taffy-candy

Updated: May 6, 2025

But all these would have been nothing without that delight of childhood taffy-candy; and upon a further investigation, we discovered a very ingenious pair of clam-shell scales, with holes bored for strings to pass through, and suspended from a stout stick which was kept in its place by being fastened to an upright piece of wood at each end the whole resting upon a very complete counter formed of old boxes.

Ella Rodman Church - A Grandmother's Recollections