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Show Pg. 40 could knit their own stockings. They did all their sewing by hand. “If there was sickness they were all willing to lend a helping hand. All the women made their own soap. Some made salt rising bread and some made hop yeast bread. All the hops were picked and dried and taken to Salt Lake City, and either sold or exchanged for groceries or clothing. The women made their own butter and cheese. Also raised chickens, ducks and geese. “In those days Littleton furnished a man, George Criddle, to work on the St. George temple. “There were no cross fences. No one was afraid that his neighbor’s ox or cow would eat a bite of grass off his land. The land was all in one big field-from Welch’s field to Milton. There were no fences in the hills. “Our fruit consisted of service berries and wild currants, dried. No jelly was made on account of the scarcity of sugar. Some made use of the berries that grew on the hawtree. “The first school I remember was held in the old tithing house and was taught by Eli Whittiar. Littleton child- Pg. 41 ren attended school only 3 or 4 moths in the winter. Our first Sunday School was presided over by George Criddle. We had no marching, and no singing. The smaller children read from their school books and the larger ones from the bible. It developed from that small beginning until it was one of the best schools in Morgan County. “The meetings were held in what they called the “bowery.” And it was while they were holding conference there that Alma Smith, a brother of Willard G. Smith, suggested the name of Milton for the lower ward. Sarah Ann Bistoch was present at the meeting. “The County wards were kept passable by a poll tax. Every able bodied man over 21 and under 60, paid three dollars or worked two days. “The social conditions were very good. We held dances occasionally. We danced the Virginia Reel, French Forr, Scotch Reel, Minnie Musk and Inadrille. Very few round dances. The people were very hospitable. No one was turned from their doors hungry. W. G. Smith built the first brick home in Littleton. The Bowery |
