Treasure Time Vintage

Benton Bros. (rough draft)

This weekend we traveled to Denham Springs.

He graduated in March 1940, not May, and went to work picking strawberries with his father.

Standing in the garden near a old cast iron tub filled with beautiful pansies, we were approached by an older gentleman, who turned out to be the owner of the store. He talked with us of days gone by. He will be turning 90 this year.

In the past, families could sustatin themselves by their own food and livestock. They had tomatoes, chickens, strawberries, vegetables.

He ran a furniture store in this same building.

The building that the antique store is now was built in the 70's, the old part with rusty tin roof, in the early 1900's, was a fertilizer and general store, where they unloaded stawberries, etc.. This building, he showed us, had 2 feet of concrete on either side with a roadway in the middle (now wooden floors)

He showed us a large plant growing on the side of the building. These seeds are used to make castor oil. Back in the day, if you told your mother you were too sick to go to school, she would give you castor oil, and you would miraculously feel better, because no child liked the taste of castor oil!

I bought one "treasure" that I'm sure will be handed down to my children and grandchildren. It was a book published in 1938, and revised in 1948. For a mere $10 (it was 50% off), this book is filled with poems, sayings, and more that "touched" my heart as I glimpsed through it in the store. On our two hour way back home, I definately enjoyed reading more of it! It was in such good condition for being published in 1948 and came in its original box.