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Show fi REMEMBER" BY TUI OLD TIMERS t -. r - 1 From Mrs. LucetU C. Mills, Martinsville, Mar-tinsville, IIL: When summer came we would put large scaffolds of apples nd peaches out to dry by the hot sunshine. I remember when bananas were first put on sale in this locality. I have seen my mother bake corn pone In the dutch oven heated by the hot ashes and coals from the fire brought out on the stone hearth in front. From H. Floyd Craig, Mt. Gilead, Ohio: I remember when the sugar house was in the middle of the big sugar maple woods. The neighbors gathered for a get-together and "sugaring-off" at the sugar house. They brought out the flat-top wagon and all piled on but it took two teams of big farm horse to pull us through the March roads. From E. E. Meredith, Fairmont, W. Va.! I remember when an evening's recreation was sewing carpet rags and winding them on balls. From Mrs. Bertha Williams, Ft. Recovery, Ohio: I remember trampling fleeces In the washtubs until they were white as cotton. Then they were carded, spun, dyed and knit. From Mrs. Anna Barry, Van Wert. Ohio: I remember when my mother would make bread always a large dishpan full when it raised It was usually enough to last about four days for a family of eight About 10 loaves. (Mail your memories to THE OLD TIMER, Editorial Dept.. 21C S Desplaines. Chicago 6.) |