The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 123
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The -Rminiscences of Mrs. Dilue Harris.
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four children came riding in the cart, sitting on common chairs
with rawhide seats. After all the trouble the boys had, the young
lady did not dance, but sang and played 'the guitar. I did not go
to sleep that night, for I had not forgotten going to, sleep at our
first ball. Well, the pretty English girl was very much admired.
She was ,dressed in blue silk, with artificial flowers in her hair.
When daylight came, all went home wishing the night had been six
<months long.
May, 1835.
Our English neighbors concluded to move. 'They were all sick
and discouraged. Father advised them to go to California. Mr.
Stafford 'was to take them, for he had to send his wagon to Brazoria
for cotton gin machinery. 'The English had plenty of money, but
it was gold, and they couldn't change it. There was but little money
in the 'country. When the farmers sold their cotton, they did not
get much dry goods, groceries, powder, lead, and farming imple-
ments. Father .did not get much money for his practice. He
received cattle and hogs. A cow and calf passed for ten dollars.
Father bought ,oxen and a horse, and he said if he could get a wagon
he would be wealthy. ,We used the sleigh for visiting and light
hau~ling. (Father told the young men that when they wanted to
escort their sweethearts Ithey could have his sleigh and oxen.
The English emigrants went, and the boys were heart broken at
the ,departure of the pretty girl. My sweetheart, Williamn Dyer, was
true all the time. He was eleven years 'old and I was ,ten. He was
Mr. Dyer's eldest son, ,and' was the balbe in arms when Mrs. Dyer ran
from 'the Indians.
We were expecting to have a school soon. Mr. Henso n was to
open school the first of June. He was to begin with the girls and
small children, and as soon as the crops were laid by 'all the young
men were .to attend. 'Mrs. M refused to send her little girls if
Mr. A - 's children attended. 'Father said he would be glad if
A- would leave the neighborhood, as there would never be any
peace while he and Mrs. M both lived there.
June, 1835.-School and War.
School Icommenced the first of June. There were only ten pupils,
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901, periodical, 1901; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101018/m1/137/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.