WORDS OF YESTERDAY ~~~ by Owen Sanders

 

Words we used in 'Olden Days' Have faded with the time; 

Today, we'll bring them back again And place a few in rhyme.

 Singletrees and neck yokes Doubletrees and blinders, 

Belly band and martingale 

Tug chains lines and binders Bolsters bows and reaches 

Stay chains, tongues and thimbles;

 Fellies, 

spokes and king pins Croupers, hames and spindles 

 Chimneys, wicks and tallow Sadirons, flatirons, trivets; 

Scrub boards, churns and dashers, Half soles, brads and rivets. 

 Steelyards, toils and tally sticks Snath and Scythe and sickles;

 Grindstones, rasps and cradles Spigots, barrels and pickles.

 Thunder mugs and cauldrons Hearths and blackened kettles; 

Woolen dyed with walnut-- Horse hair padded settles.

 Brigham Tea and pine gum salve Golden seal and yarrow;

 Shampoo soap from yucca roots Hardwood teeth for harrow.

 Plodding ox and stubborn mule Buckboards, carts and sleds; 

Ising glass for windows Rawhide springs for beds.

 Corn shucks for the mattress Straw and limbs for sheds;

 Logs for rustic cabins Shakes for roofs o'er heads.

 Button shoes and button hooks Muffs and padded bustles 

Petticoats and bloomers Hatpins shawls and ruffles.

 Weaving, braiding, plaiting Knitting, netting, tatting; 

Stitching, darning, quilting Carpet rags, and batting. 

 We could write in endless rhyme Until all heads were reeling 

But we believe we've said enough

 To give an Old Time Feeling !!!

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Owen became a good friend of ours as well as a

distant cousin.  He worked for a supplier  out of Hurricane, Utah, and made regular stops to the 

Moroni Feed Company.