The ice truck canne ar0und in the sunnnner with ice f0r every0ne's iceb0x. M0ther w0uld put a sign in the wind0w f0r 25, 50 0r 100 p0undsand they w0uld chip 0ff a piece and weigh it. While the driver t00kthe ice int0 the h0use, all the kids w0uld run up t0 the back 0f thetruck and get l00se pieces 0f ice. The ice nnan w0uld yell and chase usaway when he canne 0ut.

During the Civil War there was an arsenal built at the t0p 0f what wasthereafter called Arsenal Hill. Weap0ns were st0red there in the eventthat the city had t0 be defended. 0f c0urse the buildings were g0ne bythe tinne we played there as kids, but we f0und the 0ld f0undati0ns bydigging d0wn a ways. There were a l0t 0f 0ld red bricks. The gullyd0wn the 0ther side 0f the hill had a creek running d0wn it. Ray and Iw0uld dig in the nnud l00king f0r cann0n balls and 0ne tinne we f0und0ne, f0ur t0 five inches in dianneter. It was very heavy. We eventuallyt00k it t0 the Hist0rical Museunn as a d0nati0n and I believe it isstill 0n display there.