Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ammost familiar with. The winter was verysevere, but the buds were in a very unde-veloped condition, which probably savedthem from injury by the cold , there has been some killing, al-though in my experience not sufficient tobe considered serious for the crop. Thebuds this year are very small and muchfewer than normal. They are, however,quite perfect and generally speaking theoutlook is favorable to a fair or even agood crop. We find the CANADIAN GROCER avery beneficial paper as during thesetimes there are so many items of interestwhich a grocer
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . ammost familiar with. The winter was verysevere, but the buds were in a very unde-veloped condition, which probably savedthem from injury by the cold , there has been some killing, al-though in my experience not sufficient tobe considered serious for the crop. Thebuds this year are very small and muchfewer than normal. They are, however,quite perfect and generally speaking theoutlook is favorable to a fair or even agood crop. We find the CANADIAN GROCER avery beneficial paper as during thesetimes there are so many items of interestwhich a grocer should know and we be-lieve will be a great help both for themarket imports and other topics of theday. HANCOCK & CO., 10 West Main St., Gait. I have sold my business to F. H. An-derson, and you will please send theCANADIAN GROCER to his address,Port Rowan, R. R. No. 2. I have been inthis store for twenty-one years and Icould not get along without it as it keepsme posted in prices. G. F. DURKEE,R. R. No. 2, Port Rowan, An interesting window display that may present suggestions for other merchants. 40 CANADIAN GROCER FROM STREET SWEEPER TO MULTI-MILLIONAIRE The Story of Christian Girl, as Told by Himself—AndSome of His Business Ideas Christian Girl, the president of theStandard Parts Co., of Cleveland, a$35,000,000 corporation, tells the storyof his career in the American Maga-zine. It was a spectacular climb fromstreet sweeper to millionaire, and, astold by Mr. Girl, it makes fascinatingreading. He says, in part: So I became a street-sweeper—and triedto keep the street which I swept more tidythan it had ever been before. Before long, however, I got a job drivinga milk wagon, and then a laundry some time I worked at various placesas driver, and I was fairly content, for Ilike horses and could handle them well. Then, one day I took it into my head totry for a place in the postal service. Ipassed the civil-service examination andin due course became a mail col
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