Show j t I REMEMBER L t h BY BI Tt THE OLD DID TIMERS From Mrs l Edward Koch Ft n. Recovery Ohio When I was small my mother always set the first setting hens to get early frying trying chickens As soon as they weighed 2 21 to 3 pounds we carried them five miles to a general store where w. w got 15 cents a pound for tor them In hi trade We W. would get coffee in green b berries berries ber ber- ries rles that had to be roasted and ground The white sugar we sue jot c was all aU in hard lumps so 80 wa wi the brown Pickles prunes au ud crackers were stored in open t z to a without covers and many owes the grocer had to chase tho the cat a out of the cracker barrel wL wise she had been sleeping Nothing was packaged In lu days they didn't even have paper pape sacks Everything had to be b wrapped in heavy brown paper pap Canned vegetables and fruits were unheard of We Ve received 5 cents a dozen fur tut eggs and 5 and 6 0 cents cents' a a pound for butter We burned kerosene lamps and every every time one one bought kerosene the grocer put a small potato on the spout ol of the cat cuu u uIt uit It would not spill From Ida G. G Billings Albert Lea Minnesota I remember wh when the old time box heater was In the middle room at home t tu to help the kitchen stove e keep Uw ula house warm during durin winter Father would take the embers and reed red hot coals in the morning mornin put them in our shoes and roll them to get them warm before we WOI put ut them on to start for lor school p Send for 0 this Ibl Ism la to laTh Th Tb Old Timer Tim 1 lr II Stir I. I lee JoaD |