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QUESTION ~ Bill Rus
sell, 3305 Enola Rd., Car
lisle, wants to know if any
one has any old glass
motorcycle candy con
tainers and any children’s
series books from
1910-1916, which have pic
tures of motorcycles on the
cover such as “The Motor
cycle Chums,” “The Big
Five Motorcycle Boys,” or
any similiar book to sell.
Call (717) 249-9312.
QUESTION - Doris
Wooleyhan misplaced that
address for a fabric shop in
Allentown that sells wool.
The address, sent in by
Irene Sticker, had been
printed several months
ago.
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QUESTION - Melvin
Martin, Martinsburg, wants
to know where to purchase
parts for a Harvest Maid
food dryer, model FDIOI. If
someone has a machine
that is not in use, the Mar
tins are interested in pur
chasing it at a reasonable
price. Call (814) 793-4199.
QUESTION - Christ L.
Zimmerman, 533 Wentzel
Rd., East Earl, wants to
know if anyone has or
knows of someone who has
a wooden puzzle made
from mini logs that are six
inches long and one-inch
square.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
find parts for a three-point
hitch log splitter, P.T.O.
powered, called the Uni
corn. It is a cone-shaped
splitter manufactured by
the Thackery Co. Inc. The
reader doesn’t have an ad
dress for the company but
needs a replacement tip.
QUESTION - Lena Ober
holtzer, Leola, needs a seal
tor a 6-quart Mirro-Matic
pressure cooker, part num
ber 396 M, which she be
lieves is no longer manu
factured.
QUESTION - Walter
Glatfeiter, Glen Rock,
wants to buy a runner
36-inches wide of the old
fashioned rainbow carpet.
Call (717) 235-3585.
QUESTION - Mabel
Hoover, 172 Black Cr
Rd., East Earl, PA 17519
wants to buy the book
“Fruit In His Season,” by
Helen Corse Barney.
QUESTION - A Lancas
ter County reader wants di
rections to make goat’s
milk soap.
QUESTION - Ben Kin
singer, Meyersdale, wants
to know if anyone has parts
or knows where to find a
crankshaft and flywheel for
an antique one-horsepower
Mogul gas engine or engine
parts in any condition. Also
wants a Maytag gas engine
for parts.
QUESTION - Elizabeth
Weaver-Kreid
er is looking
for a used
spinning
wheel. She is a
beginning spin
ner and wants
to purchase
one for less
than $2OO.
Contact her at
202 S. Bth St.,
Columbia, PA
17512.
QUESTION
Does anyone
know anything
about a darn
ing ball? A
reader writes
that she had
one years ago
but didn’t know what it
was. Now that she has
seven children and lots of
socks and stockings to
mend, she needs it. It was
a ball at the end of a tap
ered stick where she thinks
a person held onto it with
the ball right at the hole so
that it could be stitched. It
may be called by a different
name.
QUESTION - Amos S.
Kauffman has an Oster
kitchen center mixer
combo, which includes a
chopper, grater, blender,
ice cream maker, and reci
pe booklet. Those parts are
in working condition, but
the gears are worn on the
arm which holds the dough
hooks and beaters. Call
(610) 273-2076 if interest
ed.
QUESTION - A reader
wants the words to an old
poem her mother used to
say from memory. The
poem begins: “Little Jackie
Jones
Now every little boy and
girl
Is very well aware
That when you go outdoors
to play
You have to think of air....”
The reader would also
like the words to an old
song: “Come Back to Erin
Marouneen.”
QUESTION - Lester
Zimmerman, 2062 Kramer
Mill Rd., Stevens, is inter
ested in buying wooden tin
ker toys or possibly plastic
ones at a reasonable price.
Call (717) 336-4542.
QUESTION - Richard
Millard, 1480 Easton Rd.,
Warrington, PA 189 7 6
wants to buy 6-8 nice stone
arrowheads to finish off a
craft project.
QUESTION - David
writes that his family has a
problem with their dog
barking in the morning.
Starting at 6 a.m., he will
bark for an hour. In the
afternoon, the dog knows
what time David will return
home from school and
starts barking a half hour
before he gets home. Noth
ing the family has tried
seems to work and David’s
mom is tired of it.
QUESTION - V. Nolt,
Leola, wants to know
where to buy an electric
butter churn in a 1-2 gallon
size. State price when call
ing (717) 656-8964.
QUESTION - Linda Mar
tin is looking for a book,
“White Mother,” and some
old readers: “Finding New
Neighbors” by Russell
Wulfing Ousley; “Friends
Far and Near;” Good Times
Today and Tomorrow” by
Gates and Perdon. Call
(717) 933-1416.
QUESTION - Betty Jane
Weaver, Mertztown, is
searching for a book
“Peck’s Bad Boy and His
Pa.” Call (610) 682-7075.
QUESTION - Warren
Glidewell, Bloomsburg, is
looking for a source to pur
chase pine butchering tar
to scald hogs for butcher
ing.
