OCR Text |
Show "I REMEMBER" BY Till OLD TIMERS ............ I From Lllah 'Richmond, Post Falls, Idaho: How well I remember remem-ber the old days when the pack peddler came walking through the country with a heavy pack on his back. When he opened It up, my eyes bulged out at the beautiful things pins, needles, pencils, lovely pieces of calico, etc. If It happened to be late in the afternoon and he decided to stay overnight, I was delighted for he generally gave mother a couple of yards of gay colored calico for me for a new dress. That was also the day of plush covered furniture and the old kerosene ker-osene lamps. Each day the wick had to be trimmed and the chimney chim-ney polished. ; Our pride and Joy was the big ball shaded lamp that sat In the parlor. The shade was decorated with flowers or fruit and it cast a I glamorous glow on, all family ' vents. . I Then there was the old student ' lamps of brass or nickel and the tiny lamps to be used In the sick room or to light the way of a late homecomer. Later there were little bracket lamps with reflector shades that would swing from a hook in the kitchen or dining room and also the dazzling lamps with sparkling prisms and polished brass frames. (Sea ootrlballcni I thJi column la Tat OH T1mr, Community Ntw Btfv-lea. Btfv-lea. frankiart, Ktatickr.) |