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Welcome to our Springhouse! There was a time when many springs were topped by springhouses, small buildings often constructed of stone. Spring water issues from the earth at a constant temperature of about 65 degrees in any season of the year. Although built for keeping cool milk and cream and other perishables, a springhouse also served as an escape from summer heat and a quiet retreat when company got too boisterous. Our Springhouse offers neither milk nor cool stones, but treasure of another sort. The rich feast that is southern Illinois spills from our pages. In no particular order, we offer history and nostalgia and folklore, plus recipes and even a poem or two.
We at Springhouse are always eager for comments on our magazine or web site. Let us know what you think, and would like to see. Please send us an email.
Accustomed
to jousting with windmills, thinking they were dragons, the old Spanish
knight Don Quixote seemed perfect for our cover. Fr Incidentally, the drawing of Don was used in early issues from time to time and first appeared on the June 1986 cover. From that point on this ancient knight of ancient Spain has proudly raised his lance on the left-hand corner of every Springhouse and will continue to do so until our Adventure Shaped Like A Magazine heads into the sunset. Send all Correspondence, letters to the Editor, "Ozark Echoes" to: SPRINGHOUSE Call: (618) 499-2055
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what is in Springhouse Ink............................2
Ozark Echoes..................................4 The Lynching of a School Teacher, John J. Dunphy..............................5 A Bolt From the Blue, Brian DeNeal.............................................9 The Pelican on the Pier: A True Story, Alex Kirt.............................12 Historical Marker Commemorates Creal Springs, Mark Motsinger..14 The Sign, Rebel Without Applause........................................16 From My Kitchen Window, Dixie Terry...............................................18 John Lewis Links Us All to Our Own Best Selves, Sandra Pfeifer.......21 Memories of Colorado, Illinois, Bob Hill.................................................23 Tap Roots, Roger K. Lyons........26 Wrong Turn at Cedar Lake, Paul Vannie...........................................27 Charlie Birger, Wyatt Earp, Gary DeNeal..........................................30 The Cookie Jar, The Trail, Paul Vanni.............................................36 Friends, Charles Hammond.......37 The First Turnips, Roger K. Lyons.41 Trip to Town, Gary DeNeal.......44 The Perfect Spot, Metamorphosis, Gary DeNeal.................................45 The Prosperous Farmer, Gary DeNeal...........................................46 Pond Rings, Brian DeNeal...........................................47 Springhouse Questions, Comments, Suggestions? We'd love to hear from you. E-mail us.
Rawhide Chronicles 1
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om the beginning, our very
existence has always seemed something of an anomaly, a break in the
order of things, and while we always saw windmills as windmills only,
in other ways Springhouse ventured forth no better
prepared than Don Quixote would have been. Eager to offer our two cents
worth of insight when study and analysis were required, we carved our
niche into the landscape without taking on a single windmill.
Rawhide, our favorite rebel, made his SH debut
with these, his first five contributions - and he's been a Springhouse
regular ever since.
