Telegram-herald., 1890-09-30
YE ANCIENT MILLER.
He Orsnds and Saws Ia the Tenth
Decade OF HIS Life.
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rlk horn cresk. seven miles west Of Lex
nxtoa. Ky. shere lives perhaps she old
- miller In active service in sss United
States. bis name 10 Robert kymsn and
TOR ssreaty-foas years 10 has sended the
.aw and ,rist-niil that hts fssaer jacob
Rvmaa balls there alaety-four years
.,o. A recent visit ~ this nlll found
the venerable ownsr in charge. lie Is
ninetx-one yesrs old. about i've feos
eight inches high. and viii weigh izo
pounds; ne is elesnly shaven' his eyes /
are deep blue and he usss no glasses, /
his hair is light brown In color and
rather shia; he is slightly stopped, ous
by his lively manner one would not
think him mere than seventy years old
His head 10 about the medium sise, and
while not an deal ore would ne consid-
cred chronological "a belonging TO
man OF more than usual intellect HIS
movements are quick, and In going up
and down the steps Of his mill ne shows
As much agility as n man OF fsrty lie
can handle a twe-bsshel sack OF
wheat or corn with apparent ease
His mill Ia q dilAYidated. nsoss-cover-
frame structure, about forty feet long
.,a txenty feet vide. II contains set
ot burrs. boiling cleth, elevators, etc,
for making -four. and another set TOT
grinding corn-meal. 1t has three noors'
the ceilings being extremely low.
The wheel that sets the machinery
in motion Is eleven feet In diam
eter, and Is what Is known as
"breast" wheel, the water striking II
lust below the center.
On the north side Of the grist-mill arc
the ruins o, the sas mill. The saw used
was an upright and the process OF cut
/ ting lumber with is was necessarily
slow.
~My father, Jacob Ryman, came tC
Kentucky from Pennsylvania about
1926, and bought the old mill properly
here" said Robert Ryman. Iher'
was common tub mill here and m.
father tore g. down and rebuilt II wltl
the house you see before you. That wa
three years before l was born. tathe
did a big business, both in grlndln
wheat and corn and in saving lumber
When | was five years old father die
and the mill was leased until was sever
teen years old. ] then took charge
IT.. We had only the seventy acre
father bought and we were poor. En-
grafton to Kontucky was then al Il
height. and made considerable none
by saving lumber. Nearly all the old'
houses in this section were built VII
lumber sawed by me. worked day an
, night for Hnany winters, and was tn
enabled to buy $50 acres OF land a
t ,oining our little farm. the
Z set TO work to buy negroes to till Il
r land, and before emancipation own'
: six men and four women. | made mo
r ev farming, but the negroes / found
. costly luxury, and I AN better OF wit
' ont them. was too young 10 enlist
! tho war OF 1912 and when the MeXlc
a war came there were go many young
s men anxious to so that l did not desc
"a nv mill. OF course | was too OLD
4. serve In the war OF the rebellion, bu'
70 was strong Southern sympathizer a
u was sorry TO see the South lose the d
q Nv onlv experience with tho soldiers
70 rho rebellion was IN the horse line.
g. Confederate soldier left woTn-out ho'
& on nv farm and took my best sad
= horse awav with him. fed his cast
y animal and Just as ] got him nice
~ fat a Federal soldier csme along q
10 pressed him into service. Ny mill
in not disturbed by tho soldiers. and c
at tinued 20 make flour and meal al
IL time tho war was going on. hsved'
a. 60 ever since. ! grid corr FOR
,e- neirhboYs now, and make the -four
II use at home: besides. many OF
ca neighbors like the -four this old !
.os crinas better than they do the hr'
n's staff that comes from th-ss new-fane
an roller-mills. Nv father used to ship
M, ro1r in barrels 20 New Orleans ard
ed river towns. Here "a ths brand be I
m on The head. Of The barrels. fou
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ity In those davs bar fogr was sea
4 Father paid $500 Tor the fret Sc
al French hurrs he put in and they y
err the envy of oil she aillers IN this
ted OF the STATE.
n Il was married when tventv-six =
av- old and nv lrst wife presented mo
in three children. an now living
It's ny third wife. snd have three chill
nat living. have twenty-five grand
ion dren and ten Freat-grandchildTei
rht have haS only one spell Of sickne
,ro- ny life. have used tobacco (cheT
nes since was hvs years old. ] have
der breakfast svsry morning FOR nc
ocf eighty years a. Eve o'clock. dim
twelve AMI supper a. siE. ! drink
fee for breakfast. milk Tor dimes
.ea Tor szpper have worked
ever since I ras twelve years cd.
sh. d rot think bard rork svsr al
mar or made oue cray. u Is son -
uis Else hsvs sl~s7s had the fscu
.ver. leaving mF business behia8 re
out ~ days work sas done. In this
Fla ha~- been good s.seper. Sleep
sese. o~lr thing tast ell restore a tires
hou- ard 7 taink the ys~ng uen Who
enc suddenly nor d. nes de from ever
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ends Fso-s. l.t ~ y~e-
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