Sylvia, Yes, I sometimes wonder if they EVER stayed to home. When we think of "the old days" we tend to think of "nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel, work from dawn to dusk with never any rest or recreation" but those folks were always on the go. And PARTY, why they partied at the drop of a hat! The other day I read one where they had a big party for some guy's forty-first birthday, not fortieth, but forty-first! Well, maybe he was sick on his fortieth, or off visiting in Wisconsin. Ruth PS: Glad you enjoy them, I do too. Good morning, Does anyone else marvel at how socially active and how well traveled the people of Vermont were in 1889. Travel must not have been easy and yet they are everywhere doing everything all the time. It is truly amazing to me. I enjoy these glimpses into the past. It helps me understand who my grandparents and great grandparents and family really were and how come they met when they lived such great distances from each other. Thanks again Ruth and others for all your hard work! Sylvia T. -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT

In my box of old newspapers with recipes I found a 1883 newspaper with several recipes for oysters....which as I was told on this group were common in Vermont, way back when. Neysa ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruth Barton To: vermont@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:50 PM Subject: [VERMONT] Socially active in 1889 Sylvia, Yes, I sometimes wonder if they EVER stayed to home. When we think of "the old days" we tend to think of "nose to the grindstone, shoulder to the wheel, work from dawn to dusk with never any rest or recreation" but those folks were always on the go. And PARTY, why they partied at the drop of a hat! The other day I read one where they had a big party for some guy's forty-first birthday, not fortieth, but forty-first! Well, maybe he was sick on his fortieth, or off visiting in Wisconsin. Ruth PS: Glad you enjoy them, I do too. Good morning, Does anyone else marvel at how socially active and how well traveled the people of Vermont were in 1889. Travel must not have been easy and yet they are everywhere doing everything all the time. It is truly amazing to me. I enjoy these glimpses into the past. It helps me understand who my grandparents and great grandparents and family really were and how come they met when they lived such great distances from each other. Thanks again Ruth and others for all your hard work! Sylvia T. -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message