Lisa..... Please do not forget when those cows were crossing the street(and there were quite a few of them. They had the RIGHT OF WAY.(I still have respect for animals in the street) Also when I was growing up there were NOT that many cars on the road like today. There probably was 1 car for every household a few people had 2 cars BUT not many. Also growing up in this area you would know if you went by Route 16. You were always stopped there at certain times. I cannot remember if they fed the cows at 4 pm or 5pm. SO two times a day they would cross Route 16. On their way over to graze and on the return for dinner and bedtime. (OCCASIONALLY 1 or 2 cows would end up in the road, and you just drove very slow around them) To remedy this at times when we did not want to sit and wait. At the light at ROUTE 16 and Main Street to the left, we would take a left turn onto Main Street...To the Little Center of Mendon. And take a right turn onto Maple Street. By doing this was a small connector road that went by the back of Lowell's Dairy and back onto Route 16. I lived in Mendon a few years at different times of my life. Right at the corner of Route 16 is the Former Mendon INN. Right now Mr. Lowell uses it as an ANTIQUE and used Center. My children and I lived in there. The History of that OLD INN in Mendon is: They rented out rooms to people passing through and a few lived there. One night after dark some men on horses came and wanted a few rooms for the evening. The maid answered the door and told them all the rooms are full. The men left and they headed over to Uxbridge to spend the night. The maid did not know she just turned away" President George Washington" and I think his wife was with them. They went over to UXBRIDGE and spent the night. There are little blue signs with George Washington on them all through the ROUTE he took to Uxbridge...And in front of the house they stayed in. That place was nice inside. The MENDON INN. Where I lived had the wide board floors and fireplaces in every room.In the kitchen (that was added on later) There was a very large built in cabinet. It was painted yellow. At the top of the cupboard was all squigly...I did not know what it was. I asked the owner at the time. Mr Ford, if I could take the paint off so I could see what it was. He said YES. It was an OAK Hoosier with stained glass windows on top. It had the original long thin tin flour blender inside one cupboard. And on the other side was a tin Grater. There was 2 small cupboards and 2 long cupboards and in the middle was another cupboard and a few shelves. It had the pull out metal table and that was what I used for making pies,etc. he stained glass was real old and was a blend of tan, cream, and brown. There was a built in China Hutch in the dining room.. When I took the paint off of that It had leather bindings with brass nails for hinges. At the windows were these thin little pulls. When I took the paint off. They were made of copper. The wood in the kitchen...There were only 2 beams. That came down to a natural color of the only paint they had at that time. A very light green STAIN. I lived on one side on the first floor. The other side was empty. The Fords lived upstairs and There was a HUGE kitchen a very large living room two small dens and about 8- 10 small bedrooms....The Fords sold it to another family and then Mr. Lowell bought it. Maureen >From: "Lisa Lepore" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [MAWORCES] About Mendon, Mass. >Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 01:29:23 -0500 > >Maureen - > >I can't imagine cows trying to cross Rte 16 now! When I moved >out here, we started getting our milk at the Briggs farm in Medway >- Shady Oaks on Winthrop St. Every day around 4 in the afternoon, >they would bring the cows across the street and back to the barn - of >course they brought them out to the field that way too, but I was >never >there in the AM. We used to go there a lot when my kids were small >they got to milk the cows and see the newborn cows, then watch the >entire milking process because they bottled the milk there too. Mr. >Briggs called my older son 20 questions, and then when my younger >son came along, he called him 40 questions. > >Part of the Mendon Gift Barn is the actual barn - but I didn't know >it was connected to Lowell's cows. I'll have to ask my son - he went >there once with cub scouts, and learned something about the way >the barn was constructed - I'll ask him if he remembers. > >We still get our milk in glass bottles from Maple Leaf Dairy on >North Ave, and we get our eggs at Ferrucci's farm which is in Milford. >That's another place I used to take my kids - every year in the spring >when they got the new chicks, and sometimes they were able to >see them sort the eggs by size on this ancient machine. > >The new Lowell's is actually in Mendon, but it is right on the >Bellingham >line. Before Lowells moved in it was the Mendon Jade, a Chinese >restaurant, and before that it was Ma's Pancakes. I think that >restaurant >had been there for quite a while, but I don't know how long. > >I have an article from the Milford Daily News about the Lowell's fire, >and >a little history about it. If anyone wants it, let me know. > >Lisa > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Maureen Cooley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 10:21 PM >Subject: [MAWORCES] About Mendon, Mass. > > > > Dear Listers, > > When I was growing up in this area. My uncle would take me to >Lowell's Dairy > > in Mendon. It did NOT look like what it did a few years ago before >it burnt > > down. This is what it looked like. You were traveling up ROUTE 16 >from > > Milford OR Hopedale. When you got to the top of the hill at the >lights at > > the corner of ROUTE 16 and to the left was Main Street in >Mendon...To the > > right North Avnue. You continued on straight at the lights heading >toward > > UXBRIDGE. On the left was a grassy Knoll, where the cows grazed. And >also on > > the left was Lowells Dairy. This was at the time, a small basement >type > > structure that you entered from a back door. INSIDE was a large >refrigerator > > with MILK, CREAM, EGGS and BUTTER BUT also was a counter with about >10 > > stools where you could order a ice cream or a frappe or a sundie. My >UNCLE > > would take us there for ice cream or dairy products. At the >time...There was > > a very large BARN across the street. This is where the cows >lived...so if > > you were traveling up ROUTE 16 you had to slow down OR a complete >stop to > > let the cows go home...SO to speak. The grassy knoll has a small >shopping > > plaza there now with a bank. And across the street where the cows >lived is > > NOW the MENDON GIFT BARN. > > Later on in time they added hamburgers and hot dogs to their menu. > > When Lowells burned down a few years ago. They were a FULL >RESTAURANT. They > > could NOT rebuild on that sight BECAUSE MENDON does NOT have town >water and > > most of Mendon lives on WELLS.There was no fire hydrant near Lowells >dairy > > Restauraunt and Mendon had to watch as that Restaurunt burned to the >ground. > > Is WHY they are NOW located In Bellinham. > > Because Bellingham was trying a few years ago to TYE into Mendon >with > > water... to rebuild Lowells where they were located. The bank at >that grassy > > knoll funded to rebuild...BUT the laws say for fire insurance...HOW >far away > > is the HYDRANT?? They COULD NOT rebuild there. > > Maureen > > > > > >==== MAWORCES Mailing List ==== >Rootsweb list archiver: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/