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mabel
mabel's premarital life
excerpted from mom's mother-story
as a young teacher she rode a horse to her school 2 miles
from where she boarded at the john s. anderson farm. at the
school of course, she had to start the fire, clean, dust,
teach, be alert to health problems. she even scrubbed heads
with kerosene to kill head lice when parents didn't take
care of the problem. was glad zippers weren't around - much
harder than buttons! mind you doing all this in high necked,
long sleeved, floor length dresses, with your long hair
piled up on your head - and then rode your horse home over
mud, snow, ice, dust, rain!
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