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another writer, there were two others: Menefee/Atkins and Estes.
I will admit that, except for sage and pepper for home-made sausage, and cinnamon and clove for apple butter, the stores did not sell gburmet foods, but they did sell all the staples, and, in season, oysters I and Rappahannock and Potomac herring. Also available were items of'hardware and harness, clothing and shoes, yards goods, thread, lace, ajhd so forth, and news, which met the heeds
of the community. So Sperryvitje has never been without a “real grocery store.” I
On the other hand, perhaps we had “real department stores.” ■;
ELISABETH B. JOHNSON
Spertyville
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