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|flvV C «were equal to a shilling or 12 4 eatspennies. llt;theMade Own Clothes ^Every family made their own w clothes and shoe? The hides weretanned for a year by a tanner who. lI k^pt half the leather for his labor * The shoes were made with wooden ^apegs. If there did not happen tobe enough leather to shoe the en- ra tire family. th»* unshod members '0ulwasremained unshod. .Some of th*» hats were made of f. abeaver furs Beaver were plenti-end*ful, and Mr. Booth thinks the remains of some of thse dams can 1 VV still be seen in this vicinity. If, • her not, he knows just where thev herewere iolt;ated. The beavers’ tails twowere about six inches wide, and ’ Pie*the mud was piled on the tail by iror other beavers for transportation crt to the dam which thev were build- ask'int.Mr. Booth remembers when a ! hisbear crossed town, pasing the wh* foundation o? the Holy Angels malAcademy then in course of con-;struetion at Ninth and Broadway, heand swimming Eel river. The men ing in pursuit had to return to the he Cord near the present Sixth street ; erybridge, and the bear, by keeping jin the channel of Honey creek,] j could not be trailed by the dogs. lheMight \Va night pujThe “arm of the law” as in Wa vogue in those early days was li- [av teraily the arms and fists of the t^r contestants, and no one was ever wo arrested for this primitive method halt; of settlement. Before calling anyone a liar, you had better first cra pick a place to fall, according to sht] Mr Booth. Wh| At the age of i, his father moved; to a house near the present site !of the Broadway M. E. church,where he lived until ihe was 8. I ,nDuring these four years, he re- ani hofatmembers well four of his chums ( ...... . . . ... . veiWith one of these, Jesse Himes, heralt;winever fell out, while with the others had died. He met his friend Himes only once after he was ®°thlt;grown. ,His teacher's name at this timewas John I, Murnhv. If he could not discover the real culprit, he a”to
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Logansport Morning Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sun, Nov 11, 1923
Page 11
Full Page
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