. Reminiscences of Montclair : with some account of Montclair's part in the Civil War . eorge was one of the boys with us, a brightfellow and often invited to give readings for settled in Texas and attained some -eminence as aJudge in the courts. * The Town Stores The mercantile business of the town was confinedto two stores of general merchandise, a full stock ofgroceries, dry goods, crockery, hardware, hats, shoes,medicines, iron, seeds, etc.; also in the earlier daysa general assortment of liquors sold only by the quartor gallon, more generally by the gallon. In the earlyattack
. Reminiscences of Montclair : with some account of Montclair's part in the Civil War . eorge was one of the boys with us, a brightfellow and often invited to give readings for settled in Texas and attained some -eminence as aJudge in the courts. * The Town Stores The mercantile business of the town was confinedto two stores of general merchandise, a full stock ofgroceries, dry goods, crockery, hardware, hats, shoes,medicines, iron, seeds, etc.; also in the earlier daysa general assortment of liquors sold only by the quartor gallon, more generally by the gallon. In the earlyattack on the growing intemperance of the times, thispart of the business was entirely eliminated. In my memory Mr. Israel Crane was the first inthe mercantile business in the town. His store waslocated on (ilen Ridge Avenue, opposite Spring Street,near his residence still standing. This business pre-ceded the opening of the Turnpike. To keep in touchwith the new highway and to hold his trade, heopened Spring Street making an easy connectionwith the Turnpike. Mr. Crane did a large and sue-. i-i,ri;i^ Reminiscences of M o nt c I a i r 31 cessful business for many years, and was succeededby his youngest son, James. The other store was started in 1811 by PeterDoremus on the site now occupied by the Dore-mus building. He carried a heavy stock of generalmerchandise to meet the increased demand for familysupplies occasioned by the improved facilities for travelover the new Turnpike, bringing a large trade fromMorris and Sussex Counties. Trade was most activein the Fall and Spring, when families would come totown and purchase their supplies for the season. Methods of business in the early days were quitedifferent from the present. Instead of the regularmorning order for the day, visits were less frequenton account of the distance from the store, andfamily supplies were purchased accordingly. Con-sequently business was much less strenuous, givingmore or less leisure to the merchant fo
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