About a year and a half ago J. P. Cavanagh succeeded to the business of Cavanagh & Co., dealers in fruit and confectionery. The establishment of this business dates back 15 years, when Con. Cavanagh and P. J. Lally formed a partnership and opened in a small way in the shop now occupied by A. Branchaud. Fortune smiled upon the venture and they soon moved into larger quarters in the Mack Block. Mr. Lally retired from the business after a few years, and it was conducted by C. Cavanagh until the fall of 1904. Mr. Cavanagh has a large and well appointed store with ice cream parlors at the rear. The fittings of the establishment are elaborate and the shelves are filled with the best products of American and Canadian confectioners. During the fruit season Mr. Cavanagh buys his stock in very large quantities, and it is no uncommon sight to see baskets of grapes, plums, peaches and pears stacked up on the roadway in the front of his premises. In the winter season the ice cream parlor is used for the manufacturing of Cavanagh's famous home-made candy. This firm also makes a specialty of catering to weddings, social parties, banquets, lodge suppers and similar gatherings and in this particular line he has established a most enviable reputation. People of the town to-day do not have to go to Montreal when they require a special banquet, for Cavanagh can put up anything in this line as good as can be obtained in Canada. Although yet a young man, Mr. Cavanagh has had considerable business experience, having been for three years in New York and a year or so in Winnipeg. It is his proud boast that whenever a customer is once secured he is a customer ever after. This he accomplishes by honest, square dealing, supplying nothing but the very best.