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Show t ," 1 REMEMBER" BV THE OLD TIMERS From Mrs. Carrie Brown, Mar ccllus, Mich.: I remember about 80 years ago men drove through the country buying wood ashes They were called "ash cats." The ashes were to make soap. Xhev always paid with tin ware no money. Later, my mother saved ashes and made her own soan Never saw any toilet soap until years later, then it was a pini; soap with strong perfume. From Mrs. C. A. Wheeler, Hannl-bal, Hannl-bal, Mo.: I remember when grandmother made cornmeal mush in the big iron kettle and stirred it with a wooden spoon for supper any left over was fried for break' fast next morning. From Mrs. Georgia Fowler, Som-ers, Som-ers, Iowa: I remember when as soon as the threshing was done in the fall, we took a clean bed tick out to the straw stack and filled it with nice clean straw. That was to be our only mattress until next threshing time; but with a feather bed on top of it, we thought it was fine. From E. C. Wyatt, Elkins, V. Va.: I remember when cooking was done over an open fire, and biscuits bis-cuits and corn pone and salt risen bread were baked in an iron oven with a long handle and covered with an iron lid with a rim around the lop to hold live coals. Pots were hung on iron chains with hooks at each end. The chains were called trammels. One end was hooked over an iron bar called a lubber pole, while others were fastend to an iron bar called a crane which could be swung around in any position. posi-tion. From Mrs. Lily S. Radlcy, Peoria, 111.: I remember when women wore their watches attached to a long gold chain with a plain gold slide on it having jewel sets-in the slide. These watches were worn in their belts or in a little watch pocket sewed on their dresses. (Mail your memories to The Old Timers, Box 340, Frankfort, Ky.) |