I remember Owen as a salesman. When he was up this way in Sanpete County he would stop and say hello. He was a salesman for Scholzen Products in Hurricane. He knew that I (Kathy) was a descendant of Moses Martin Sanders and that made us distant cousins.
He was well known for his poetry. Many poems of his can be found on our blog.
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| Owen Sanders |
Words we used in 'Olden Days'
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 kingpins
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--
Horsehair 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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