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At that time, we didn't have electricity where we lived although Columbus was lit by electricity. We had oil lights. [[strikethrough]] We [[/strikekthrough]] ^[[There wasn't]] didn't [[strikethough]] have the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[not enough]] power to bring [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] electricity to the ^[[suburban]] home, [[strikethrough]] but electricity was in [[/strikethrough]] ^[[then although]] the streets [[strikethrough]] the street lamps were  [[/strikethrough]] ^[[were lighted by]] electric. The back hall we used as a [[strikethrough]] rumble [[/strikethrough]] (rumpus) room that open^[[ed]] to the dining room. In the summer, we would [[strikethrough]] set the table out in there [[/strikethrough]] ^[[used that part of the hall of dining]]. In the back hall ^[[there]] was a telephone on the wall. We had a well [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] ^[[on the back porch and a]] pump out in the yard for water. We had a bathroom, but no running water.

On the backporch was a long ice-box, like a chest. In there, p[[strikethrough]]o[[/strikethrough]]^[[a]]ppa kept it filled with everything because he liked to eat. [[strikethrough]] In the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[One]] spring ^[[when]] the ice-box had fresh strawberries in it. Momma said [[strikethrough]] Catherine [[/strikethrough]] ^[[Kathryn]] was standing [[strikethrough]] up on something [[/strikethrough]] ^[[on a chair]] looking for the[[strikethrough]]se[[/strikethrough]] strawberries and the top fell down breaking her nose.  500 lbs of ice at a time was needed to keep the food cold. ^[[We had a pantry which opened on the back porch]] For the pantry, you did not buy [[strikethrough]] little [[/strikethrough]] ^[[small]] quantities, you bought big quantities. You bought barrels of sugar, flour, and large containers of corn-meal and [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] ^[[other staple provisions]]  

[[margin]] ^[[Also by the bay window there were two lilac trees]] [[/margin]]

The front yard, on one side was a rock garden. In that rock garden, we had [[underlined]] ^[[violets, sweet alyssund, pasies]] [[/underlined]], and different colored Sweet Williams. On the other side, we had different colored flowers^[[,]] also the [[underlined]] ^[[four o']] [[/underlined]] clocks that we used to string in the afternoon, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] ^[[which we]] put on long pieces of grass [[strikethrough]] and make [[/strikethrough]] ^[[which]] ma[[strikethrough]]k[[/strikethrough]]^[[d]]e little [[underlined]] ^[[garlands]] to go around our necks. We were all bathed and dressed in the afternoon. We would go visiting in the city with our aunts or [[strikethrough]] else [[/strikethrough]] people would come [[strikethrough]] up and [[/strikethrough]] ^[[to]] visit us.