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Show by CAROL S. LE MON 'rfCJ i i y i 1 ' i I i -' r jt' p j . 1 1' ,; -1 1 '.-V - -4""'s-. ' L. "Did he run'.'" they sang, "Did he run? He ran so fast going round the track he met himself on the way coming back!" I remember there was an old Civil War vet living out in the hills back home. We'd go there, he'd dust off the cylinders and play them for us. He received re-ceived $25 a month pension we thought he was rich." Many more beautiful items, it-ems, bottles, lamps, Spanish stirrups, harnesses, oxen shoes, clocks, stock certificates, certifi-cates, books, etc., were on display, but we went into another an-other room to enjoy the fabulous fab-ulous rock, mineral and gem collection. "We came home from a dinner party and Bob said, 'Can you imagine those guys sitting all night long talking about nothing but rocks?' But it wasn't two months till he was at it himself. him-self. We belong to some great rock clubs and meet so many people and have the chance to exchange rocks from all over the country. Bob really enjoys en-joys making jewelry, cutting into a geode, or polishing up something special. There are always lots of surprises." sur-prises." We went back Into the old-fashioned old-fashioned kitchen, all homey and warm, full of kitchen gadgets, some I couldn't recognize. rec-ognize. How about a 'butter futter'? How many of you know what that it? It's a long-handled, long-handled, paddled affair for stirring apple butter.Mom's spud masher - "I remember remem-ber she said it was getting slick on the bottom, so I took it out and sawed the notches deeper for her." Copper and iron kettles, kraut makers, butter churns, molds, etc., not to mention the old Majestic Range stilt capable of warming up the toes, made a pleasant room. "I enjoy my collection of old-time, oil railroad lant- NO GREATER PRIDE has any man than Bob and Genieve Price as they show their tnnkets. Everything from old-time railroad equipment, guns and even a brass bed They love to show their things to guests. Rolert Price was Ixirn 82 years ago, in the little town of Piney Grove, Maryland, a stone's throw from the Potomac River. "There were nine of us kids, in those days it took all our time and energy just to keep the family fam-ily going. I went out on my own, on the railroad, of course, when I was 18. I farmed in between jobs. One summer a friend and I took in the harvest all the way from Oklahoma to Canada. I finally ended up in Utah in 1920. All told, I spent 43 years with the railroad 18 on the Salt Lake to Vegas run." "I also ran to Frisco and Newhouse for awhile. The mines had petered out about that time and they were tearing tear-ing out the mill. A flood washed out the roads, that pretty well ended it." "Milford really hasn't changed much since I came," said Bob. "At first it was mostly R.R. men and miners, now there are more farms. This never was a Sunday School town, especially during dur-ing the days of prohibition in the 20's." All the while we were talking , we were noticing the wide collection of antiques an-tiques in the Price's museum. mu-seum. "I guess the first thing we collected was an old Kentucky Squirrel Rifle you know, the old Daniel Boone type. We just went on from there and now have many different type rifles, muskets, cap and ball pistols, pis-tols, etc. Some date from 1858." "The beautiful mirror-topped mirror-topped organ came from Ad-amsville Ad-amsville years ago, during the Depression. We asked the lady what she wanted for it. 'Oh, I guess $5.00 would do,' she said. We gladly gave her tlie money. That was a lot of money in those days; you could buy awholepigfor$5." Many of the beautiful items came down through Genieve's family. "This is really Bob's hobby," she smiled. "Ever since we've been married, my hobby's been taking care of the family and making a home. We have five children, fourteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The older we get, the more we enjoy them." A real treat was listening to the old Victrola, with the EMison phonograph cylinders. cylin-ders. We heard a great rendition ren-dition of Old Kentucky Home, and a fun one about Wm. Jennings Bryant and Pres. Taft running for election. ems. They don't make them anymore. They mean a lot to me. I guess nobody would appreciate them but us R.R. men." The Price's are happy to have folks come to see their treasures. We thoroughly enjoyed en-joyed our visit. As we signed our names in the 1893 Day Book, once used by Genieve's parents in their boarding house, we were thankful that Bob and Genieve have cared enough to preserve a bit of the past for the future. SELF - DESTRUCTION Character is one thing that can be torn down quicker from the inside that the outside. |