<p>An eclectic mix of items makes up the inventory at the Mansfield General Store in Mansfield, Conn. Located in a 19th-century house just down the road from the University of Connecticut, Mansfield General Store offers basic grocery and bakery items as well as salads, soups and take-out deli food.</p>
October 2, 2011
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October 2, 2011 9 p.m.
'Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer'
New England general stores evolve in eclectic ways
WEST DANVILLE, Vt. - At Hussey's General Store in Windsor, Maine, offbeat merchandise is a specialty. The sign out front says so, in no uncertain terms: "Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer."