In 1879, J. G. Snetsinger, Ex M. P., established a branch of his Moulinette business in the Old Stone Store opposite the Rossmore Hotel, and a year later purchased the property on the other side of Pitt street, and moved his stock there. The well-known principles which had built up a fortune for Mr. Snetsinger at Moulinette ruled in his Cornwall business, and in 1887, when J. E. Snetsinger and W. Fitzgibbon were admitted into partnership, the trade was well established. Five years later, the partners assumed sole control under the name of J. E. Snetsinger & Co. They have a large and well-appointed store, and in the line of dry goods, ladies' ready to wear goods, jackets and mantles, they carry one of the largest stocks, not only in Cornwall, but in Eastern Ontario. Their prices are always as low as the lowest, and the quality of all articles sold is guaranteed.
      In rear of the store is a large bonded storehouse, where an extensive stock of tobaccos is carried, the firm being agents for some of the leading manufacturers and doing extensive jobbing trade in town and country.
      Both members of the firm are men that the town would find it hard to do without. Mr. Snetsinger has represented the Centre Ward in the Town Council and devoted no small amount of his time there and in other directions to the public interest. Mr. Fitzgibbon has been manager of the Citizens' Band for many years, and takes great interest in athletic sports. He is president of the Cornwall Lacrosse Club and has also been honored by presiding over the N. L. U., the governing body of Canada's national game.