The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 183
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The Reminiscences of Mirs. Dilue Harris.
no church to attend. I was in my twelfth year and had not heard
a sermon since Easter '33, when I was in New Orleans. We had
been disappointed the Christmas before in our expectation of going
to a ball at Henry Jones' and seeing the steamer Yellowstone. The
boat ran down the river a few days before the battle of San Jacinto,
and the Mexicans tried to 'catch it with their lariats. The Yellow-
stone had gone to New Orleans.
August, 1836.
August came, but it seemed as if September never would. Our
school was doing well, and several young men had entered, among
them Leo and Jack Roark, Moses and James Shipman, Mr. Calder
and Harvey Stafford.
Mr. Stafford had gone back to the United States. His wife was
to return to Texas in the winter and take the slaves back to Eastern
Texas. There was a prospect for plenty of corn in our neighbor-
hood, but no cotton, as there was no cotton gin. Father said there
would be good crops of both corn and cotton raised near Brazoria
and Columbia.
One ,of father's St. Louis friends, Mr. Gillette, was visiting us.
His wife was a sister of Ex-Governor Henry Smith's wife. Mr.
Gillette's wife died while we were in St. Louis. He had two little
children, a boy named Edwin and a girl named Martha. Mother
took care of the children till they were sent to married sisters in
Kentucky. We were glad to see Mr. Gillette, especially since he
had seen mother's father three months before, while we had not
heard from St. Louis in three years. It was a great satisfaction to
hear from our friends.
September, 1836.-An Election.
The first of September was Monday. The election held then was
the
All things come to him who waits. The barbecue, ball, and elec-
tion were at Mr. Dyer's, near our house. The people dame from
different settlements and several of our Harrisburg friends were
there. William Harris and Robert Wilson were judges and Clinton
1This is a mistake. September the first, 1836, came on Thursday.-EDI-
TOR QUARTERLY.183
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