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Salt, Vol. 1, No. 4, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies Nov 1974

Salt, Vol. 1, No. 4, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

“Why the name SALT? Because salt is a natural symbol for the magazine — the salt of the sea, salt-washed soil, salt marshes and salty people, the kind that won’t use two words if they can get by with one.”

Contents

  • 2 Settin’ on his Independence Clifford Jackson farms the old way with ‘gimcracks’ and horse power, and then “sets” on his independence.
  • 18 How to Build a Lobster Trap Stilly Griffin shows how to make a lobster trap.
  • 26 Dowsing Looking for water with a dowsing stick still works for some people in Maine. who tell how it’s done. …


Salt, Vol. 1, No. 3, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies Jun 1974

Salt, Vol. 1, No. 3, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

“Why the name SALT? Because salt is a natural symbol for the magazine — the salt of the sea, salt-washed soil, salt marshes and salty people, the kind that won’t use two words if they can get by with one.”

Contents

  • 2 “Years ago almost everybody had a barn.” The handsome barns of Maine, inside and out, are shown to us by their owners.
  • 18 “Down She Goes” Shrimping with Dave Burnham and Herb Baum on the Capt. Jim.
  • 26 Town Meetin’ Arundel town meeting, a lively example of the old New England town meeting form of government, where people …


Salt, Vol. 1, No. 2, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies Apr 1974

Salt, Vol. 1, No. 2, Salt Institute For Documentary Studies

Salt Magazine Archive

“Why the name SALT? Because salt is a natural symbol for the magazine — the salt of the sea, salt-washed soil, salt marshes and salty people, the kind that won’t use two words if they can get by with one.”

Contents

  • 2 Winter Lobstering in the De-Dee-Mae Few boats brave the winter seas for lobstering, but the De-Dee-Mae does.
  • 8 Old Remedies Some of the old cures people still use.
  • 9 ‘My Mother Used to...’ Eleanor Wormwood tells about old remedies used by her mother and grandmother.
  • 17 Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum Ethel and Edie Furbish, 86 year old …