The first butcher shop was started in 1876 by J. H. Mclntyre, who stayed in that line of business until 1882 when he sold out to Joseph E. Foster. Mclntyre then became an auctioneer, hoop-pole buyer, and the village constable. In 1888, Foster sold his meat market to Francis Marion Boyer, who went by the name Marion. Other owners of meat markets in the early days of Dassel were: John McCollom, Robert Edminster, Jonas Carlson, J. M. Mattson, Wm. R. Benson, O. M. Mattson, Olson & Paul, Joseph Paul, E. J. Sangren, and Aleck Lundquist. Back then, a butcher shop had its own slaughterhouse located just outside the village limits, so almost everything sold was a home product except for pickled pig's feet, tripe, oysters, lutefisk and herring.