February 26, 1945 (Monday)
- Jill Johnson Tewsley
- Feb 26, 2024
- 1 min read
WATER IN BASEMENT POSTPONES WASH DAY
A bright sunny day and
much colder to-night.
A high wind to-night.
Our basement was
covered with 6 in[ches] of water
and wouldn't drain
out, because of the tiles being
frozen so had the Road
Comm send out a
man with pump +
hose and pumped it
out. Good Work.
Didn't wash on account
of water in basement.
Jack borrowed our
trailer to go to Cedar
Springs to purchases a new
litter carrier.
I am going to be honest here and let you know that I initially thought Jack borrowed the trailer to haul home a new letter carrier. I knew Jack was a farmer but I wondered if he may also have delivered mail. A quick inquiry to my dad set me straight. Jack was going after a litter carrier...a piece of machinery used to haul manure on the farm, not something to haul mail.
The Louden Machinery Company manufactured and sold a wide variety of farm equipment. They were founded in 1867 by William Louden and were most known for using a monorail system for a variety of equipment such as the litter carrier.
I don't know if Jack purchased a Louden litter carrier but it seems likely given that Louden was a well-known and frequently-used brand during that era.
When looking on the internet for information about litter carriers, I came across this amusing story about three cousins getting stranded when they straddled an inverted litter carrier and attempted to ride it from the barn out to the yard.
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