Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — FROM OKLAHOMA. [ARTICLE]

FROM OKLAHOMA.

Carney, Oklahoma, Eeb. 4,1903. Ed. Democrat:—Your welcome paper is a weekly visitor at my sister's home. Thinking perhaps a brief sketch of m> trip ana of this section of the country will be of interest to my friends and the readers of The Democrat, 1 will write you a few lines regarding the same. 1 left Wolcott Dec. 29, at 9 a. m., and our traiuwaited an hour and ten minutes at Eflner, then ran on toChenoa, 111,, where 1 waited from 2 p. m. till 2a. m , for the train to St. Louis Arrived there at Ba. m.; and stai 1 until 1:30 p. m , then took the train lor Sappol, where I again chatided cars at 3a. m. It was dark and raining hard. Arrived at Wellston at 8 a. m„ New Year’s day, and had to hire a rig and drive out to sister's. t here had been a wreck on .he road, and in place of getting through in two days and one night, 1 was two days and two nights. Last night was the coldest it has been smce I have been here, freezing some. Ever\hody is plowing fer oats and cotton, The cotton.is not near all picked; it was so wet in the fall that it did not open. It has not been so cold but a man could work outside in his shirt sleeves every day last month. My sister has kept milk in the milk box out in the yard all winter; it froze some last night. Respectfully,

MARGARET BEAVER