QUESTION - Warrren
Glidewell, Bloomsburg,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 28, 2002-B9
asks if anyone knows of
something similar to bal
sam of myrrh.
QUESTION - Warren
Glidewell, Bloomsburg, is
looking for a cough syrup
similar to Kemps Balsam.
QUESTION - Does any
one know where a video
showing fish swimming or
snow scenes without sound
can be purchased?
QUESTION - L. Nolt,
309 N. Hershey Ave., Leola,
PA 17540, would like to ex
change pollination seeds
with other readers. She has
lima beans and lettuce
seeds to exchange.
QUESTION - Edwin
Hoffman, 10 Woodcrest
Way, Landenberg, Chester
Co., has several hundred
Mason canning jars, mainly
quart sizes, and large pres
sure canners. He would like
to dispose of them, but the
auctions in his area say
there is no market for
them. Anyone have a rec
ommendation for him?
QUESTION - S. R., New
Providence, has an alumi
num broiler fry pan. When
a little water is added to
the pan and the rack is
used to warm things with
out drying them out, the
water stains on the alumi
num are practically black.
Is there something to add
to the water to keep the
pan from turning black?
QUESTION - Dave is in
terested in installing a
compost toliet inside a
house. If any readers have
tried this, Dave would like
to hear about the pros and
cons such as if it should be
electric or hand cranked?
Cdi> (717) 721-4427.
QUESTION - Ona Mar
tin, Mt. Airy, Md., would
like a 1921 calendar plate.
Phone (410) 875-5382.
QUESTION - A reader is
searching for a circa early
to mid 1900s’ painting of a
collie dog standing watch
over a newborn lamb dur
ing a blizzard. The collie
has apparently located the
lamb and is barking for
someone to come to the
rescue. She believes it is in
a circular or octagonal
shaped frame. Call (724)
397-8126.
QUESTION - Wilmer,
14, collects business cards
and would appreciate peo
ple sending him cards.
Send to Wilmer Stoltzfus,
182 Quarry Rd., Leola, PA
17540.
QUESTION - Susie Hoo
ver, 440 Gristmill Rd., New
Holland, PA 17557, wants
to buy a used pitch pipe in
fair condition at a reasona
ble price. She would also
like a copy of the song that
includes these words: “Oh
take me back once more,
back to the old homestead,
back where the roses
bloom, back to the old
homestead....”
QUESTION - Donna
Earls, R. 3, Gillett, PA
16925, wants to know if
anyone has cardboard or
plastic covers for regular
size milk bottles.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know how to
find the value of metal dol
lhouses from the 1940 s
and for dollhouse furniture
from the 19305-19505.
QUESTION - Shirley Or
fanella, Quarryville, wants
to know where to purchase
a 4- to 5-feet lawn jofckey
boy ornament before
Christmas.
QUESTION - Ernest
Nolt wants information on
how to make a bow and
arrow to hunt deer.
QUESTION - S. D. has a
Conestoga wagon in need
of wheel repair. The wheel
has rotted away from the
iron rim and needs to be
replaced. Call (410)
374-6473.
QUESTION - Wade
Monn, Fawn Grove, writes
that The Maryland and
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Preservation Society of
Muddy Creek Forks, York
County, is looking for an
old Wayne 1920 gas station
pump, and one with a glove
which fills up to measure
the gas. The Society is also
looking for a Maytag square
tub washing machine with
a meat grinder attachment,
which is installed in place
of the wringer assembly.
These items are needed for
the general store at the
museum. Call (717)
382-9811.
QUESTION - A reader
would appreciate if anyone
has some Macomber ruta
baga seeds to sell. Or is
there a seed company that
sells them or another vari
ety that they have tried that
taste sweeter and milder
than Laurentian or Ameri
can yellow or American
purple-top (Golden Neck
less).
ANSWER - For the per
son who wanted to know
the history ot the candy
cane, here is an answer: “A
candy maker in Indiana
wanted to make a candy
that would be a witness, so
he made a Christmas candy
cane. He incorporated sev
eral symbols for the birth,
ministry, and death of
Jesus Christ.
"He began with a stick of
pure white hard candy;
White to symbolize the vir
gin birth and the sinless
nature of Jesus, and hard
to symbolize the solid rock,
the foundation of the prom
ises of God.
“The candy maker made
the candy in the form of a
“J” to represent the pre
cious name of Jesus who
came to earth as saviot. It
could represent the staff of
the Good Shepherd with
which He reases down into
the ditches of the world to
lift out the fallen lambs,
who, like all sheep have
gone astray.
“Thinking that the candy
was somewhat plain, the
candymaker stained it with
red stripes. He used three
small stripes to show the
stripes of the scourging
Jesus received by which
we are healed. The large
red stripe was for the blood
shed by Christ on the cross
so that we could have the
promise of eternal life.”