Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-10-18
Oxford, N. c.,
October II, 1888.

Oxford, N. c.,
October II, 1888.
Dear Miss LOrene:
/ suppose you and your mother
think we are very unappreclative IL
waiting SO long to answer your two
letters, each enclosing snapshots of
us and the lake. We were very sorry
you all could not have dropped by
when you passed through Henderson,
which is only twelve miles from US.
Know you enjoyed your trip on to
Washington. I went there once my
self twenty or more years ago, and
spent whole day and night with my
aunt and cousins, but did not have
much time to see things. And lots of
changes and improvements have been
made since then, / know. The mos
that 1 can remember of my trip is
WALKING UP the Washington
monument and RIDING BACK
-<UWN, and going to Keith's vaude-
Vile. The three sister musicians in
that made about the best music
have ever heard.
1 got my boss man to have cut
made of the picture of me holding
those big fish. Am enclosing one for
you to see. He said he could not have
told that it was 1, but told him that
it looked just exactly as I did when
the picture was taken, and he should
have known / was not posing at che
time for the rotogravure. Operator.
please correct that spelling. Thanks.)
But all 1 wanted was to show off
those fish. Have not been fishing
since 1 returned home. Am SO glad
you caught even one small fish be-
fore you left. We looked for your
brothers red head in a mob of
thousand or more folks just leaving
classes for dinner when we pass Ell
through Montreal, but of course could
not see him.
Our trip back home was fine, but in
Guided many mountain showers, go
ing five miles out on the wrong end
of the highway at Asheville edwards
Tennessee), looking for relatives in
Asheville which we never found, hav-
ing a flat tire about one o'clock that
day just after we had passed the
worst of the mountain roads, reach
ing Winston-Salem about eight o'clock
! and spending the night wit. relatives,
and getting home late Tuesday after
lioOn
1 promised to send you and your
mother as well as a dozen or more
folks we me at the lake, copy of my
Column each day telling about our
trip. But when 1 got home / found
out that my papers had been stopped.
SO l haven't even got all the copies
myself, and have not yet read all OF
my trip to see how it sounded in
print. But 1 have copies of the last
two or three days, which I shall send
you.
We found everything Q. K. at home.
The children stayed 9out at their
grandparen s. home in Ihe country.
Everybody was getting on fine but my
father, who had not been well when
we left. He had been in falling
health all the spring but had kept up.
He gradually got worse anG spent
about two months in bed. The end
came September IL. He was 70 on
July 20.
He was buried out at Salem church
four miles from here, where he had
been a member since he was fourteen
ye1rs old. That is an old church, and
a very large country church. The
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burial was the largest crowd ever
to have gathered at that church, and
the flowers were many and beautiful.
And remember Miss Lorene, that be
sides your mother, your daddy is ona
of the BEST friends you will ever
have, so stick. by them both as long us
A; they live.
Our three boys are again in school,.
Moses, Jr, not fifteen until February,
already weighs more than 1 do, and
can wear my shirts. He is hoping to
get into the high school orchestra.
The twins, Bob and Dan, will not be
thirteen until March. What time they
III are not playing, they are study.
ing.
Mrs. Jones is busy all the time witc
| her flowers, as she raises beautiful
flowers. Her dahlias are pretty, con-
sidering the long dry spell, at which
, time she had to spend much of her
time watering them. She sells cut