I'm almost tempted to try this today!! Sheila ----- Original Message ----- From: Fran Warren <alverson@valuelinx.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:40 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 >

Let us know if it works, Sheila:o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Williams" <sssek@earthlink.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > I'm almost tempted to try this today!! > Sheila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Fran Warren <alverson@valuelinx.net> > To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:40 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 > >

Shoot go ahead Sheila and let us know if it works or not. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sheila Williams" <sssek@earthlink.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > I'm almost tempted to try this today!! > Sheila > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Fran Warren <alverson@valuelinx.net> > To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:40 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 > >

Sherrill might shoot me! ----- Original Message ----- From: Willis McGarrah <mcgarrahw@worldnet.att.net> To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > Shoot go ahead Sheila and let us know if it works or not. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sheila Williams" <sssek@earthlink.net> > To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 4:46 PM > Subject: Re: [AR-OLD-NEWS] May 22, 1868 Van Buren Press > > > > I'm almost tempted to try this today!! > > Sheila > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Fran Warren <alverson@valuelinx.net> > > To: <AR-OLD-NEWSPAPERS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 2:40 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 > > > > > > > ==== 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 >