By Roberta McKern
For The New Era/Lebanon Local
While wandering through aged relics at the East Linn Museum, some attention-attracting items may set off thought-trains in diverse directions.
For example, a large brown ceramic bean pot sits atop the table in the museum’s kitchen display.
Long ago its lid parted company with the pot, which looks big enough to hold about a gallon of baking beans. According to a label, it once belonged to “Aunt…