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Show I""""" " liu ii i iii m mini , mm BVIHEOLDtlMras From E. E. Meredith, Fairmont W. Va.: I remember when nib' bling a bit of dried orange pool jn a sick room "prevented" you from contracting a dread disease. From Margaret Parmcnter, Niics Mich.: I remember when a school girl we children drank from a wooden pail out of the same tin cup; when we had to walk on wood en sidewalks; when spring came in March and we had no sewers causing the water to run deep in the gutters, and we children would wade in it; when the milkman rang his bell out front and you could take your pitcher and get a pint for a penny;- when mother would make soft soap from lye and fat rinds; when the cows could roam the streets at will. From E. C. Wyatt, Elkins, w. v.: I remember when all barrels', kegs, tubs, churns and milk ves' sels were made by hand. The man who made them was called a coop, er. Gallon milk vessels were called piggins and the two gallon sizes were called keelers. From Mrs. Lily S. Radley, Peoria, HI.: I remember when men and women wore only closed-face watches which they wound with 8 key. These keys fitted into two small metal square pegs in the face of the watch. From Charma Pierce McNtw, Blackford, Va.: When mothei went visiting one day I decided tc ride the old razor back hog. I goi mother's bustle and tied it on th( hog's back and rode until the ho got hot and ran into the pond Mother was never able to get th( mud out of that bustle. (Mail your memories to The OK Timers, Box 340, Frankfort, Ky.) |