Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1913 — Piece of Mudsill From Mill More Than 100 Years Old. [ARTICLE]

Piece of Mudsill From Mill More Than 100 Years Old.

William Clift returned recently from Knox county, Tenn., where he was raised and where he has recently been staying, and where he expects to go again a little later. He brought to The Republican office a piece of pine that he cut from the sill of an old mill where his father worked when a boy. The sill was what was commonly called a mudsill and during a part of the year under water. The ends of the piece left at The Republican office show considerable wear, but the timber is perfectly solid and looks like it will last for an indefinite time yet.