One Family

one family five children.. rabid dog bites dad death angel visits widow left to fend... children's life hard one pat of butter slipped through four fluffy biscuits.. poverty child works picking peas goes to the field everyday... fabric bought for dress My mother's father was bitten by a rabid dog the doctor order shots for him and told him do not get out and get hot just take it easy. He went to move the sawmill and was taken ill with the disease..He died leaving my mother's mother to rear five children ages 6 months to 12 years on her own..Life was hard..This was in 1905..She said that she would not marry and have another man over her and her children.