| Show etL et I REMEMBER L BY DY THE Ot TIMERS v. v Fro From Mrs 1 Katherine Glatt Bo Hopland Hop flop land California I remember when ds a little girl in St. St Paul Minnesota Minnesota MiMe Minne Minne- sota big blocks blocks' of ice were cut out of the Mississippi River and sledded to the top of ot a n hill where an ice palace was built There were toboggan to to- toboggan boggan clubs beautiful floats and my sister being queen sat in majesty covered In eiderdown and white bear skins Her carriage was drawn by six white horses led by men Dlen In white robes The palace iQ p. p d color and thY the emulated a 1 Irom r a all The Te windows vs ws' ws II n was a grand sight to see with the poplars knee-deep knee in snow v Some nights the sky was wan dazzling dazzling ling the Aurora Borealis or northern northern north north- ern em lights casting streams and arcs of light in hi glorious colors colors colors-a a wonderful display coming from the then n northern horizon toward the zenith After the second ice palace the City ity officials decided no nut nut- no- no noto to build any more Ice palaces for the hot summers summers' couldn't melt them and it Ii was considered a bad advertisement advertisement advertise advertise- ment for W winter ni r and summer weather conditions Editors Editor's note Mrs Glatt is 80 years ears old but we promised not to tell Fr ref I t j W. W VIrginIa T Z m me me- l late te nineties when father and arId mother Lother stayed t. t up p until midnight on Christmas eve cooking and baking baking bak bak- ing and listening to the boys talk about Santa Claus I Our stockings we hung with safety safety safe- safe I ty tr pint pins over chairs the next morning mornIng morn- morn Ing tag to be found loaded with good things to eat and with clothes The snow was deep on the ground Those Thosa were the happy and good old days happy days happy days of our life when 5 would buy more than 25 23 will today Mall Old t. t ulama n. n Community Timer Pre rei Sn aery Is h. B Bo x u Ig Frankfort I |
