Loranger Old Farmer's Day 2004

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Mr. Wilson Jenkins had told me about Old Farmer's Day over at Loranger. He said one of the Lindsey Log wagons was sometimes displayed. I didn't tell Barbara [maiden name: Barbara McLain] about it so I could surprise her. We showed up for both days at opening time.

Those coffee drinking buddies served some of the finest tasting liquid caffeine I've swigged in some years. Of course, a man needed coffee to wash down the enormous biscuits, home made butter, and still warm cane syrup. I had never seen cane syrup prepared so I was looking forward to it. Barb says some one used to process cane syrup out further on Section Road at the corner.

Anyway I was sitting and chatting with some of the other visitors. An obvious local came drifting up and sat down opposite to me. I asked if he was a native of Low- Rang -Eer. He looked at me strangely and said, "You're not from around here, are you?" "No", Sez I, "I'm an Arizona boy married to a St. Tammany Parish lady." He introduced himself to me and said, "Us natives call this place Low - Rahn - Jah. If we spoke proper English, we'd probably say something like Low - Rang - Er. But its sure enough Low - Rahn - Jah." We talked about Religion, Lousy Politicians, Sexual Escapades of Preachers, L.S.U. Tigers, and important stuff like old tractors, his horses, and grand kids. He was a genuine old hoot of a coot. I'm going to drive over one day and visit with him. He keeps barn yard chickens just to hear the rooster crow. A small world. Our pulpit preacher's wife is principal of one of Loranger's schools and she taught some of his grand kids.

We ambled off and I carried my real decent cup of coffee. Just then we ran into Mr. Wilson Jenkins, his wife, our immediate neighbors, Dave and Lori Tate, and their friends, horse people from North of Folsom. We drifted over towards the Sam Lindsey Logging Wagon. Mr. Jenkins told people about Barb's grand father inventing and making them over at Laurel. MS. Turns out that the announcer for the day did not have any information at all about the logging wagon. So I gave him a print out of Sam Lindsey III Web site which provides all types of information about the unit. Mr. Jenkins pretty much needs a cane to move around any more.

[From Curt Stamps]

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