Official history of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board . s of the city, what would you think of his plan rSuppose you knew that the street on which he proposed to locate was not even io5 HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD a through street but a cul-de-sac leading nowhere, and that it would lead nowhereand never be a thoroughfare for twenty years to come, how would the idea of astore on that street strike you ? Would you imagine that man would make asuccess of such a proposition : What would you think of the prophet who predictedthat m less than twenty years that man in that very
Official history of the Cornwall Cheese and Butter Board . s of the city, what would you think of his plan rSuppose you knew that the street on which he proposed to locate was not even io5 HISTORY OF THE CORNWALL CHEESE AND BUTTER BOARD a through street but a cul-de-sac leading nowhere, and that it would lead nowhereand never be a thoroughfare for twenty years to come, how would the idea of astore on that street strike you ? Would you imagine that man would make asuccess of such a proposition : What would you think of the prophet who predictedthat m less than twenty years that man in that very location would be carryinga ^30,000 stock, and doing business with a turnover of from $90,000 to $100,000a year ? It IS easy to prophecy after the event, but it can be announced here withoutfear of contradiction that this apparently impossible achievement has beenaccomplished. The city in which this fact was carried out was Cornwall, man who achieved it is A. Fawthrop, senior member of Fawthrop Bros.,of Cornwall. W^^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^l^:.. STORE FAWTHROP BROS., GENERAL MERCHANTS Incredible as it may seem, Mr. Fawthrop started his business some eighteenyears ago without capital, without experience, and in a location exactly as des-cribed, on a cul-de-sac street, and well outside of the city limits. His little placethere was a wooden frame building only 16 ft. by 20 ft. He had a familv of riveto keep, and only $150, in hand when he was compelled by ill-health to give uphis employment as a paper-maker, and was thrown entirely upon his own was of a slight physique, and very deaf. But he had something that out-weighs every other ingredient in the receipt of success — courage and Today he has a $30,000 stock in his store, and the annual turnover ofhis retail grocery and dry goods business is worth $90,000 to $100,000. His stock-in-trade has out-grown his premises three times in the past eighteen vears; it hassucceeded in gradually oust
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