All most as good as "the Cure for the command Cold" right Fran? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fran Warren" <alverson@valuelinx.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:40 PM Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > One more humorous item and I promise to QUIT for the day but couldn't resist this one! > > Van Buren Press > Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County) > May 22, 1868 > > TO QUIET A CRYING BABY, prop it up with pillows if it cannot sit alone, and smear it's fingers with thick molasses ; then put half a dozen feathers into it's hand, and it will sit and pick the feathers from one hand to the other until it falls asleep. As soon as it wakes again--more molasses and feathers. > > Fran Alverson Warren > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >

At least there's no skunk involved in this remedy! ----- Original Message ----- From: Willis McGarrah <mcgarrahw@worldnet.att.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > All most as good as "the Cure for the command Cold" right Fran? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fran Warren" <alverson@valuelinx.net> > To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:40 PM > Subject: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > > > > One more humorous item and I promise to QUIT for the day but couldn't > resist this one! > > > > Van Buren Press > > Van Buren, Arkansas (Crawford County) > > May 22, 1868 > > > > TO QUIET A CRYING BABY, prop it up with pillows if it cannot sit alone, > and smear it's fingers with thick molasses ; then put half a dozen > feathers into it's hand, and it will sit and pick the feathers from one hand > to the other until it falls asleep. As soon as it wakes again--more molasses > and feathers. > > > > Fran Alverson Warren > > > > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS Mailing List ==== > List Moms, for the AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-Diana Boothe and Fran Warren. > AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-admin@lists2.rootsweb.com Thanks, Fran!! > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 >