After encountering the following letter to the editor in the March 27, 1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald, I could not resist transcribing it and sending it out here to the list. Timothy J. Barron tim@timbarron.net http://timbarron.net A Letter from Texas: A Wolfe County Girl Tells Our Readers About Life in the West Floyd, Hunt County, Texas, March 14, 1891 Dear Mr. Editor - I am just a little homesick today and feel like writing a eulogy to my dear old mountain home in Wolfe, but it is the unpardonable sin for a person who came from the mountains to intimate that they are homesick to a Texan. When a Texan asks you where you came from, and you say from the mountains of Kentucky, the will twist their necks and say, "Aren't you so glad to get out of those horrid hills?" I have met very few native Texans. Most of the people in Hunt county same from the Middle Atlantic States. I was very much surprised at the country being so well improved. I had heard a great deal about the "Wild West," but it lacks a great deal of being wild. This is find farming country, and the muddiest place on earth when it rains. People frequently have to stop in the middle of the road and clean their feet. When they get mud on their feet so that they can't walk, they say they are "bogged." Cows and horses bog as well as people. The wind blows all the time here. There have not been any storms since we have been here, but we are living in a dread of the famous equinoxal storms that are so violent in spring. Well Mr. Editor, this is the land of bachelors. I am aiming my luck in trapping for one who lives just across the way from us, (but don't you tell papa or he will make me come home). If I am not successful I will be home in a short time. I am enjoying my visit finely. Don't let my Kentucky boys all marry while I am gone. Sallie E. Graham P.S. Please send me a few copies of The Herald.

Thanks for sharing that Tim. That is a great letter! Norma -----Original Message----- From: Timothy J. Barron Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:35 PM To: kywolfe@rootsweb.com Subject: [KYWOLFE] Letter to Editor from March 27,1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald Herald After encountering the following letter to the editor in the March 27, 1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald, I could not resist transcribing it and sending it out here to the list. Timothy J. Barron tim@timbarron.net http://timbarron.net A Letter from Texas: A Wolfe County Girl Tells Our Readers About Life in the West Floyd, Hunt County, Texas, March 14, 1891 Dear Mr. Editor - I am just a little homesick today and feel like writing a eulogy to my dear old mountain home in Wolfe, but it is the unpardonable sin for a person who came from the mountains to intimate that they are homesick to a Texan. When a Texan asks you where you came from, and you say from the mountains of Kentucky, the will twist their necks and say, "Aren't you so glad to get out of those horrid hills?" I have met very few native Texans. Most of the people in Hunt county same from the Middle Atlantic States. I was very much surprised at the country being so well improved. I had heard a great deal about the "Wild West," but it lacks a great deal of being wild. This is find farming country, and the muddiest place on earth when it rains. People frequently have to stop in the middle of the road and clean their feet. When they get mud on their feet so that they can't walk, they say they are "bogged." Cows and horses bog as well as people. The wind blows all the time here. There have not been any storms since we have been here, but we are living in a dread of the famous equinoxal storms that are so violent in spring. Well Mr. Editor, this is the land of bachelors. I am aiming my luck in trapping for one who lives just across the way from us, (but don't you tell papa or he will make me come home). If I am not successful I will be home in a short time. I am enjoying my visit finely. Don't let my Kentucky boys all marry while I am gone. Sallie E. Graham P.S. Please send me a few copies of The Herald. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWOLFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3722/7200 - Release Date: 03/15/14

----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma Adams" <njadams@cinci.rr.com> To: <kywolfe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [KYWOLFE] Letter to Editor from March 27,1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald Herald > Thanks for sharing that Tim. That is a great letter! > > Norma > > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy J. Barron > Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2014 5:35 PM > To: kywolfe@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KYWOLFE] Letter to Editor from March 27,1891 issue of the Hazel > Green Herald Herald > > After encountering the following letter to the editor in the March 27, > 1891 > issue of the Hazel Green Herald, I could not resist transcribing it and > sending it out here to the list. > > Timothy J. Barron > tim@timbarron.net > http://timbarron.net > > > A Letter from Texas: > A Wolfe County Girl Tells Our Readers About Life in the West > Floyd, Hunt County, Texas, March 14, 1891 > > Dear Mr. Editor - I am just a little homesick today and feel like writing > a > eulogy to my dear old mountain home in Wolfe, but it is the unpardonable > sin > for a person who came from the mountains to intimate that they are > homesick > to a Texan. When a Texan asks you where you came from, and you say from > the > mountains of Kentucky, the will twist their necks and say, "Aren't you so > glad to get out of those horrid hills?" I have met very few native > Texans. > Most of the people in Hunt county same from the Middle Atlantic States. I > was very much surprised at the country being so well improved. I had > heard > a great deal about the "Wild West," but it lacks a great deal of being > wild. > This is find farming country, and the muddiest place on earth when it > rains. > People frequently have to stop in the middle of the road and clean their > feet. When they get mud on their feet so that they can't walk, they say > they are "bogged." Cows and horses bog as well as people. The wind blows > all the time here. There have not been any storms since we have been > here, > but we are living in a dread of the famous equinoxal storms that are so > violent in spring. Well Mr. Editor, this is the land of bachelors. I am > aiming my luck in trapping for one who lives just across the way from us, > (but don't you tell papa or he will make me come home). If I am not > successful I will be home in a short time. I am enjoying my visit finely. > Don't let my Kentucky boys all marry while I am gone. > > Sallie E. Graham > > P.S. Please send me a few copies of The Herald. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWOLFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3722/7200 - Release Date: 03/15/14 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KYWOLFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tim, I really enjoyed that letter. Thanks for sharing! Lynda Combs Gipson -----Original Message----- From: Timothy J. Barron <tim@timbarron.net> To: kywolfe <kywolfe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Mar 16, 2014 5:36 pm Subject: [KYWOLFE] Letter to Editor from March 27, 1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald Herald After encountering the following letter to the editor in the March 27, 1891 issue of the Hazel Green Herald, I could not resist transcribing it and sending it out here to the list. Timothy J. Barron tim@timbarron.net http://timbarron.net A Letter from Texas: A Wolfe County Girl Tells Our Readers About Life in the West Floyd, Hunt County, Texas, March 14, 1891 Dear Mr. Editor - I am just a little homesick today and feel like writing a eulogy to my dear old mountain home in Wolfe, but it is the unpardonable sin for a person who came from the mountains to intimate that they are homesick to a Texan. When a Texan asks you where you came from, and you say from the mountains of Kentucky, the will twist their necks and say, "Aren't you so glad to get out of those horrid hills?" I have met very few native Texans. Most of the people in Hunt county same from the Middle Atlantic States. I was very much surprised at the country being so well improved. I had heard a great deal about the "Wild West," but it lacks a great deal of being wild. This is find farming country, and the muddiest place on earth when it rains. People frequently have to stop in the middle of the road and clean their feet. When they get mud on their feet so that they can't walk, they say they are "bogged." Cows and horses bog as well as people. The wind blows all the time here. There have not been any storms since we have been here, but we are living in a dread of the famous equinoxal storms that are so violent in spring. Well Mr. Editor, this is the land of bachelors. I am aiming my luck in trapping for one who lives just across the way from us, (but don't you tell papa or he will make me come home). If I am not successful I will be home in a short time. I am enjoying my visit finely. Don't let my Kentucky boys all marry while I am gone. Sallie E. Graham P.S. Please send me a few copies of The Herald. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWOLFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message