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As for adults in church - let one Never dreamed of a clothes drier in person cough and it sets off a whole those days. Everything was hung out string of barks that had been sup- to dry. pressed. _ -- . Then came Tuesday, the day for Here is an old washday instructions, ironing. Irons were heated on the The charming words are spelled as stove and alternated through use of a they were originally written by an old detachable handle. Kentucky grandmother, who gave ho; _ 'receet' to her newly wedded grand- Every day was Cleaning daughter in the early 19th century. Hay, visiting day anH mm thmngh th» week. Grandma's Washday Receet _ 1. bild a fire in back yard to het Seemed to me Friday was hairing kettle of rainwater. day and every day was cooking day. 2. set tubs so smoke won't blow in _ eyes if wind is pert. Fran Herrmann couldn't have been 3. shave 1 hole cake lie sope in biling any more surprised than i was when water. her name came out in our first column 4. sort things, make 3 piles, 1 pile this week as "Frank". white, 1 pile cullored, 1 pile work That's newspaper business! britches and rags. _ 5. stir flour in cold water to smooth From the amount of rain sent down then thin down with bilin water. from the heavens on Tuesday, the 6. rub dirty spots on board, scrub Lord must have thought our area hard, then bile, rub cullored but don't needed a bath. bile, just rench and starch. _ 7. take white things out of kettle SUDDEN THOUGHT-- with a broom stick handel then rench, As rare as a train whistle in blew and starch. Ringwood. 8. spred tee towels on grass. 9. hang old rags on fence. 0. pore rench water in flower beds. 11. scrub porch with the hot sopy water. Now iet's not forget FATHER'S 12. turn tubs upside down. DAY. King for a day. 13. go put on cleen dress - smoth hair with side combs, brew cup of tee - - set and rest and rock a spell and - count your blessins. , _ ' .. . W• • The Mona Lisa has no eyetoows--it was the fashion in Renaissance Florence to shave them off. What do you do in a small town? Never a dull moment. y. -- Monday morning George Rodenkirk phoned to ask, "How would you like some bluegills tonight?" * -- . That gang of master fishermen had arfbther of those delicious treats at the FAk Hole, prepared with "Red's" famous flavoring. - v\ _ Hating those specially prepared bluegills is different from the usual fish fry. £ ate and ate and ate -- and had a sociable good time. ;Must have set some kind of a record. Bob Adams sat beside me, but didn't devour as I did. He goes on t.tyse reducing diets now and then. Mostly then. or- Another one of those Thomas boys, ttyb, a young fellow of 69 going on 78, read about my pony days and topped it# with his story. 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