“I mean grocery stores like Parker’s, and Wiggin’s,” explained Wallace.
“No, until the towns and villages sprang up there were no stores such as we have now,” said Mr. Duwell. “You see, there were not many people to buy things in the early days, and they lived on farms many miles apart, so it did not pay anyone to keep a store.
“Why is the grocery so useful to everybody?” he asked.
“Because it sells food.”
“That is it. You see, when enough people lived in one place to make a village or town, some one opened a store. Now, how did he get flour to sell?”
“From the miller.”
“Right—and potatoes?”
“From the farmer.”
“Yes, the miller brought flour and the farmer brought potatoes to the grocer for him to sell.”