General impressions of the country merchant . UiihiiS. SISSON & SMALLEY STORE, CUBA, N. Y. De Voes Paints Lucas Paints Ingersoll Watches Fisk Tires Three-In-One Oil New Perfection Stoves Anchor Brand Wringers Carborundum Yale Locks Keen Kutter Line Cattaraugus Cutlery Winchester Fire Arms and Ammunition Universal Portland Cement 1900 Washers IN Allegany County, in southern NewYork, is the town of Cuba (1,874population). It contains three hard-ware stores, but the firm of Sisson &Smalley do a business of about $60,000 ayear. Their trade extends for a radius of12-16 miles, and 75% of it is with


General impressions of the country merchant . UiihiiS. SISSON & SMALLEY STORE, CUBA, N. Y. De Voes Paints Lucas Paints Ingersoll Watches Fisk Tires Three-In-One Oil New Perfection Stoves Anchor Brand Wringers Carborundum Yale Locks Keen Kutter Line Cattaraugus Cutlery Winchester Fire Arms and Ammunition Universal Portland Cement 1900 Washers IN Allegany County, in southern NewYork, is the town of Cuba (1,874population). It contains three hard-ware stores, but the firm of Sisson &Smalley do a business of about $60,000 ayear. Their trade extends for a radius of12-16 miles, and 75% of it is with farmers. They say that advertised goods sell a lotfaster than those unadvertised, and for thatreason prefer them. They built up theirtrade by using the local paper and givingout circulars. The lines carried are about what one usu-ally finds in hardware stores in New YorkState small towns. Sal-Vet Westfield BicyclesPlanet Jr. ImplementsDe Laval SeparatorsMobiloils Johnsons FloorwaxBissell Carpet SweepersDuntley Vacuum CleansersDomestic Vacuum


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