Show 1 I imm 99 BY I 1 HE OLD T chrls from mrs J dando omaha bebr I 1 remember as a child how mother mixed a paste of dry mustard flour vinegar and water for a meat sauce it was real spicy but very good from mrs myrtle may hard wick vermont I 1 can remember my father telling us about the first mowing machines to be used around sheldon vt A man would ride on the machine and another walk behind it when the cutting bar needed to be raised the man who walked would lift it the first horse rake also needed reeled two men to op it one riding iding and another walking to dump it from arthur johnson pal atha fla As a boy in michigan I 1 remember when we cut our ice supply from a fresh water lake the ice was cut by hand saws sledded to the ice house and stored or packed solid the walls and ceiling of the ice house was packed with sawdust from J C galloway gorda r fla ia I 1 remember popcorn was for special days and sweet corn parched in skillet over the coals in the fire place was a treat for ordinary days and a hot handful went into the side pocket ac ket of a coat on cold mor mornings n rz or evenings when going to the barn to do the chores when little girls made dolls with hickory nuts for heads bodies from cornstalks corn stalks and bresset dres dr esset from husks send end your contributions for chrs this column to the old timer community press service Se ivice box 39 frankfort kentucky |