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Excerpt from Canaway and the Lustigs
This was a country clothing store; and the goods offered for sale were the sort most needed by the farmers and country people. The material was good and strong, but not strictly fashionable. It was worn for use and not for show. This is the general appear ance of the place, except in winter time, when, by removing one of the center tables, a space was cleared for a large cylinder-shaped sheet-iron stove, around which a half-dozen tottering chairs were set. These chairs were like war veterans - one wanted an arm, another leg. Not one was sound of limb or unbandaged. All were bound in place with twine - a decrepit lot of props for a parlor, but very Comfortable seats for a clothing store in winter, when the north wind blew and the stove. Roaring back defiance, threw out warmth and cheer to those encircling it. Were one to enter this store, he would be met by a man of average height, who would advance slowly from whatever part of the room he happened to be, and grasp the newcomer by the hand cordially, and begin to talk at once about the weather, the last runaway in the village, and end up his inquines by asking, with apparent deep concern, all about your family, your wife and chil dren, your father, mother, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
