Four Businesses came to Town

These places known to only the ones who started this were not sure that they would succeed and then become bigger and convince other people and businesses to follow their lead.

The cafe arrived with its aroma and promises of giving you a boost for your morning commute. No matter whether by wagon, horseback, or arriving on the local train ride from there to here, you would be surprised what a nickel could give you in return. Stop into sample the latest new flavors of coffee at Cliff and Biff Cafe before heading to the bakery and bookstore.

The bakery was not far behind in promises of baked goods which included donuts, cakes, pies and an assortment of other delicious items that with their aroma could make your mouth water. You could do a pre-order of any item, with a two day notice ahead of the date the item was needed. Head on over to Clairie's Bakery for her homemade honey bun samples.

The bookshop followed with its various items of literature and loaner books, magazines and newspapers, from many places locally and around the world. It would offer tutoring and helping people to learn how to read and write, printed and cursive. There was a reading area for the adults and reading times for the children. You could get a coffee, pick up some baked goods to eat and then head on over to Bossy's Bookstore and More for a time of reading and relaxation.

The last one to arrive was Mother's Best Kitchen. It was a great place to stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It was a way to get a full course meal without having to take the time to sweat and not have dirty dishes to clean. They served rump roast, various sizes of meats and cheeses. They have seating to safely seat up to but not to exceed 150 at any given time. You can also place reservations one hour in advance, but you also can rent their banquet room and plan parties with their catering service. A deposit of $100 dollars is needed to have Mother's Best Kitchen be the one that makes your next big event the best this side of the Rocky Mountains.

With the four businesses coming in first, this led to other businesses following and settling down in this order. First there was Dried Up Bank (for placing all your hard-earned money in), the Misery Loves Company Tavern (for drinking all your sorrows and what ails you away), The Empty Shelves Grocery (for going to buy what you need the most but never finding it on their shelves), St. Teary Eyes Chapel (for all your wishes and your spiritual needs to be met). Then the Sharp Edges Doc/Dentist office (which was several businesses under one roof, The Down Under Mortuary (for all your departed burial needs.

The Rusty Crusty Sherriff Department, (for all your bounties and capturing bad people to be locked up), The local Two for One Hospital, (for keeping you sewn up just to have your injury require to return to be billed double for the same surgery), The Flat Line Comedy Club, (where no one laughs), since they are all dead and are waiting for the Down Under Mortuary to take them to their autopsy and buried in the local Dirty Run Down Cemetery, which has taken other towns dead, just to make ends meet, not always squarely.

The mayor is your own Judge Roger Dodger (a military draft dodger during the Wind-Up Wars of 1868). Roger has at least 7 locals who are draft dodgers themselves, are armed (hidden in plain sight) yet ready to be given the word to hunt you down, bring you in and throw you (literally) into a waiting jail cell, with another 3 more who are waiting to be Down Under Mortuary to come and removed them as well.

The local Earthquake Disaster Failsafe Hotel, the largest of the two, with this one having 1 and a half more floors than its sister motel, You Run, that is a place for people to come for the hour, charged by the day and kicked out before the hour is done. The junk yard was filled with who knows what. It was first named, Clutter City, but changed to Rubbish Clutter Town (in honor of the former founder who was found with his hands clinching wads of cash that were rolled up in his hands in his ripped suit jacket pockets).

J.U.M.P. means Jump Up Make Progress. The motto that follows was a warning for all those who would try to skip out on bail, the Rob You Blind Bail Bonds would do just that and make you pay more with you getting less in return for your troubles, even if you did show up at the Rusty Crusty Sherriff Department on your court date. The Judge Jump in Bean was notorious for taking a bribe to get you off, only to turn you over to the Swatter Mountain Squad, because your money was no good in his court of Injustices.

The local Under Towed Garage, Gas and Auto Salvage Sales, (was more of a place to not get a used, new or clunker to drive off their lot. You were lucky if Wolly and Polly would ever be honest about your next vehicle purchases.

The Clinch Hitter Fair and Carnival have never replaced their long-standing rides, never improved their choices of shows or entertainment. It is still run by a 98-year-old geezer named Paulo Peaches. He runs the donkey rides, the go carts, the Ferris wheel, the Shooting gallery (with real working shotguns), the concession stands, (including hotdogs, hamburgers, cotton candy, and buttered popcorn) for starters.

Gotcha!!!!!!!

The story has no beginning and no official end. It could go on forever and never make any sense. It was several ideas rolled into one and maybe be considered to be rewritten at a future time when the time presents itself properly.