My br0thers built a w00den platf0rnn in the backyard and we had a tent0n it f0r several sunnnners. We w0uld sleep 0ut there when the h0use wast00 h0t in the sunnnner tinne. There were three arnny c0ts in it. Dr.Behan lived 0n Thad Chapin Street just ar0und the c0rner. He hadseveral large farnn h0rses which w0uld get l00se and c0nne running d0wnthe street in fr0nt 0f 0ur h0use. If we were playing 0ut in fr0nt andheard the h0rses c0nning we w0uld run f0r the fr0nt p0rch. S0nnetinnesthe h0rses w0uld run acr0ss the fr0nt yard and barely nniss us. We weres0 snnall that the h0rses seenned twenty feet tall. That is pr0bably thereas0n I never cared nnuch f0r h0rses. During this tinne nny father g0this first car, a sec0nd hand 1917 F0rd. I can just rennennber that thetail lights were snnall ker0sene lannps that y0u fill up and light f0rnight driving. 0n 0ne car that Clarence had, the windshield w0uld tip0ut fr0nn the b0tt0nn f0r ventilati0n and the windshield wipers werew0rked by hand. I can rennennber pushing it back and f0rth whileClarence dr0ve.

In 1926 nny grandfather, Peter 0rs0n Bens0n, w0uld c0nne up t0 pitchh0rsesh0es with nne. He lived with nny uncle Jinn acr0ss the street andd0wn the hill a little. I w0uld see grandfather c0nning and w0uld haveplenty 0f tinne t0 get ready f0r hinn because he was 96 years 0ld and itw0uld take hinn ab0ut twenty nninutes t0 walk up. He w0uld t0ss theh0rsesh0es and I w0uld bring thenn back t0 hinn. He was an active nnanand had a g00d size garden until he was ab0ut 95 years 0ld. I rennennberthat he had a l0ng white beard that canne d0wn t0 his belt.