tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post2659532430364785778..comments2024-03-28T14:31:59.509-05:00Comments on Far Side of Fifty: Midway Memories: 13 KidsFar Side of Fiftyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-80136454523201822052016-09-22T08:45:03.806-05:002016-09-22T08:45:03.806-05:00Thanks. I figured it had to be something like tha...Thanks. I figured it had to be something like that. I really enjoy these posts about the carnival. Please keep them coming. Maybe I was a carnie in a different life. KCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068194796728187685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-42483746279591481362016-09-22T01:16:42.750-05:002016-09-22T01:16:42.750-05:00Your point about people minding their own business...Your point about people minding their own business is true, I'm sure. Wives and children were considered the property of a man not so long ago. Thank goodness things have changed!still the lucky fewhttp://www.stilltheluckyfew.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-6793150975149560472016-09-21T20:31:05.631-05:002016-09-21T20:31:05.631-05:00That is some story!! When I was growing up on th...That is some story!! When I was growing up on the farm next to us the family also had 13 children but their story is much tamer. One became a nun, one was mentally challenged, and one was born with cleft palate. He was one of the youngest and I hardly knew him but he went to school with my sisters and apparently was an awful kid. Maybe he got teased and that made him nasty, although his lip was quite well "fixed" through cosmetic surgery.<br />Memories, huh?Granny Marigoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15858237999602347848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-75179262985509440802016-09-21T17:46:29.464-05:002016-09-21T17:46:29.464-05:00Interesting story; thanks for sharing. Also, belat...Interesting story; thanks for sharing. Also, belated Happy Birthday! Nancy/BLissed-Out Grandmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17223278142557533175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-210550853096670752016-09-21T14:34:28.147-05:002016-09-21T14:34:28.147-05:00Interesting stories....asphyxiation at age 18 soun...Interesting stories....asphyxiation at age 18 sounds a little fishy. I imagine when you have that many children your family stories can't help but be interesting! LOL!Sam I Am......https://www.blogger.com/profile/17358633233189452832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-78117382011040706892016-09-21T13:10:23.407-05:002016-09-21T13:10:23.407-05:00Wow what a big family. One died so young. Marrie...Wow what a big family. One died so young. Married on a ferriswheel is something you dont hear often! Sadly people did mind their own business when it was abuse.Kim@stuffcould....https://www.blogger.com/profile/03566751822418137457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-81904646486169149622016-09-21T10:54:54.895-05:002016-09-21T10:54:54.895-05:00With a dad like that I probably would have run off...With a dad like that I probably would have run off and got married at thirteen, too. People never "interfered" back then. Sad. They're still hesitant, but there are places for families to get away from abusers in so many towns now. I'm glad things have been changing over the years.<br /><br />Love the old pictures and the newspaper clipping. I can remember seeing cat racks. My dad never let us spend any money on any of those games because he said they were all rigged--but he let us play the diggers with a few dimes for each of us three kids. That's why I remember the diggers so well--LOL! You guys could wrte a book. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-60796785806938181412016-09-21T10:23:48.114-05:002016-09-21T10:23:48.114-05:00Wow, 13 kids living on the road working at carniva...Wow, 13 kids living on the road working at carnivals! I can't imagine how they did it. Sad so many of the children died young. It was interesting to see the newspaper clipping view of the carnival with the diggers circled among all the other booths, rides, people, etc. <br />You need to write a book about the carnival life in Minnesota with all your stories. Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-37242117343451841852016-09-21T09:30:24.323-05:002016-09-21T09:30:24.323-05:00Yes Cats sit on a shelf or rack and they are knock...Yes Cats sit on a shelf or rack and they are knocked down with a baseball. The cats have long hair all around their shape.Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-47077799395333285052016-09-21T09:23:29.055-05:002016-09-21T09:23:29.055-05:00So, what the heck was a Cat Rack? I'm thinkin...So, what the heck was a Cat Rack? I'm thinking of stuffed (like a pillow) cats sitting on a shelf that you tried to knock off with a baseball. I think I remember seeing those a long time ago at our midways out in CA. KCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068194796728187685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-57148843900358408772016-09-21T09:13:55.245-05:002016-09-21T09:13:55.245-05:00Some of the folks on carnivals were really differ... Some of the folks on carnivals were really different . You've described a good example today.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-67421898394067623372016-09-21T07:19:23.008-05:002016-09-21T07:19:23.008-05:00The thirteen kids really gets me. All from one mot...The thirteen kids really gets me. All from one mother? Yikes!DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456722259350114571.post-90104595982820212912016-09-21T04:53:02.444-05:002016-09-21T04:53:02.444-05:00Nice memories! Nice memories! Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04082494067802628837noreply@blogger.com