The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-01-30
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ful and delightful weather as na' usn
ss ana the sun is shining very distiI
through thin veil of vapcr, eivi
everything the appearance of What
nave heard old people cali md;
summer in my dear old native bom
We'll, ! was more than pleas,
with the last TIMES and note wi,
gratitude the many letters of corr,
spondents from various parts of RI
county as well as from other Stat
put the one most interesting is RI
new one from Cross Keys, at leas
the nom de plume appears !. yerv no,
to me: However, hope Jack AM
Jill will continue to fiji tbe;r snaa n'
IN HE TIMES every week and tsI
US all about the people of that local
ity' as that is always a very interest
ing corner t. me, and the NAM
names mentioned seemed so verv fa.
miliar 1t makes me feel like getting
letter from home. s
Yes, and Homo's bugs must have
been dandy. 1 would like to know
II Homo ever saw one of those bups
after it was really dead. 1 think the
name given is very appropriate if bis
descriptions are accurate, though
there is one other ability with which
'they ought to have been accredited.
namely, with carrying a carpet bao'
However, we are always glad to hear
from Homo, and have learned from
past records that We NAV expect
many strange and interesting things
Well, as I have made so many
promises to,relatiyes, fttehds and &C
auaintances, all Of which promises
will be faithfully aud honorably kept
on my part if life shall last that long.
AS I have always been very careful
not to make any time limit. If you
will allow me space 1 will endeavor
to fulfill one Of these promises. l
met an old lady at the Capitol at
Austin, she asked me to please try
to find her old friends of Laurens
county, s. G.. She said she was
taken 10 the friends of her father
when she was small girl and staid
with them in Laurens- county until
she was grown, she then went back
to Texas where she has since resided.
Her name was Phoebe Brewster; her
father fought under Gen. Sam Hous-
ton and was in the battle of San
Jacinto. Her father took her to the
home of Mrs. Mary Bolt, at High
land Home postofice, Laurens county
8. G. Mrs. Bolt had two girls
Ruth, who married Arnold, ant
Margaret, who married Dial. Mis-
Brewster was postmistress of High
land Home postoffice for awhile be-
fore she went back to Texas. Sh
says she has not heard of any
these families since the war of 1861
AS all Of these things were before m
time and / had never heard of sue
a postoffice was at loss to eve
saw anything in answer to her man
inquiries, hut upon her earnest re
Quest promised to write back an
see if any pf these families could
found. She had married Germa
Count ori Nobleman by the nan
Of Sayan Witzenstien, this iatt
name represents nobility. l hol
the Laurens county papers with plea
copy her request. am sure n
old friend CLANCY Little would
40 shsuld he have the opportunity
Mace the request in his bright Int
Chronicle, OF Clinton, s. G. Nj
to her should be ser. to Mrs. Phoe
Brewster Sayan, care of 9. b d
Casey, Capitol Building, Aust
Texas.
Well, ! shall next try to finish
account of the Mexicans Of Hunt'
inend. There we're q few families
Mexicans living about quarter
mile west of where the old Dun
postofice was formerly located. Th
xss 4 very old Mexican lady in
J. of tbs families, she had been so '
old for such a long time that ev'
iody living near there had bec'
milisr with her as the oldest pei
20 be found in that part OF the 81
and for many years she has |
spoksn Of - being . hundred y
old. but she (like most Of the An
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