Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-11-23
LETTER FROM COLORADO,

hundreds of Mr.. Walker friends II
this part of the State:
GRAND JUNCTION, COL, Nov. &,
19O5---Mr. w H. Bigham. Marion,
XIV. Dear Old Friend | received
YOUR letter some days ago and was
glad to hear from you and to know
that YOU had not forgotten your old
Democratic friend A letter from you
always puts me in good humor, and
brings a glow of pleasure and happi-
ness that won't rub of for many,
many days. Such letters always
call to mind the good old fall days we
used to have about the first of No
vember. when the Press drawing came
off. and the fall pork began to taste
good. possums got ripe and the sor-
ghum got thick and the turkeys be- |
gin to remind you of Thanksgiving. |
All, those were the days to remember
and the incidents and atmosphere of
those times are az fresh in my mem
DRY and a. sweet to my being a. if it
were but yesterday. That was the
summer time of my life and it is Joy
ful to live 1t over again in the mind.
How you and Lucian Miles, a d
Gordon Hammond used to get up and
hustle for that gun, and how | wish
ed that J had gun for each one of
you. and LATE Cruce, too. If ever |
get to be a millionaire and the head
of some big insurance company.
will yet give each one Of you a big
stock ranch in Colorado; but will
ever be a millionaire? confess that
the outlook Is not very bright for l
that, and | fear that we will be gray
with many winters before | can do {
that; but We can all be happy as We q
20 along the way, and if we cant
get together here mayhap We can
meet hereafter. and talk over what a :
good time we had in this old world. (
for to tell you the truth. as | see it.
we all do have a pretty good time, J
Notwithstanding We worry and fret, a
and think We have a hard time.
| see from the Press that you folks {
are having a warm election. and how {
often | have worried because | have
not been there to lend my help, little
as it is, to Press, Tom, Dave, Joe,
Fred Casner, Uncle Davy Bryan,
Wicker and all the boys.
You have a fine ticket, every man
of them is made out of the right stuff
and | would like to see them doing
business in the court house because
they are worthy and there are none
better. The BOYS are making a great
hight and | do hope that the ballots
will 20 in for them tomorrow. | feel
like a fellow, imagine, fastened up
in graveyard, while my friends,
those | have broken bread with and
love as my own kith and kin, are ma
king the fight of their lives and
can do nothing but look on. How
have longed to be with you and to
take hand in the "shindy. But
perhaps it is best as it is; at any rate
it can't be helped.
Living out here is a good deal
higher than it is back there in old
Crittenden, and a man has to hustle
If he makes it. My boys are at work
and they help the old man along won
derfully, and if it were not for them
| do not know how | would come out.
Emil Elder stopped to see us the 9TH
er day, and we were all mighty glad
to see him; he Is as big as young
Bob Dowell, and one of the finest
young fellows ever saw, we enjoyed
his visit very much.
My health is fine and my family
are all in fairly good health. This is
hne climate; no long, cold, damp
spells. 1t is dry pretty much all the
time. ! wa, up in the mountains
few days ago and saw some four deer
but my old gun would not shoot as
wanted it to and the result was that
we ara still hungry for meat; wish |
had one of those big, fat hogs you
used to sell me for winter, the taste
of the gravy aud spare ribs is in nv