Was always a very helpful, patient and a kind man. Sometimes I would try to hide the bread orĭrink all the milk just for a reason to go to the corner store. Use some of the money that was left over to buy candy or refreshments. Just like Welty we too were occasionally allowed to My parents would send my brother and I to store to pick up the things that they needed for our household. Remember walking to my corner store at the bottom of my hill every day. This was a fun experience that she would look forward to doing every time she went to his store. He would wait patiently for her to be ready to come down and never rushed her off. He would place Welty on his scale and have her stand still as he weighed her. The scale was described as a stand up scale with a 20 stack of iron weights and a brass slide on the balance arm. Every day before Welty would leave the store, she would look forward to being weighed on Mr. Would snap off in your teeth, the stiffest scissors.” These items were some of the toys that they were popular in her time period. That wouldn't bounce straight, frazzly kite-string, clay bubble-pipes that Outgrown, boy's marbles and agates in little net pouches, small rubber balls Weren't supposed to have need for, it lures you close to wooden tops you'd Welty said, “Enchantment is cast upon you by all those things you Sessions to fish out an ice cold soda pop from one of theĬontained many popular sodas such as Coca-Cola and Orange Crush but herįavorite one was a locally bottled soda concoction called, Mr. When she wasn't in the mood for candy she would ask Mr. Still popular to this day for instance Hershey Bars, Goo-Goo Clusters, and Baby She talks about the many chocolates that are Hand into the mouth of the candy jar and scoop the candy into her paper bag. Licorice that filled the air and all delicious varieties of penny candy like gumĭrops, tootsie rolls, wine-balls and lollipops.
Of pickles, bread, and milk to cans of sardines. They carry such a diverse variety of foods that ranged from jars The shelves were filled with everything from lard, matches, kerosene to Way to the ceiling and wrap around the store. She talks about the many shelves that reached all the The store from the red brick exterior to the obscured darkness you meet as youĮntered inside the store. Welty gives a very illustrated description of Journey back in time to her childhood memories of Mr. You read Eudora Welty’s story called “The Corner Store”, she takes you on a
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