business thrives selling old-fashioned products

[Lyra]

I thought this was an interesting article on the simpler way of life:

http://post-gazette.com/pg/09287/1005220-51.stm

[mamakatinmd]

good article! Thanks for sharing.

[farmgal]

We packed the car with a bunch of friends and drove out to lehmans non electric store last year.(not too far from us) Its a neat store. They even have any book you can imagine that a hill billy like ourselves would wont, how to build chicken coops, all the foxfire books. The prices arent too bad either. I picked up the newest ball canning book for 4$. They carry copper bath tubs, sleigh bells and solar powered refridgerators. Its a huge store and worth a trip out there. and in the same town there are many antique shops with inexpensive buys. But dont forget to go upstairs in the store, thats where all the clarence stuff is.

Marie

[julieq]

Great article. Thanks for sharing. We've never visited personally, but have purchased lots of things from Lehman's over the years. So glad they're prospering!

[CherieOH]

Very interesting article, thank you for sharing. We shop Lehman's every time we're in the area. Half the time I spend there is in conversation with other shoppers about what the heck this "thingamajig" is and how to use it. More often than not, we need a sales rep to explain it. Lots of fun!

[Windy in Kansas]

Have given many of their catalogs away over the years as I received new ones. Enjoy the catalog greatly. It also helped me correctly identify many of the items on our family farm that I never thought to ask about. Always wondered about a molasses gate until I learned what it was.

Thanks for the article post.

[Lyra]

Man, I am late to the party. I never heard of it before until this morning.

[GoldenCityMuse]

Molasses Gates are for viscous liquids. They are made of gray iron and have a brass sliding plate. for a 55 gal drum. Yes, I googled it.