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water to get salt? No. We did not live so far from Macon and the Ole Doctor he was rich and bought such things. That is how he come to be so rich. He didn't charge the poor folks when he doctored them, but they would be so glad that he made them well that they kep' a givin' him things, bed quilts, chickens, just ever' thing. Then he had such a big plantation about 200 or 300 acres, but I didn't live on the plantation. I worked in his home. 11. When you were a child, what sort of stove do you remember your mother having. Did they have a hanging pot in the fire place, and did they make their candles of their own tallow? My mother did not cook,--she was a special seamstress servant. They had fireplaces on the plantation and they always used tallow candles at the doctor's place until after the 'mancipation, then the doctor was one of the first ones to buy coal oil lamps. 12. Did you use an open well or pump to get the water? No, we went to the spring to get the water. We toted it in cedar buckets. The spring was boxed into a well shaped hole, deep enough to dip the water out of it. It was the best water. They had a town pump at Macon. 13. Do you remember when you first saw ice in regular form? Yes. They had icicles in Georgia. 14. Did your family work in the rice fields or in the cotton fields on the farm, or what sort of work did they do? My father was a blacksmith. He did all kinds of blacksmithing. He even made plows. 15. If they worked in the house or about the place, what sort of work did they do? My mother was one of the best seamstresses; she sewed all day long with her fingers. She made the finest silk dresses and even made tailored suits. 16. Do you remember ever helping tan and cure hides and pig hides? They did those things on the plantation. They cured goat skins and sheep skins, too. The sheep skins would dry so slowly that they would let the slaves lie on them at night to keep them warm and hasten the drying. 17. As a young person what sort of work did you do? If you helped your mother around the house or cut firewood or swept the yard, say so. I cleaned and dusted and waited on the table, made beds and put everything in order, washed dishes, polished silverware and did the most trusty work. 18. When you were a child do you remember how people wove cloth, or spun thread, or picked out cotton seed, or weighed cotton, or what sort of bag was used on the cotton bales? I did
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