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Show N REMEMBER"! BY THE 0L& TIMERS L... - -J From C. W. McFrederick, Cres-ton, Cres-ton, Ohio: I remember the corn huskings, apple cuttings, log rollings roll-ings and tobacco-house raisings of many years ago. The whole community com-munity would turn out to a man and the women would come along to help with the cooking and to sew on a quilt. From Damon Withers, Wheat-croft, Wheat-croft, Kentucky: I remember when we carried slates to school. Before our arithmetic recitation we made so much noise writing on the slates one could hardly hear the teacher. The first tablet substituted for a slate I thought to be extravagant. I also remember the first woven wire fence I ever saw and for good reason. rea-son. I ran right smack into it before be-fore seeing it. From Mrs. R. W. Nobles, Chad-bourn, Chad-bourn, N. C: I remember the old cypress knee-bucket that used to hang over my grandfather's well. It was suspended from a long beam fastened to a post, called a sweep, which was let down by hand to bring up water from the deep moss-lined moss-lined well. A gourd, with a curved handled and scrubbed white, hung on a nail driven in the post. Those were the good old days. From Mrs. Clair Reynolds, Hillsdale, Hills-dale, Michigan: I remember when it was fashionable to have a nice driving horse and carriage and to ride out on Sunday afternoons. Some of these carriages were "surreys" "sur-reys" with a fringe on top. And some people had white leather harness har-ness for their horses and the carriages car-riages were polished to a high luster. I consider such equipage to be much more wonderful than the finest automobile that money can buy. |