....and I bet that was good coffee, too.....Probably put on the stove and let boil for hours. My Aunt Emma (Jampsa) Mack put her coffee on in the morning. Cold water only and let it go. It got stronger as the day progressed. Only way to make coffee she said. As it went down she might add another cup of ONLY COLD water to it and some more coffee grounds.............And you NEVER really totally scoured out that coffee pot from day to day. Just swish a little water around to sort of rinse it out and go again.

Wonder what was in the box, maybe cookies to go with the coffee?????

charlott on 12th September 2017 @ 7:08am

We have one of those jugs. I think it is bigger than this one. The outer covering is some kind of reed that is woven around the jug.

L.E. on 12th September 2017 @ 9:39am

I wonder if they wet the reed to cool the water, or if it is just to protect the ceramic from breakage?

Arthur on 12th September 2017 @ 11:17am

Hand car with foot operated brake that can be powered by one, two three or four people. Long wanted one, still want one ~

Kenn on 12th September 2017 @ 4:44pm

This is high above the river so apparently on the original line over Crates Point. The highway was constructed on this grade after the present RR was constructed along the river.as seen in a recent post.

Kenn on 12th September 2017 @ 4:48pm

Arthur, compare this to photos I just mailed to you, seem to be taken from the same location, bluff, hills and even trees seem to match.

Kenn on 12th September 2017 @ 4:53pm

My grandfather had a wicker bottle like that in his basement. It had pure grain alcohol in it.

Rawhyde on 13th September 2017 @ 7:29am

Kenn.....at our age we need a motor......at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center we have one that is push started, engine started with gasoline and then would be changed to kerosene because kerosene was cheaper back in the 1920s.....

Arlen Sheldrake on 13th September 2017 @ 8:38am

Yeh Rawhyde, the one we have belonged to my husband's grandparents. He said it was out in the old cellar, and had wine in it.

L.E. on 13th September 2017 @ 1:37pm