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Show l REMEMBER"! BY THE OLD TIMERS i V : '. .1 From Mary E. Crane, Ashland, Me.: I remember when it was a common occurence to borrow a cup of yeast. From J. E. Glathart, Olney, in.: I remember August, 1862, we went to the depot (Ohio and Mississippi Missis-sippi R. R.) to see the cars come in. The engine was stopped close to a rick of cordwood and some of the citizens helped the trainmen load wood on the tender as fuel for the wood-burning engine. After the cars left, three men mounted their horses and ran a race up Whittle avenue. The winner received a gallon gal-lon jug full of two-bit whisky. ; From Edwin E. Jacobs, Kingsburg, Calif..: I can remember when if a girl refused to go out with a man she was said to have given him the "mitten." From John Rusk, Webb City, Mo.: I remember when we used to butcher a hog every winter. Not having a sausage mill, we would take all the sausage meat all chopped up ready for grinding to the town butcher. He would grind all the sausage in return for the hog's liver. From "the Old Cuss," Chicago: I remember when I came home with a strong word that I had picked up in school my mother would wash my mouth out with laundry soap, which wasn't the weak soap flakes of today. But i1 didn't do any good. It made me so mad, I repeated all the bad words I knew under my breath, oi course. From Presley Stewart, Somerset, Ky.: I remember the old ox yoke, the old fire " place. I remembei when our streets at Somerset had sawed boards for sidewalks. I re member when Mom made my coal and pants. I remember the ole time shouting in the church. (Mail your memories to THE OLD TIMERS, Box 340, Frankfort Ky.) |