Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 32, Number 101, 29 April 1907 — Page 3
Page Three. IL JJdDnnn ffltae (Or walls WHtkd Are tawstitojj sitt All AUTHOR AT 91 hdH IB(M(Q)im Aged Resident of Wayne Coun ty Has Written His Personal Reminiscenses.
The Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram, Monday, April 29, 1907.
BRA SO
HARRIS
SURPRISED BY PUBLICATION
BOUND VOLUME WAS PRESENT
ED TO MR. HARRIS ON HIS
BIRTHDAY BY HIS SON C. HARRIS.
SON. ADO!-
Indianapolis, April 20. At the age
of 01 Branson I. Harris discovered
that he was the author of a book. On
his birthday a week ago, he was rath
er startled to find that the latest liter
ary production of the Hoosier state
tore his' name.
Branson It Harris is the venerable
parent of Addison C. Ilarfis, one of the
best known lawyers of Indianapolis.
He lives in Wayne county and is one
f the pioneers of Indiana.
Last summer Mr. Harris visited his
Fon in Indianapolis, and found time
weighing heavily on his hands. His
Fon said to him: "Put in manuscript your earliest experiences in Indiana and it -will interest the young people
of today."
The veteran Hoosier sat himself
clown to write, and he worked industriously for several weeks. In . his
mind was stored a wealth of reminiscences. He turned the manuscript
over to his son, and last Sunday when
his 91st birthday arrived, he was pre
eented with a beautifully bound vol
ume of his own work.
It was entitled "Some Recollections
of My Bovhood." In his book Mr.
Harris deals entertainmgly with early
clays in Indiana. Among his retollec
tlons or wayne county he says: 'Father often would take his gun and
po out hunting early in the morning, while the frost was on, and often be
fore 9 o'clock he would come in with a
deer on his back, or if he had killed one that was too heavy to carry, he
vould take a horse and sled and haul it home, then dress and cut it up, and we would have some fresh venison. In the winter or early in the spring I have often seen deer In our wheat field eating the green wheat. The lear was not to be seen very often. Occasionally some neighbors would kill ne." The following description of the Harris home will be interesting to the tnodern day housewife: "Father and mother's early home was a plain hewed log cabin, one story high, clapboard roof, a door on each fcide of the house, round poles for joists one glass window, a plank floor pegged down, loose plank overhead, stack and elay chimney, with a po' run across up above the jams high enough so it wouldn't catch fire, to hang cooking Vessels on. Mother's cooking vessels Were a pot, an oven, a skillet, an iron tea kettle and a Johnny cake board. Bhe cooked over and before the firs.. The oven and skillet had iron lids. Ehe baked corn pone and loaf in the yen, biscuit and pies in the skillet. fhe shoveled the fire coal out on the hearth, set the cooking vessels on the coals, put in dough, put on the lid and the fire on the lid and baked. She hung the vessels over the fire to boil meat, potatoes, cabbage and other things. Our food was simple, but wholesome. We drank milk and spice trnsh and sassafras teas. I have seen tea made from red sycamore chips. It was a long time before coffee and tea came Into use. Everyone made his own sugar and molasses in the spring."
In describing his first visit to Indianapolis Mr. Harris says: "The capital of the state was no great city at that
time. The better part of the town was along Washington street. There
was no bridge at Indianapolis and we
drove north and crossed Fall creek somewhere above the mouth and went tip White river to where there was a
ford and crossed over and got on the
Rational road again."
At the Theaters
Theatrical Calendar.
GENNETT. Week of April 29 Repertoire. PHILLIPS. Week of April 29 Repertoire.
Repertoire at the Phillips. More than usual interest will attach to the performances of the week at the N"ew Phillips owing to the fact that a special effort is being made by the management and by the Desmond company to give the patrons the most and best for their money they have had in the five weeks the Desmonds have held the boards, and that is saying a great deal. For Monday and Tuesday, both afternoon and night, the bill Ja a most laughable farce, "My Uncle from .Japan," and for the last four days of the week, a new sensational production. "The Unwritten Law," or "The Roof Garden Tragedy," which is founded on the recent affair in Now
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Daily at 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. Saturdays at 2:30 and 8:15 p. m. SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF ETHEL DESMOND AND i55RiSISy!tock WEEK OF APRIL 29, 1907. Monday and Tuesday "MY UNCLE FROM JAPAN." Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday "THE UNWRITTEN LAW" or "The Roof-Garden Tragedy." Daily Matinees, 10c to all. Evenings, 10c A Few Seats at 20c. Box Office Open Every Day at 10 a. m. Special Matinee each Saturday; children 5 cents. All other matinees, 10 cents, except to children under 5 years. Souvenirs at Wednesday's matinee. Live Pig Given Away Friday Night.
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