-ried is such as to go far to explain why peoplelike to trade with this house. Provisions ofevery description are included in the stockhandled, such as Meats. Vegetables, Groceriesetc., which are supplied in quantities to suitcustomers. Employment is given to three as-sistants, and every patron is given s
. Leading business men of Spencer, Brookfield and vicinity;. s po-sition was attained. A store and cellar is occu-pied of the dimensions of 25x30 feet, also alarge store-roomjfor the acconmiodation of thestock, as the store is rather too small for theimmense retail business done. The stock car-ried is such as to go far to explain why peoplelike to trade with this house. Provisions ofevery description are included in the stockhandled, such as Meats. Vegetables, Groceriesetc., which are supplied in quantities to suitcustomers. Employment is given to three as-sistants, and every patron is given such promptand polite attention, that this of itself wouldgo far to build up the popularity enjoyed. Allof the various goods dealt in are fully war-ranted to prove as represented, and while moreattention is paid to quality than to Yiuantity, still the prices are always as low as the stateof the market will permit. Mr. Arseneault is anative of Canada, well and favorably esteemedin this community, where he held the oflice ofOverseer of the Poor for two H. P. Howland, Dealer in Flour, Grain,^Feed, Baled Hay and Straw. Also, all kindsof Poultry Food. Sole agent for BradleysFertilizers. Skating rink building. Wall street,Spencer.—Although everybody knows how in-dispensable a commodity flour is, still it re-quires an occasio)ial experience like that oflast Fall, to bring home to us the fact that theentire community is directly interested in any-thing having a tendency to influence the costof the material from which the stafl of life is made, when the price of flour began to rise,at the time mentioned, there was no little pub-lic excitement, and the general relief expressedwhen the upward movement ceased, provedthat the community realized the inconvenienceand even suftering which would be experiencedwere flour held at a figure beyond the meansof the average buyer. Mr. H. P. Howland,doing business in the skating rink street, occupies a leading position amongthe m
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