. The Robinsons and their kin folk . ^ to the success of the enterprise. Robinson, being afair penman, an accurate accountant and a good book-keeper,. MRS. JOHN W. (ANN BUTLEK) ROBINSON. From an oil painting made about 1850. was to give his entire time and attention to the industry—profitsand losses were to be equally shared and divided. It was then the custom, in an undertaking of this nature,to keep liquors : and that wines in the cask were generally usedin the Wyoming Valley, and seemed to be as essential and neces-sary commodities in a general merchandise business as was a spoolof thread,
. The Robinsons and their kin folk . ^ to the success of the enterprise. Robinson, being afair penman, an accurate accountant and a good book-keeper,. MRS. JOHN W. (ANN BUTLEK) ROBINSON. From an oil painting made about 1850. was to give his entire time and attention to the industry—profitsand losses were to be equally shared and divided. It was then the custom, in an undertaking of this nature,to keep liquors : and that wines in the cask were generally usedin the Wyoming Valley, and seemed to be as essential and neces-sary commodities in a general merchandise business as was a spoolof thread, is not at all surprising. Under the head of notions 62 SYNOPSIS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN W. ROBINSON. was implied the having in hand pretty much all that was requiredby the humble rustics of the community. Consequently thearticles dealt in were almost as diverse as those in larger storesof the present time, so that (though on a very diminutive scale)one might compare these village stores with the compartmentestablishments of to-day, where a purchaser is able to procure a 1
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