■lB-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, October 25,1986
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Kisser
I’ve been rereading the ledger
that my grandfather kept from
1877 to 1899. In it he recorded every
cent that he paid his hired help.
Their pay ranged from $5 per
month to $l2 in 1895.
They were not paid weekly but
rather bit by bit over a year’s time.
What is interesting is that when
they received 25 cents, 70 cents or
$1.50, he recorded what it was used
for. As his farm was only one mile
from the village of Oregon, they
often walked there on a Saturday
night to go to the store. Sometimes
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he paid their store and mill bills.
Boots cost $2 or $3, overalls 50
cents, shoes $1 and a bushel of
clover seed was $4.50. Of course,
they were only paid two cents per
shock for husking 306 shocks of
corn.
Only two women are mentioned
in the records. Apparently, they
only came to do the washing and to
make the butter as when they
missed butter making it was noted
in the book.
I found their social activities, as
listed when they took a day off, to
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be quite fascinating. Sometimes
they went to a fox chase, horse
races, a circus at Lancaster, a fair
at Lititz on Sept. 4, 1896, a camp
meeting at White Oak or simply a
country auction.
Occasionally they took off to
“Fetch coal at Rothsville,” or
“pick up chestnuts,” or “deliver
Kline Named Chairman Of 4-H Board
UNIVERSITY PARK - Richard
Kline, general supervisor for
Philadelphia Electric Company,
Schuylkill Division, was elected
chairman of the Board of Penn
sylvania Friends of 4-H for 1986/87
at the board’s recent annual
meeting at Penn State.
As chairman of Pennsylvania
Friends of 4-H, Kline will lead the
board’s efforts to obtain private
support for the 4-H program at the
state level. Over the past six years,
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Last year alone, Friends of 4-H
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tobacco," or “pick huckleberries.”
Some prices that they paid were
extremely low according to our
standards today. A chicken cost 30
cents (not dressed, I’ll bet), a pair
of pigeons 25 cents, a guinea 12
cents, two ducks 85 cents, a bundle
of rye straw 15 cents, one dozen
eggs 14 cents, one pound of butter
“None of this would have been
possible without the tremendous
support of our many donors, the
Cooperative Extension Service
staff, and other members of the
board,” Kline said. “I am looking
forward to the many challenges
this position will offer me next
year.”
Kline is a graduate of Drexel
University, where he received a
B.S. in business administration
and did graduate work in
marketing. He served as a first
lieutenant with the U.S. Army in
the United States and in Germany.
Kline is active politically as a
Montgomery County Republican
Committeeman. He is a member
and past chairman of the
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18 cents and one bushel of potatoes
was 75 cents.
My grandfather noted that he
bought a red bull for $3O and 12
shoats for $36. A fat pig cost $lO, a
buggy $8 and a watch was $2.
I’d suppose that a farmer’s
situation was similar to todays it
had its ups and downs.
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from 1970 to 1980. He is also a
member and past president of the
Steven Girard Lion’s Club.
Kline is a member of the Pott
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Home Builders Association. He
also is president of the
Manufacturers Association of
Greater Conshohoken.
He has been a member of the
Board of Directors of Penn
sylvania Friends of 4-H since 1982.
He currently resides in Con
shohocken with his wife, Joanna.
His son Richard is a junior at Penn
State.
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