Show 1 I REMEMBER MEMO 99 IY IV till OLD from r 0 M mrs r S W william watson sell beir r w 1 ick illinois i n 01 3 1 I remember e m ber veil well the late spring ritual I 1 of straw row mattresses ma tresses being emptied nd and refilled with clean and sweet straw aft after oats harvest ing ng it was a tedious process bi because my mother was partI cu lar jr that only the finest vaa was used the spare bed of course lad had a fine goose feather mattress on top of the straw as did one ne or two of the other beds one was from geese she M lucked plucked I 1 remember also how we en oyed fresh ground coffee breakfast fast gound by our two wo land hand grin grinders d ers and our red ed and white fringed napkins I 1 remember too ny my grandfathers big hollowed out that grandmother used for ator ing her lard during g the ye ears ors of her married life well as many of the other household items she had from harmon C hall bet 0 r rou rouge ge louisiana I 1 e ben I 1 was a child that ox teams teems were used altogether to bup supply I 1 y mt logs 1098 t to 0 the saw mills and that men would walk as far as two miles to work on a farm go to work rk before e daylight and ana work borc all day for 50 cents |