. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . at go tomake up the stock of a store in the country. What a curious place! said Harry to George, as they walked home-ward. Uncle Joe says the country store is the centre of country life,and I can easily believe it. Evidently it is the centre where all can meet, George replied, aridthey go there because they have no other place to go to. It was veryinteresting to pass an hour in the store, but I think we should find ittiresome after awhile. 5 06 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. That is the very thing Uncle Joe said. You see the same men therenight afte
. The young Nimrods in North America : a book for boys . at go tomake up the stock of a store in the country. What a curious place! said Harry to George, as they walked home-ward. Uncle Joe says the country store is the centre of country life,and I can easily believe it. Evidently it is the centre where all can meet, George replied, aridthey go there because they have no other place to go to. It was veryinteresting to pass an hour in the store, but I think we should find ittiresome after awhile. 5 06 THE YOUNG NIMRODS. That is the very thing Uncle Joe said. You see the same men therenight after night, and day after day; they tell the same stories over andover again, and when anybody comes in who can give them somethingnew, they look on him as a benefactor. Just before elections they getmuch excited over political questions, and the Doctor says there is noplace, not even excepting Congress, where the politics of the country aremore thoroughly discussed than in a country store. The clerk of that store seemed to consider himself a man of great. TH1-: COUNTRY STORK. importance, George remarked, in his turn. Did you notice how hishair was turned carefully into a twist above his forehead, and brushed infront of his ears as if he had spent a long time over it? Yes, but he didnt think more of himself than the doctor did—theman with the plaid wrapper around his neck, and thin whiskers in frontof his ears. lie is a great man in his own estimation, and probably in thatof his neighbors. When we get home we will ask Uncle Joe, and seewhat he says about him. Commenting on the new phase of life they had seen, they continued THE COUNTRY STORE. 67 their way toward the house. Whenquestion of Uncle Joe concerningthe characters they had seen at thestore. You are quite right about thevillage doctor, said Joe, in responseto their inquiry. He is a greatman in his own and his neighborsopinion, and he is deserving of theiresteem. His name is Dr. Brown,and he has never been two hundredmile
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