Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-06-17
CORONA, NEW MEXICO

Lear Editor ana Herald Readers
AS am a native of dear old Putnam
county and areader OF the Herald,
will write few lines from this part
of the world. enjoy reading the
Herald very much. / see many names
in it of people knew many years ago
when / lived around Cookeville. /
have been away from there many
years, yet | have many friends and
relatives there who are dear to me
and who would love to see again.
was married to Miss Tallitha Carr
Dec. 9Th 1874, old father Jesse. Pen
dergrass performed the ceremony
that bound us together for life, in the
presence of my uncle and aunt c. J..
Davis and wife and others at the
home of father Pendergrass. We lived
in that part until the 9th of Dec 1880,
we left there for Texas and lived In
Texas 16 years. then moved to Okla,
in the fall Of 1896. To this union
was born ~ children, boys and 4
girls and all still living. l lost my
dear companion in Oklahoma in 1906.
Since then my second daughter Oma,-
who is yet unmarried, has kept house
for me. My children are somewhat
scattered, one fnTexas, three In Okla.
and eight in New Mexico ! am So
years old, having just recently cele-
brated my 63rd birthday by my
friends and some Of my children and
grand children giving me picnic in
the mountains afew miles from where
/ live. came to New Mexico in 1910
settled in Lincoln county, near the
Gallinas Mountains, 1877 miles north
of Elpaso, Texas, near the q. P. &S.
w. Railroad. This a mountainous
country noted for being very healthy
altitude above 1000 It. Some Of the
mountains are about 5000 IT,. this is a
fair stock country, especially good for
sheep, Of which there are many thous-
ands in this part Of the state. The
grass in the valleys are Of the Gram
mer variety and that in the mountains
is courser blue stem grass, the
mountains are covered with nice pine
timber which is protected as gov
ernment forest by Uncle Sam. The
valleys are dotted here and there with
groves OF Pinneon cedar and juniper
timber. 1t is very pretty country,
all the timber being evergreen. The
valleys are fine soil Of a redish cast
and very productive when seasonable,
this is very dry country usually
though we have lots of snow In win
ter which generally sets in early and
holds until April. We have a rainy
season generally beginning sometime |
i'm June and holding until In eeptem-
her The crops We raise here are
corn, (the moutain dent. . small cared
native corn) oats, sorghum and beansr
] have raised near 1000 lbs. per acre
Of beans since came here. This |
part Is thinly settled,not much farm
ing going on. In the southern part Of |
this county quite bit Of irrigatine
is done from streams outof the White
Mountains. Enough about the country
this time.
Mrs. Dahuff guess I've seen you
many time. when you were little
girl. I've heard your father preach !
often 40 years ago and oh, how ! |
would enjoy listening to him preach
again. love Gods people and love
to sit and listen to good preaching
and hear his blessed word propound-
ed to the people / was converted
and received the blessing at OLD Mt.
Zion over 40 yars ago, under the
Of my dear uncle, Stephen
Davis, Demps Southard, Dick Simp-
sen and Wash Mcconnell, all Of whom
are dead many years ago and hope
are wearing crowns Of glory in that
beautiful city, the home Of Gods
people. Those days away back in
the 70's wero happy days to me and
| thank and, praise God from the
depths Of my poor old heart that
still have that hope within my soul
hat was born under the arbor at
lear Old Mt Zion 20 many years ago
And my dear christian friends while
am trying towrite these lines my old
linn eyes fll with tears Of Joy In an
icipation Of the happiness and Joy
hat awaits US over in the Promised
and And know that it wont be
ong at most until shall Join my dear
,ompanion over there and realize
he joys Of that home beyond this !
ale Of tears That home not made /,
y hands, externally in the Heavens I
rhere there IA M more sorrow and /