Today Richard and I worked together in the Lyon Drug. They were called apothecary’s in the l840’s. An apothecary was a druggist, or pharmacist, and a physician as well. Windsor Lyon was a botanist and believed in making a lot of his own medicines. You will see his Herb garden at the side of his house. Anyway, the blue and red SHOW GLOBE you see in the window was an important signal. If it was all red then that meant there was a sickness in town and it was best that you move on. Green meant everything was well. It was a universal signal in English speaking countries.
A lot of goods were bought and sold on the barter system in Nauvoo.
Guess what this is? You are right. The beginnings of the early washing machine.
Pelts and skins as well as homemade blankets were bartered.
The early toothbrush made from bone and twigs that were beaten and formed into bristles.
This is the famous bee box. It is where the saying came from ,”To make a beeline.” The children would put petals into the top of the box. Then when a bee landed on them they would slide it closed. Take it to their mom who would turn it over and coat the bee with flour. They then slid the top back and followed the slow flour coated bee to it’s hive. They would build a fire under the hive and smoke the bees to the top, taking the honey from the bottom of the hive. How ingenious.
This is the rotisserie oven. The block next to it was heated by the fireplace and then when you put your feet on it, it kept them warm.
You could get your meat here but I am sure my mother would have been a vegetarian. She won’t even eat cooked chicken if it has set out 10 minutes.
The white handled instrument was used for pulling teeth, and the other knives were used for “blood-letting!!!” And I thought I was scared of the dentists now.
An early microscope used by lighting a candle. Amazing.
These are called sugar hats. The forerunner to the sugar cube. Most people could only afford to buy a very small portion of one of these hats and it lasted them a long time.
Shoes that would fit either your right or left foot.
Spices weighed by the ounce.
The apothecary would make his medicines with a pestal and mortar. He would then form it into a dough and roll it out. He then laid it on this machine and slid the bar over it making “pills.”
Hair dyes, used by men only to dye their mustaches and beards!!! So we had a good day. I have changed my clothes four times and am ready to quit. We were at church by 7:30 (insane) and Jill had saved us a place in the soft seats. I told Kyle, I would not be there at 7 AM to save him a seat, the back was fine for me………Then worked in the Lyon Drug, then came home and changed our clothes and went to a wonderful fireside put on by the singles sisters. Such beautiful voices and so sweet. I am now in my “MOOO_MOOOO” and I know why Mamaw loves them so!
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