The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-12-12

through the ordeal can fully under
stand what frontier life. with its toll.
trials md dangers, meant Tha. yeai
we had no rain, not even a sprinkle
from April until the middle Of Aug
ust. II was the hottest summer
ever experienced My husbands CUR
would get so hot in the rack that he
could hardly lift it with his bare
hands. rhe heat was so intense il
would melt the varnish on the bed.
stead in the house We removed our
beds outdoors and slept under the
trees The nights were cool We
lever suffered for water The creek
On which W. lived never ran dry
had no outdoor work to do, and spen,
my time caring for my two children
and in reading my Bible, Pilgrims
psogress,' my Church paper. exc.
"In November. 1860, We moved to
Brown County. There was no Brown
wood then. We camped one night in
the valley where Brentwood now
stands and Wild turkeys in untold
numbers roasted in treel along Pecan
Bayou We went twzlVe miles fur
ther west and settled on Clear Greek.
Four families composed the settle
mem; In the following spring Broth
or Childress. rn old frontier preacher
came from Camp Colorado and or
ganized the Church for US /, was
organized IN The house Of Father
Rogers and was the first Methodist
church ever established in Brown
County II began with fifteen mem
bcrs There were three families iv.
ing on the creek three miles above US
and three on the Colorado six miles
away who used TO come in OK wag-
3ns 10 attend services
They always brought their guns
nd plenty Of ammunition for defend
'ng themselves In case they were At
tackled by the Indians. Then the peo-
pie, huneering for the bread Of life
would take chances on an Indian
scrap IN order 70 come 20 Church:
now they are indifferent abou, com
ing where the church house Is sup
piled with heaters. electric lights. aud
luxury
The people then enjoyed the good
old-tiHie gospel preaching and shout
ing religion The dear old preacher
rod, a good horse Tor oui-uuning the
indians lie came twice a month for
lwo wears, during which period the
indians chased him several tincs into
'hickeis The redskins killed and
.calred linn Tankcrsley and another
man within three miles Of our house
In the fall Of 1862 my husband.
went to drive beeves TO the army at
Na,chez. Miss. In his absence I.
with my three small children. wen, in
, small wagon drawn by oxen TO my
home in Jacksonville. Texas
took an old mar and small boy
ilong a. a kind Of body guard. |
irovc the wagon and made the trip.
! distance OF SOC miles. ~ Ia days
reamsters said that was the shortest
lime in which the trip from Brown
county ever had been made re-
NAMED there until September. 1863.
when Mr. Rogers returned from Nat.
hez. He then went from Jackson
lille to Erath County. taking cotton
or the women to make cloth Mr.
Rogers joined the home militia. and
with the children. remained there
n the Oxford settlement until he
all Of 1856 We then went to Bell
'ounty. and l used 20 drive our mich
ows home from the prairie where
'emple stands
From Bell County we moved 60
robertson County In the spring Of
SOS we went to Berry Co. Mo, and
iade that trip in am OK wagon. Re
lrnng to Texas after soiourn Of
nree years in Missouri. we lived
ight years IN Johnson County. In all
have lived in thirty counties in Tex
5. scattered over East and West
eNas and the Panhandle. We went
} Wichita Fails with the Fort Worth
nd Denver Railroad. When we ar
we'd there everybody was living in
'nts. A. remember. there was not
house there. ran tent boarding
,use, But need not undertake 10
Y what kind Of town II was. II V
efficient to ray there were seven
en saloons there. all doing business
tents.
II have heard 2700 sermons in
senly-six years. Last year | heard
10 My friends can sea how good
e Lord has been TO me. giving me
= IN, strength and the means 10
we this good time In my old age.
have ten children living. forlV fhf..