Show QI Q 1 I REMEMBER nv Y Tnt From Irom Mrs I Chas Chu Hum flume Nebraska I remember when my folks folk lived on en their homestead home homestead stead in the early 18 Ys The only sounds to be heard here ere the wind I the song of blackbirds and meadow larks In the evening we would hear the call of the owl bark of the prairie dog or the lonesome I wall wail of ot a coyote as he howled at atthe atthe atthe the moon now How different from our modern modern times the tractors cars I 1 trucks airplanes What that a noisy world It has hu become I From rom Jessamine 8 S. Burgum Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur N N. N DI VI I remember when the I first chore after breakfast was to gather all aU the kerosene lamps polish pol I ish the smoked lamp chimneys and fill tm the lamps with kerosene Too I I many tales were told of 0 careless e I housekeepers titling tilling lamps after j dark with resulting explosions and fire fires fired I. I I I Also the first sound In the I j ji i morning was the sound lound ot of grind grinding i Ing coffee berries in the little hand j I I milt that hung on the wall wall the the I ground coffee fell feU Into Inlo a tiny draw drawer j I jer er which was emptied Into the I coffee cortee pot filled tilled with cold water water I and brought to a boil boll And I 1 Ire re remember i member when breakfast was IIi u II uj I j i hearty meal with fried tried meat and andI I II i eggs cornmeal or oatmeal mush I fried tried and eaten with syrup or jelly fried tried potatoes and pancakes with plenty plent of butter and syrup I 11 n lo I. lh the Ih U I. i iTh Th Th Old Timer Tim C r. r tre 8 Sent lee let n D. D c U. U S t. t Fr kf t. t Kuk ekr II I 1 |