tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post1495148208972340093..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: ItinerantsPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-41676693263467026222010-07-31T10:14:43.180-04:002010-07-31T10:14:43.180-04:00Richard, I wrote a longer story about Blackie for ...Richard, I wrote a longer story about Blackie for our monthly Ocracoke Newsletter in February, 2010. You can read it here:<br />http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news022810.htm<br /><br />Thanks for the new info.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-91046043717560054132010-07-26T18:30:32.683-04:002010-07-26T18:30:32.683-04:00About Blackie from the North Woods:
I saw Blackie...About Blackie from the North Woods:<br /><br />I saw Blackie once, when he came to my great-grandfather's print shop to purchase copies of his pamphlet. Blackie would order 30,000 to 50,000 at a time. Then Grandpapa would dole them out to Blackie a few thousand at a time when Blackie would show up with some cash.<br /><br />Blackie's story was true (with a few colorful embellishments). He was a drunk (excuse me, had an addictive personality). He had been a lumberjack - hence 'North Woods.' I don't remember what Grandpapa said about why Blackie was imprisoned at Caledonia Prison in Halifax County, NC. Some of the photos are obviously staged.<br /><br />-Richard Parsons, New BernAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-86112527848772620952009-04-30T09:23:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:23:00.000-04:00I'll be happy to scan the whole booklet by M.L. Cu...I'll be happy to scan the whole booklet by M.L. Cummings. And would love to know more about him, particularly would like to know if the story of Blackie of the North Woods was autobiographical. <br /><br />Anyway, please email me at this address: piphoward at embarqmail dot com. <br /><br />Looking forward to hearing from you.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-32017377493604675782009-04-30T09:20:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:20:00.000-04:00Here are a couple of links to past Newsletters abo...Here are a couple of links to past Newsletters about quilting (the second one even has a photo of Jude wearing my Aunt Tressie's sun bonnet [wasn't Jude a good sport!]):<br /><br />http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news031806.htm<br /><br />http://www.villagecraftsmen.com/news062100.htm<br /><br />Old Arcade Williams (who told Walter Howard about the wrecks of the Home [in 1837] and the Black Squall [in 1861]) -- I've recounted these stories in past newsletters -- was said to wear underdrawers made from flour sacks. The young people back then made up a rhyme:<br /><br />"What kind of drawers does Katie wear?<br />"Haven brand, that will not tear."Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-41553423771216314622009-04-30T09:11:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:11:00.000-04:00I'd love to have a copy. Moses L Cummings was my ...I'd love to have a copy. Moses L Cummings was my husband's great grandfather :)coastal cranberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-8467991276075561122009-04-30T09:02:00.000-04:002009-04-30T09:02:00.000-04:00Blanche had told me about M.L. Cummings a year or ...Blanche had told me about M.L. Cummings a year or so ago. Just this past week she told me she had uncovered the booklet stashed away with a pile of other papers. She loaned it to me and I scanned the front and back covers. I looked on line and couldn't find that it's ever been digitalized and posted. Blanche may have the only copy in existence (??). It's only 32 pages long, so I suppose I could scan the whole book if it's that important. Mostly it's predictable early 20th century evangelical literature.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-54108201975449411702009-04-30T08:41:00.000-04:002009-04-30T08:41:00.000-04:00Does anyone have a copy of M L Cummings' book?Does anyone have a copy of M L Cummings' book?coastal cranberrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-79592899690059574272009-04-30T06:59:00.000-04:002009-04-30T06:59:00.000-04:00That should be CRAFTS not rafts. But Did people ...That should be CRAFTS not rafts. But Did people build rafts I would think that would be a folly as one could drift out to sea and not be heard from again. How about surfing or Longboarding has there been any interest in that riding a board and using a pole. was there not talk of that on this blog at one time ?? I visit sooo many blogs can not keep the topics straight.<br /><br />My Bad bro!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-28171136151029837622009-04-30T06:55:00.000-04:002009-04-30T06:55:00.000-04:00The thought that bedspreads would be an item to se...The thought that bedspreads would be an item to sell. Strikes me as odd. I hope he did not insist on seeing the bedroom to see if a sample was the right size!! Was there not a strong evidence of rafts on the island-- the old Yankee ingenuity. Did not women quilt? Seminole Indians developed there trademark patchwork and through the use of hand powered sewing machines made colorful costumes? Did not the early inhabitants of Ocracoke Island have a " costume " of sorts--- men in billowing linen homespun shirts? Women in dresses sewn of flour sacks perhaps?? Have you seen photos of everyday clothes-- in most photos people are in their Sunday best as it were and therefore a skewed impression is left of the everyday ho mum.<br /><br /><br />Lily Pulitzer created a sensation in Palm Beach with a simple shift that women sought-- especially after trendsetter Jackie K. wore one!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-90032282208199486852009-04-27T14:14:00.000-04:002009-04-27T14:14:00.000-04:00Goodness the sensibilities of people have advanced...Goodness the sensibilities of people have advanced. We would not sit for a chained and muzzled mangy bear performing pathetic " tricks" today. how awful, such mistreatment of one of Gods creatures being denied the chance to live life as a wild animal for the amusement of uneducated buffoons. honestly, oh that's the way it was -- well, that the was it was because people were stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-54436057238829647622009-04-27T08:41:00.000-04:002009-04-27T08:41:00.000-04:00I remember the lady that lived with my Granny alwa...I remember the lady that lived with my Granny always made twig toothbrushes for dipping her snuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com