A History of Elmsdale , West, and Brockton , Gertrude Coll. Stewart Matthews with local egg wagon driver and fish ped¬ dler, Albert MacDonald . Albert is holding Douglas Currie. Thelma Wells Coll. Charles Adams Sr. , and his sister, Doll Adams year in the Elmsdale area using a one-horse truck wagon. He sold quahaugs by the pail. Butchers and Meat Peddlers - A number of people from Elmsdale and area butch¬ ered animals and peddled the meat using at first horse and wagon and later by truck. The best-known resident butcher was William MacPherson who lived on the on the property now owned by Kathleen Williams . Kenneth Matthews also peddled meat for a few years and then he bought Heber Corbett 's store in Alberton and ran a meat shop. Some of the other identified peddlers who dressed their own meat were John Brennan , Colin Rix , James Graham , Jack Adams , Arthur Wells , Robert Campbell , Charles Adams Sr. , Charles Adams Jr. , Thane MacNeill Olive MacNeill Coll. Thane MacNeill and his butcher shop 341