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Subject: a bit of trivia about Ludlow
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 10:02:31 EDT

Hello listers!
I thought you might find this interesting. In looking through the Old Home
week program (1935) I found a section titled "Do you remember?".

When the demand for copper kettles was so great here that every
"Greenhorn" came into town carrying one in each hand. One family had four
children, so they were able to bring in a full dozen.
The Swick Family's pony cart.
The Bates House, where so many pancakes were served that the boarders got
"Jack" a pair of roller skates on which to traverse the distance from the
kitchen to the dining hall.
The peddlar from Kane who sold "Five Drops."
Harry Philips, the geat hunter who placed salt on the logs to catch the
deer.
The traveling jeweler called "Cheap John."
The day C. A. Mattison moved from Sheffield to Farming Country and made
his entrance into town driving a herd of steers with a clothes line.
The fish peddler who sold ice cream and insisted on licking the spoon
after he had filled each container.
The bicycle craze that swept Ludlow in 1900.
Charley Turner, who sold lemonade and ice cream at the old Picnic Grounds.
The band of Gypsies who made Wildcat their weekend stopping place.
Mrs Bates who gave Jack $30 for a new suit and he came back with one
priced at $8.
The traveling curriers who would take a week's vacation every two weeks.
When Dan Curtis drove the first automobile into town in 1903.
The double wedding at the Lutheran Church.
When "King" went to Sweden and left a roll of bills amounting to $700
under his pillow in a hotel. Believe it or not, the people were honest and
every dollar was returned to him.
That Adolph Carlson is the oldest resident in Ludlow. He is 91 years old
and was born July 22, 1844.
"Old Man" Keefer who, according to his working record, must have been 125
years old.
Mr. Gibbs held all the public offices at one time.
Dan Forman who had a chicken that laid an egg every and two on Sunday.
"Baldy" who didn't own a hair-not even an eyebrow.
Harry Farr who was our one and only pugilist.
C.W. Lofgren was the first man to number the houses in Ludlow forty-three
years ago.
That peacocks were once bred in Ludlow.
The Irish grocery boy who always read the paper upside-down.
The bent pipe that served as a water fountain for the children at the old
school.
When we made our first public appearance with the instructions to: "Bokka
Nu!"
The Coffee and Sugar train wrecks.


Here is a bit more under the heading "Do you know."

That Henry Jacobson was dragged by the neck on the cow-catcher of a train
for a distance of 500 feet and survived.
That George Nelson owned the ifrst Chevrolet in Ludlow.
That there were more teams in Ludlow thirty years ago than there are
automobiles today: Curtis, 50 teams; Hoffman, 15 teams; Wetmore Lumber, 50
teams.
That the carpenters who were building the high school in 1914 caught one
of Nels Wenstran's calves and dressed it in overalls and a straw hat.
That Lyle Phelps, a member of the mailing committee, addresses 3,300
envelopes to Old Timers.


Hope you enjoy this!
Chris

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