Canada: ONTARIO: Market Day

Stocky Eugene Gauthier, 45, and his wife Winnifred worked late Friday evening loading their new Mercury one-ton truck. At 5:30 next morning, they were off to Ottawa's By Ward Market. In a jiffy the Gauthiers were setting up shop (they pay $35 a year for a stall, plus 10ยข for each day they actually use it). Gene backed up to the curb and began to arrange the vegetables and fruit on packing boxes, along the running board, and on the tailboard. When all was in order, he left Winnifred in charge and went to a nearby lunchroom for a...

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