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Show I "I REMEMBER" BY THE OLD TIMERS From Mrs. E. II. Douglas, Barnard, Barn-ard, Vermont: I remember when we lived In New York State in 1894, but now I'm 74 yean old and en-Joying en-Joying life. I remember my father, who was a railroad man, went to New York City, to the Grand Palace, to see "The Future Use of Electricity." I 'was about 10 yean old and he said to me, "Your mother will have an electric iron to do her ironing with. We are having a new house built and it will have a bath room, with a tub made of tin." We used kerosene lamps in those days. Now, in 1959, I have an auto, gas stove, large 4-room house, porch, shower bath, deep freeze, electric coffee pot, pressure pres-sure cooker, and washing machine. ma-chine. Mr. Douglas has a number of electric tools. We both enjoy "life." We have a daughter, ton, -and three lovely grandchildren. God is good to us and there are many happy things in thia life. From Mrs. Victor J. Manos, Miami, Fla.t I remember when we used to hang a card in the window win-dow to tell the iceman how many pounds of ice to' leave, and While he delivered the ice, all the neighborhood neigh-borhood kids would run out to the truck to scoop up pieces of ice. Sometimes, he would chip off small pieces for us, and it was a big treat when he'd let us stand on the truck's running board till he got to the next house. My own children think I was pretty ancient anci-ent to have lived during the time of running-boards and ice deliveries, deliv-eries, but I think children had more fun then without any expense. (Send contributions ts this eoluma ts The Old Timer, Community Press Service, Box Hit, Frankfort, Kentucky.) |