The Penn's Grove record., 1923-02-23
LETTER FROM SURROGATE
PANCOAST
'Day By Day, In Every Way" He Is
Getting Better And Better"
Ell Paso, Texas,
80 W. Missouri Street,

February 9th, 1923.
Dear Friends of Salem County
Every day after | receive my mail,
| say to myself, "now today | must
write a letter to the Salem County
papers" My mail today was so full
of pleasant surprises / just couldn't
resist sitting down and writing to you
all.
After I had finished reading five let
tiers from home along came the parcel
post mar with a bag of almonds from
Mrs. Maurice B. Ayars, of Paso
Robes, California, a former citizen
of Salem. Now show me the person
who said "this isn't a good world to
live I'M"
| have received just lots and lots of
mail and | wish | could take each
one of you by the hand and thank you
for your good wishes. The people of
Salem County have been so good to
me that | feel like Christy Mathew
son, the great base ball pitcher, who
is at Saranac Lake fighting the great
white plague with every base ball fan
in the country cheering him on, while
it seems IS if everybody in Salem
County is cheering for me.
tuberculosis is a funny thing to
fight, and | find it is not just going
to Ell Paso, Phoenix, Saranac Lake or
other noted places that cure you.
Rest and wholesome food are far more
essential than the climate. One-third
of Ell Paso's population goes to bed
at nine o'clock, which in other words
means that one-third of them here
have the T. B. | drink a quart of
milk and eat three or four eggs every
day. | enjoy the milk but can't say
| am so fond of the eggs. Well, |
am fighting the good fight, and if the
good Lord will give me a fighting
chance I'll soon be back in Salem
County. Since | have been here |
can say, Day by day in every way
| am getting better and better"
Here are the two jokes every new
conner must listen to: A man from
FL Paso was attending a banquet in
Atlantic City and some n came up
to him and said:
81 hear you are from Ell Paso? ID"
eyes, | am from Ell Paso.'
"Do you know John Jones with the
Sante Fe Railroad there?"
ooh, yes! Mr.. Jones and I had
many a good cough together in FL
Paso."
A mar from FL Paso was out for a
ride down the valley and seeing a
farmer along the road he stopped and
started a conversation.
Been kind o dry; guess you'd like
to see it rain, wouldn't your"
The farmer replied, "No; don't
know as would, but I got a boy
seven years old who would like to see
it rain"
l have it on this boy as it has
rained twice and showed once, since
| have been here, but according to the
natives this weather is very unusual
for FL Paso.
Many have asked me if l have seen
a bull fight. About a week ago I saw
my first and last bull fight. l will
never encourage anything as brutal
and unfair as that was. | cannot bear
to see a poor old d~efenseless horse,
which is so old it can hardly stand up,
left the ring: 81 am certainly glad
| am an American and believe in fair
play even with animals. The bull
fight | saw was very exciting as one
of the matadors was knocked down by
the bull and nearly killed.
Now, let me thank you all again
for those umerou cards and letters
with their good wishes. 1t makes me
all the more anxious to get back home
and serve the people of Salem County
in the office which they Sc generously
gave me.
Sincerely yours,
T. B. REED PANCOAST.