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Show i "i remember; 1 CV THE OLD TIMER: f From Mrs. Jeanette Landrnm, I Dayton, Ohio: I remember when I I was four years old I had the thrash in my mouth and my father tu.ik me about Ave miles to an old lady named Warren and the washed my mouth with oak leave. Slu- had kept the leaves In a cigar box. There was a big snow on the ground and I rode in front of my daddy in the saddle. We children walked two miles to school. We had two dresses for "everyday" and one for Sunday, and we wore aprons with sleeves in them. Each had chores to do. I fed the geese and the calf, carried car-ried in wood and chips for the morning fire. Later, when I came : home trom school, I milked three cows On Saturdays, I did the washing wash-ing and ironii.f and helped pick beans to string on a string to dry for winter use. We fattened end killed our own hogs and made lard j for family use. We had our own I sorghum molasses and mother canned everything that she could I for winter use. We had no corn planter. For medicine, father gave us all a I round of calomel and vermifuge every spring to keep us able to hoe the corn. We went to church and Sunday school every Sunday. We all sat on the front seat beside mother whii dared anyone to move or talk while the preacher was In the pulpit. pul-pit. i Send contributions to thli celama U The Old Timer, Community Press 8rr-Ice, 8rr-Ice, Box 31), Frankfort, Kentucky. ) |