Days Gone By In Staunton

Thursday, November 6, 1975 -- Dipping into old man moses's bucket -- During my lifetime, which now spans almost 84 years, I have experienced many wonderful things, and the period from the early 1890's to the present time has brought forth a myriad of inventions which have changed the lifestyle of all those who have lived to an old age. When I was a lad, we had no electricity to light our homes, no central heating or air conditioning, no supply of water for indoor plumbing, etc., as I, like so many others, lived in a rural community We had a deep cistern, and had to use buckets of water for coo...