The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-03-12
FOR the CITIZEN.
letter From Colorado.


LARKsPUR. Douglas Co, Col. Feb. q, "a.
Mr.. EDIroR:--As Ihave been request
bv numerous friends Of Old Giles to
write to them something with regard TO
our country (COloradO) have thought
best to comply with their request
through your most excellent paper (the
CITIzEN,) thinking that of course all
the people take their county paper.
Now let me say, Mr.. Editor, / do not
write to influence any one to move to
Colorado or any other country. shall
only state a few facts that have come
under my observation.
As to this being a healthy country, no
one l suppose doubts that fact; but per
nit me to state a few facts right here
with regard to myself and family and
few others that came here from old
Giles.
| had been a sufferer of rheumatism
from a child, as many of my friends IN
! Giles are well aware, and suffered, Of
course, a great deal. Now am almost
entirely over it; 1 have not suffered an
1 hour since I came here. Ny wIfe's
/ health was beginning to fail TO some
extent before we left Giles, and so with
other membeFs-Of my family; now they
are all in fine health and much stouter
than ever before. Mrs. /. F. Barnes
! had had several hemorages of the lungs
and was fast going fnt0=sensumptlOn as
the Drs thought. She has had only one
small one, and that was shortly after
we came here. She now enjoys as tine
health as any one, and is able to do all
her house-wOrk with ease, and looks
much better than I ever saw her. Z. ID.
Smiths wife has improved wonderfully
She is also able to attend to all her
household affairs. / might go on and
l. Ill #N.,N huW \
nessee individually, but suffice 1t to say
that 1 never saw such wonderful
change in people as in the Tennesseeans
: since they came here to Colorado.
As ] have been here for some little
time and have some little experience in
farming, / shall endeavOr to give you q
few facts in regard to farming. Last
year was very dry year with usi the
: wheat crops was bad, and so with al
: kinds of grain crops. l don't suppose
the average crop would exceed 10 bush
els per acre. The potato crop was only
tolerably good tile old farmers tell me
that only about fourth of a crop wa
made. / moved on the Divide last Apr1
and had but short time to put in
p crop as we had great deal of work Il
/ do before we could farm any. Jane
, HUFF, Workman and myself, after getting
tar enough along with our work, set II
about the middle of May to plant on
crop. We succeeded in planting in al
2 about Is acres of potatoes, from which
+, we will realize at least 81 600 or 81, DOC
: We had no work to do to them eXcep
f to plant and dig them. Farming
: much easier here than in Tennessee
And now a few words as to how we ar
getting along.
/ There are in all about seYenty-fiy
D i Tennesseans here, big, little old an
+ young. All seem to move alon
> | smoothly. We organized a M. (
= Church South on the 4th day of Las
I May of about Is members. We nov
r number 81 and hope soon to receiv
others, Rev. j. r. Mcclure is on
preacher, and is beloved by almost a
r Southern and Northern people. u
i breaches with a great deal of zeal an
5 power and influence. We have regula
s prayer-meetings or class-meetings ever
IS Sunday evening at our house of wOl
e ship, and every Thursday night at tn
a neighbOrs' houses-we take it in rotf
n ton. We also have Sunday schOC
1. every Sunday morning, and singing be
e tween the hours of Sunday School an
1t prayer-meeting. We have some excel
e lent meetings. Besides the meetings
t have stated above, we have the Youn
e Mems Prayer Meeting, which is grea
n benefit to those that attend,
It Now Mr., editor, let me ask do you @
anyone else see why we should not b
satisfied when we are surrounded by S
;, many blessingse / tell you sir, we al
v satisfied and cOntented, and expect
o remain in Colorado. 1t is true that
!. number of Tennesseans that came on
e with us have returned to Giles and n
= doubt think that Giles is (The) place,
S venture the assertion that if they wer
II with us on the Divide, they would stay
e But for fear tire you, viii close.
n 7. G. p.