-----Original Message----- From: Terry Smith <seeme@snowhill.com> Subject: Notes From Grandaddy Sullivan's Ledger --Pt. #5 TO CONTINUE: Births, Deaths & Marriages January 26, 1867 - Emily Jane Fields was born March 9, 1892 - and was married to William Howard Sullivan July 17, 1895 - Robert & Radie married (Robert Fields) July 25, 1895 - Vennie & Albert Pile Both married at 8 o'clock A.M. Strickly (promptly ?) First 5 Children's Births: Jan 24, 1893 -Leo Gresham Sullivan was born June 16, 1894 - Howard Alexander Sullivan was born July 4, 1896 - Willus B. Sullivan was born Nov 19, 1899 - Burnice D. Sullivan was born Jany 7, 1902 - RAY SULLIVAN was born Miscellaneous Other Dates: May 7 (no year) - Mr. R.R. Sullivan and Unc...I will... (no other comments but it refers to Grandaddy's brother Reuben Sullivan) Recipes for Veterinary Ointments & Cures (prob. taken from Farm Journals & Almanacs of the day) ---- Note ---PLEASE don't try these on any poor animal. Sounds like the cure could be worse than the problem <G> )-: 1. Receipt for old sores - take Cosmoline, 5 oz & carbolic acid , one Drachm (old way to spell Dram ?). 2. Receipt for Collic(sic) in Horses - take 2 or 3 leaves of tobacco, rope, round bridal (bridle) bits. Put on horse, let stay 30 or 40 min. Take & mix lye soap & turpentine & rub around on the horse's body the width of the saddle girth and in the brest (breast). If it fails, next take those scales off the indide of the horse's legs, tie them up in cotton rags, put some feathers in it & some hen manure & smoke the horse well with it --- by James Allison,VM THE END----------------