Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1900-09-09 | Page 16 | Hard Times

Hard Rd ard Times JournaL UI I seen a window full ful of stockings stocking a few days ago ag and it reminded me rue of the e year Jear out here In Kansas when we had h d hard hardtimes hardtimes times and no stockings stocking said sid Ananias Fisher a few days ago ao UI It was way back before the time of plenty plent r and when any an one talks about hard har times Ume I allus remit recall that year Well Wel we was Vas hard up Do you know kow that the women even have flour four sacks sack to tomake tomake tomake make dresses of Why I tell tel you jou you we got gt all aU our flour four in barrels barels cause cuse cloth coth ws was ws wasso so expensive But the women folks got gota a trick of making stockings stocking all al right You know kw that snakes snake shed she their skin Well they the used to watch for a snake to shed use and when he be started s rte out of his h old skin they the Y would get it i before It i was tas wa cold and sew sw one end UD up and make mae stockings out of them They got them while they y was wa lih still warm and kept e them that way w the truth I believe