Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-12-08
80 halfway finishes her visit.

| che halfway finishes her visit.
And that letter to Santa Claus l
wrote some days ago, care Sylvester
| Johnson. for him to bring me a SOCK
| rnl of lightwood--well, have already
ecJ ten promise of bundle OF kind
Line. Hope the young fellow does
rot fool me, who sent me word by MS
daddy that he had some saving 70
bring.
II was two weeks ago that told
Won about knocking q hole in my
read with the Kitchen shelf. 1t has
almost gotten we'll enough for me to
risk getting a haircut. And If the
barber combs down into IL, 1 VIII
Jump up out of the chair and stomp
him all over the pretty tile floor.
Ikey Rem was over to our town
yesterday. Don't know what he was
way over here for, but he was in deep
CONTEMPLATION with p. ]. Wynne. Tkey
said he might go with me to Pasa-
dena to See the Rose Bowl game.
am sure he would be good company.
Aney say that when the sun is not
shining in California, that it is rain
ing. And Ikey sure would be good
company in that instance, for he is 50
high up in the sky when standing,
that he could see those quick, sum
ner showers first, and have the UNI
brella histed before the rain hit down
on us.
1 really think we should get q
whole party, enough to fill one car,
and together we could write enough
home about our trip to fill whole
column every day.
Here is a letter that heard about
and asked for 1T so I could put it in
this column. 1t was written some
time ago, but just reached my hands.
You will remember the big ocean and
inland storms up north the latl.er par
of September Well, the pigeon OF
this letter ran right into the storm
while flying on its way back to Can
ada, but finally reached there safely.
1t should have flown it in about three
days, but on account of the storm
it was a week reaching home. Rhodes
Frazier brought it back from Canada,
fed it a day or so and let it rest, then
freed it. After circling around seve-
ral times, it hit a Decline straight
towards Canada. Here is the letter:
"Courtland, Oct. 8, 1888.
Dear Rhodes:
I am writing you a few lines to let
you know we all are fine, and hope
you also are in good health. That
pigeon got home all right, but it sure
took it's time. 1t arrived here last
Wednesday morning but there was no
note. Did you forget to put one on?
We think the pigeon had bad weather
because it looked pretty weather-beat-
en-.
Wen, now, how did you get home?
We though. we would have received
. letter before now, but once you got
home, 1 believe you forgot your pro-
mise to write. Did you receive those
pictures I sent?
Rhodes, we sold our farm and are
going to Belgium. The doctors think
the change will do mama good. I
don't know whether we will ever see
you again, but we do hope so.
Mama and daddy are going to De
troit for a week. Gabrielle and 1 are
going in about three weeks. Johnny
went home again last Sunday, but
he might come back this week. Will
close now with the best regards 20
you and your, family.
Your sincere friends,
The Renet Family"
And although this letter is a little
late, I felt that the carrier pigeon
would interest.the children who might
read this. Nothing is a much prettier
sight than to see flock of pigeons
flying and hear their wings singing as
they pass.
t. MOSES JONES.