History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . THE SPANGLER FAMILY. (Prom a photograph taken in 1906.) Samuel S. Bachman, aged .S(> years; Mary A. Spangler, aged .5() years;J. B. Spangler, aged 8fi years, and Carrie A. Spangler, aged 15 years. The grist mills in those days madegood strength-giving flour althoughit wasnt quite so clean. The ratsand mice would sometimes go into -S- the stones at night to feed and in themorning the careless miller wouldstart the mill and sometimes hurtthe rats.—Andrew Ulsh. FOrii (lENEHATIONS OF BEAVER SPRINGS. THE MANBECK FAMILY. (r^rom a p
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . THE SPANGLER FAMILY. (Prom a photograph taken in 1906.) Samuel S. Bachman, aged .S(> years; Mary A. Spangler, aged .5() years;J. B. Spangler, aged 8fi years, and Carrie A. Spangler, aged 15 years. The grist mills in those days madegood strength-giving flour althoughit wasnt quite so clean. The ratsand mice would sometimes go into -S- the stones at night to feed and in themorning the careless miller wouldstart the mill and sometimes hurtthe rats.—Andrew Ulsh. FOrii (lENEHATIONS OF BEAVER SPRINGS. THE MANBECK FAMILY. (r^rom a photograph taken in 1005.) Anna Manbeek, aged S6 years (since deceased); Isaac I. Manbeck,aged 63 years; Herbert (!. INIanl^eck, aged 41 years; A. Blanch(> Man-beck, aged 17 years. The upper story of the buildingswas not divided into apartments asnow but all in one room with a bedin each corner. Carpets were un-known and the floors were scrubbedonce a week. Mother used to scrubhalf of the floor and dry it then putthe children on that half until the other half was scrubbed. In thosedays women had no washboards orwashmachines, but boiled the clothesand laid them on a bench and beatthem with a paddle and did somerubbing with the hands, in thatway they were cleaned. —SamuelBachman. FOUR GENERATIONS OF BEAVER SPRINGS
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