The owner of Tideland was a sallow-faced local who had the personality of a toadfish. When I tried to buy 10 dozen field Canada goose decoys from him and casually asked if there was a discount for cash, he told me in an annoyed voice, "I don't give discounts; I'm not in the business of selling myself short." He had a great-looking daughter who helped out at the store from time to time and was a natural salesperson in addition to being very attractive. But he would never let her deal direct with people on any merchandise like guns, ammo, hunting clothing or accessories, etc. because he didn't think she had the product knowledge. After a while the daughter got tired of it and quit working there altogether. Tideland was the first place I ever saw Larry Baer's original 2-volume set on the Parker Gun, also a full cardboard case (500 rnds.) of the old red and yellow-boxed Winchester Western 10 ga. 2 7/8" shells loaded in #5 shot. The local old-timers bought them for duck shooting; probably a third of them went down the barrels of Damascus guns. After Albrights Gun Shop opened in downtown Easton, complete with a resident gunsmith upstairs from the store, Tideland didn't last long.
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