Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1907-07-11
Remarkable Letter Frpm a Re-
markable Lady.

Mrs. L. H. Cauley and Miss Dora Sizer o.
'zervilIe were Press callers on Saturday oflas
EEK, while the latter lady pushed the date or
paper ahead. Miss Cauley handed us a let
written by her aunt, Mrs. Charity Stevens oi
Sford, Mich, which we gladly publish.
Mrs. Stevens, the writer, is the younger sstes
of the late z. G. Cowley, who was pioneer OF
sizsrville and was 80 years old when he died.
Mrs Stevens taught the first school ever held
on the Portage, some sevcnty-ive years ago.
The school was held in a cord barn on the Sizer
farm.
The children she mentions in her letter are
Mrs Lucore and Mrs. Rosanna Robinson of EN-
porium. Both ladies are over seventy-hve years
old.
OXFORD, Mich, April, 22dd, 1907.
..M.aDEAR NnscE--
your letter came direct, but my right side is
falling, me. 1t is inclined to tremple, or shake,
and IN is difficult to control my hand to write
and it lis a source OF sorrow for have many
friends al at distance would write to- wrote
non a long letter the first of the year, and have
been thinking, as you did not answer that you
did not getft, neither have you answered my
many inquiries now So So am , sure y yqn & dlq f not
you How / wish / might see you all once more.
why not come to Michigan? 1t is a good place;
plenty Of yns there mish Is Clear
ING those mountainsY or raising vegetables in
that rich valley. When was there some seven
ty-fve years ago. the people thought that II the
railroad would come there it would make them
all rich but have never seen person who has
ever been there since came away. II there mas
been any changes do not know 1t. However,
suppose nature is the same and the sun sets at
three O'Clock in the afternoon, Just the same 1t
is the most romantic place ever saw. l am
glad you told me of the girls. GIVE my loveto
those children I remember them well. Also
Elijah Little did think when first saw him,
that should live until that boy was an old man,
4 IL in my mil q
eighty. Remember me to i'm, pease also 70
Frederics daughters. ne 4 knew them, put
knew their parents long before they uid; ei;, NOW
Leonard L want to have a little chat with you,
Your grandfather Sizer used to tel me that he
came in there, to get as far away from the world
as he could. He said ne peeled bark set y y, up
until he built cabin. Yes, Leonard, your grand
parents on both sides were pure PIONEERS, and we
should not forget them SoT we es a1d o tse fs oS me
homestead been cleared2. Is there saw mill in
the valley nowP ana where is the school house?
1 want to write something for yon to read to
when man hardly knew himself they told him,
man was an evil being. And bis heart was
There is none that doeth good, no not one" But
when man became little more acquainted with
himself and his relation to the wSrld, ne mas
proved that he is not all evil. But that he is the
highest expression of the Creator God the
great good God not only made the world, but he
made man in the slorld, gave him all the pro-
ductions of the ear H. and the elements to work
with, and we have but to look at the progress OF
man has made since my remembrance. He has
laid the great Atlantic cable 1000 niles, in spite
of the mighty ocean. He has spannfi the earth
with railroads He has circled the globe with
his steam boats. Is running car pn the road
without horses and Is real man killer
too-automobile. Man can talk through the
ocean, walk through the mountains, ride under
the river and sail in the air; man. es,ecially the
farmer, can hardly put his hand t a tool like
what they used TO use. Great improvements
everywhere.
will now close this letter with my owe TO your
family and all who may remember me and in
Iure.
From your
AUNT CHARITY STEVENS.
p. .-on the 10th of August. come to my
sirthday. shall be ninety-nine ypls old