Show i 1 R RBY L BY EY TN THE THI OLD OLI TIMERS From Mrs Mm M. M E. E Webster Crawford Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford Nebraska I 1 remember when we bought ball baU bluing Three little balls cost a nickle We tied one ina in ina a little cloth and dipped It into the water until we got the right blue then hung it up to dry until next wash day Then we got paddle pad dle die bluing on a wooden paddle that had a hole in the handle so it could be hung until used again I also remember we bought whole nutmegs and had a small grater to grate them on complete with witha a little compartment at the top to hold the unused portion of the nutmeg I wish I 1 had saved mine but I 1 threw it away when we started to get nutmeg in cans From Grace Arterburn Webb Webb City Missouri l I 1 remember in 1889 I was four years old I was wason on the train with my mother going II from Illinois to California to visit my grandparents Passing through Indian country the train had stopped at a station and Indians appeared at the windows trying to sell their wares Mother and I were far back inthe inthe in inthe the car when an Indian wearing a blanket and feathers came in and tried to take me away from moth moth- er They both pulled pulled but but we won Everyone in the car kept still forin forin for forin in those days any interference would have caused Indian trouble When the Indian reached the door of the train he stopped looked back at Mother and I 1 and jabbered jabbered jabbered jab jab- in the Indian language So that's how near I came to being an Indian squaw Send contributions to this column colum to The T. T Th he old Timer Community Press Sen Service ice e. e Frankfort Kentucky |