Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-02-12

men OF the town, is located in the oil
Harry Hale mill on Main st. and does
good business in custom grinding. Thi
mill has a good water power and ca
pacity for grinding $50 bus. corn pc
day. Mr.. Powers deals in flour, grain
feed and fertilizers. For his feed bust
ness he grinds about 10000 bus. 0
Western corn per year.
HOOP & KENNEDY, dealers in meat
provisions, vegetables, fruits, etc., ar,
located in the Corwin block on MAR
st., and have good trade. They al.
so run a meat wagon into adjoining
villages. This firm has youth and pusl
and are building up nice trade.
BYRoS BERRY, harness maker and
dealer in saddlery goods, robes, blank
cts, ETC., is also located in the Corw;n
block and reports steadily increasing
business. Mr.. B. also buys hides. wool
pelts and iurs.
j. A. X. CoRwIN has general stock
of dry goods, boots aud shoes, clothing,
groceries, etc, in the Dickinson
block where the business has been es-
tablished about seventy years. Mr..
Corwin began as clerk for Geo. +. Hyde
& Co ia 1868. The next year, in
connection with G.. III. Lathrop, he
bought out the firm. This partnership
continued for about two years when
Mr.. Lathrop's interest was purchased
by Mr.. Veazey, and the firm was
known as j. A. X. Corwin 4 Co. In
the fall of 1868 Mr. Corwin purchased
Mr.. Neazey's interest aud he has been
the sole owner ever since. This store
does large business. Mr.. Corwin
has reared a large family and has grad
uated his sons in business from this
store. one of which is book-keeper for
the firm ofC. /. Hood & Co., Lowell
another, Charles r., being member
Of the commission firm Of Hadley &
Corwin, Quincy Market, Boston. AT
present Mr.. Corwin is ably assisted by
his son, Ernest A., who attends to the
inside business.
This house makes specially Of hand
ling maple sugar and wool. Their ship
nents OF the former amount to from 3d.
]00 to 10000 per anuum, and from
10, 200 to $4,000 of the latter. Besides
he store Mr.. Corwin has warehouse
where fertilizers are sold extensively,
he sales for the past year aggregating
20 tons.
AMOS II. HooD 4 Son are situated
IN the corner of Maple and Main SITS.
lud do good business in drugs. med
cines, ETC., in their large brick block.
This house was established in 1880 by
Amos X. Hood, the location being on
Main St. where the present residence
# w. +. Hood now stands. 1t was
emoved to its present location in S72
md the premises purchased in 1874.
\. II. Hood had two sons both of whom
we're educated at Lowell, Mass, to the
rug business. c. /. Hood. the young
r of the two after serving his appren-
iceship, was employed in the whole
ale drug house of Theo. Metcalf 4 Co., q
,oston. He afterwards returned to
,owcll and began business for himself 4
5 a retail druggist, but soon began the
manufacture of patented articles which a
ere placed upon the market. lie is Z
lie present head of the firm of c. 4.
Iood & Co., whose Sarsaparilla. 400 +
oses one dollar" has a worldwide o
.putation, and has made its origina-
II immensely wealthy. 0
Mr.. w. f. Hood, the present head
+ the house of A. r. Hood 4 Son, re- C
Irned to his native town and became n
member of the firm in 1866, and has b
zen the active member ever since. a
he founder Of this business died in II
S81 after having been in business in
Is native town for more than fifty II
sars. The firm does a large business 81
-awing It's trade from wide section a
country
J. b. ATwooD is located in the I'M 81
a block, cor. Main and Yershire sts., 81
ID carries a stock of dry goods, cloth 81
o. hats. shoes. stationery. etc. Mr..