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n ofours#*Pur-urj-andipate.struc-§. the bous-ding; hens:s andf i(ifloo*:Iserfse.An active vigorous nnnd in analt;tive, study body, and freedom from Agonizing over money matters or /elision and such—in a word. life as it comes, andQO, tod seriously, has brought Burl Boot*. 1107 Broadway, to the 90th njii/sfane, today, November 11. Tfce *«o years are registered by the jgiendar and the family Bible, but not apparently in lack of clearness of mind, nor physical makeuppiece t ailed atofip. ' ’wo f whi n » n fie next room, neara his par-shilling or12*» townwere/ringpdanringpdanringgeBis keenness of mind is shownin his vivid memory of namesd»ies, and locations of incidents of early youth, as well as in his keen interest and active participation in current affairs. Aside from impairment of eyesight. he is as physically active and normal as e much younger man.Mr Booth was born on North street where the Jones paraments now stand, on the night of Novem-tber 1 1, 1 833, historical for its falling stars. H** has always re-Logausport was but with only one house street, which thor-tben the bed of the cinai. Indians were numerous, d«er, bears, wolves, wild turkeys, wid pigeons, beavers, and other gape abounded; thre were no mAchs. only a rag in a saucer of grqse; bad to keep the fire going or tarry live coals on a shovel a mil or so from nearest neighbor to tart a fire; English money was stil in use. a copper penny as iars as a half-dollar, a 6 % penny-inaIued here#l settlement.leyond FifthOighfare was1 times rebuilt Buicks iniditions.were equalpennies.Made Own ClothesEvery family made theirclothes and shoes, The hidestanned for a year by a tanner whoj kept half the leather for his labor 'The shoes were made with wooden pegs. If there did not happen tobe enough leather to shoe the entire family, the unshod members;remained unshod.Some of the hats were made ofbeaver furs Beaver were plentiful, and Mr. Booth thinks the remains of some of thse dams can still be seen in this vicinity. If not, he knows just where they were located The beavers’ tails were about six inches wide, and the rnud was pile^ on the tail by other beavers for transportation to the dam which they were build-tag.Mr. Booth remembers when a i(bear crossed town, pasing the foundation of the Holy Angels j Academy then in course of con-i struction at Ninth and Broadway.] and swimming Eel river. The menin pursuit had to return to the ford near the present Sixth street ery.bridge, and the bear, by keeping jin the channel of Honey creek,]; could not be trailed by theMight \Va BightThe “arm of the law” vogue in those early days terallv the arms and fistswcontestants, and no one was ever arrested for this primitive method of settlement. Before calling anyone a liar, you had better first pick a place to fall, according tot Mr Booth.At the age 0f bis father moved j to a house near the present site of the Broadway M. E. church, where he lived until the was 8. During these four years, he remembers well four of his chums With one of these, Jesse Himes, he never fell out, while with the oth ers had died. He met his friend Himes only once after he was grown.His teacher's name at this time was John I Murnhv. If he could not discover the real culprit, het«eItI1Ieats discussing waat they should do to the lad The serious tone ofthe conference can be imaginedwhen th** decision was announced that they would have to bang him. Putting « clothesline around h:« nelt; k they placed it over the doorjamb. and pulled until his toes ,barely touched the floor Then thefather relented, and said that hecould not finish the job. Bnt it was decided that any more hooky-playing would result in the comple-*ion of the undertaking. That ended the hooky businessIIWhen eight years oid, his father moved to the country, and here he remained until twenty-two. At this age, having marriedpreviously, he received 11,00b from his father, and bought a lt;0-acre farm of his own. When asked to what period of his lifehad been happiest, he referrad tohis early married Jife on the farm when he and hts wife were justmaking a start in the world Hesays the work was hard but that he enjoyed it. and that horse-trading and kindred strivings to getahead, gavt- variety to the drudg-A (ilulton For Workdogs.doneas in was li-of theeverOneMr Booth claims to have the two biggest days work pulled off in Noble township, was the cutting and laying of four layers of green rails on top of a threequarter mile stretch of fence-worm (that is, the bottom rails had previously been laid). The other record days work was the cradling. raking, binding and shocking of 61 dozen bundles of wheat.lt;BUICK COIind Market Streetswhipped every pupil to make sureof the punishment of the guilty j ^ , _ le 8t^'one. Booth, w ith a number of his jcompanions played hooky for one -whole week. They played all da' at an abandoned saw-mill. where the pump-mill now stands. After school, the gang would join the other children returning from school, so that their parents would not suspect the truth.Gets a Golt;vi ScareFriday evening the teacher called at the home and inquired whythe boy was not in school. The father said he would find out.After the teacher left, the urchiniMr. Booth recalls vividly how his father acquired the family Biblein which all the births and deaths are recorded. His father came home one day with J7.50 in silver which he had won in a horse race He threw the money in hiswife's lap, explaining where he got it. She let the money fall to the floor, and would not accept it. The elder Booth took the money to Tabor's Indian-trading store, and bought the Bible as a peace offering. It was evidently accept-in possession of the sonMr. Booth moved to Logansport in 18 6 4. and learned the tailor'*trade, after he was thirty yeari old, a feat not duplicated by any one as far as he knows. He picket up the art from the tailor he hud working for him. He was attivi in business for many years bui has been retired for some timeA Poor PoliticianIke was never elected to off- lt;but once, and then, under protestIT
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Logansport Morning Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sun, Nov 11, 1923
Page 11
Full Page
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Roberta H.
USA 27 Jan 2020
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