Hi Betty: My grandfather had an ice house and the ice was cut from the lakes and rivers close to their home. Imagine the boys (my Dad & his brothers) cut the ice and hauled it home by horse and wagon, then it was stored under sawdust in the ice house. Vividly recall the ice house as it was a cool place to walk into in our hot prairie summers. We were not suppose to go in there but recall my cousin and I sneaking in to cool off. My aunt tells me that my gramma used to deliver the ice to town homes via a hand pulled wagon. This was a family of 10 children, so any way to increase family income was used. Know gramma also churned butter and sold it to the local store - perhaps exchanged it for essentials like flour, sugar and tea? Cows and stock are no longer allowed in the town, but do recall the two milk cows and chickens kept at my grandparents home. Even after WW2, my uncle had chickens inside the town limits. Lauraine Lauraine > > From: "Betty" <bbffrrpp@comcast.net> > Date: 2009/08/01 Sat AM 06:19:29 CDT > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > Good morning, > > IF I'm remembering the story correctly, in Boston and Cambridge and > bordering cities probably when my parents were growing up (1930's?), the > children used to run behind the delivery trucks and catch chunks of ice. > Especially nice during hot, summer days. > > And then there were also the "ice-making companies" where the ice was > obtained from the large lakes. That was probably both in northern US and > Canada during winters. > > Did anyone have an ancestor who worked in those ice-block creating > companies? > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MASmith" <momsmith@fnwusers.com> > To: <can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 1:53 AM > Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] foods, Ice Boxes, and Yurts > > > >I remember those old ice boxes in the summer cottages we used to rent in > >New > > Hampshire and Maine, too. The ice wasn't always clean, but we kids would > > grab chunks and suck on them.... Guess it didn't kill us, huh??? > > When you want to respond to a query or comment posted on this List, I find it MUCH easier to post a new message -- remembering to include the SUBJECT from the post you are responding to !! Please make sure there is a SURNAME or place-name in the Subject. > > To search the archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?path=CAN-USA-MIGRATION > The information page is: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Immigration/CAN-USA-MIGRATION.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-USA-MIGRATION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >