Comments on: Without Purse or Scrip in Texas: 7 February – 18 February 1901

By: Dustin

Dustin — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:04:06 +0000

I presume he means something different by the “blue book” than our elders mean today

By: WVS

WVS — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:00:29 +0000

Always interesting. Black those shoes!

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:58:51 +0000

He must have been smarter about how much tobacco he used. I’m glad he felt better.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:24:19 +0000

I won’t make you wait a week to find out, Carol. This is all he says about his health the next morning: “The rag that I put on my breast loosened my cold considerable. I was feeling much better.”

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:41:54 +0000

An old cowboy gave me that remedy once for a swollen knee. It worked, but I had a horrible nicotine headache the next day. I want to know if he did.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:35:38 +0000

I looked ahead, Edje, and the poor man doesn’t mention a bath for quite a while — in fact, the first relevant statement is about “a good wash” on February 28! Let’s hope there were a lot of unmentioned sponge baths in the meantime!

By: Edje Jeter

Edje Jeter — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:03:16 +0000

“I asked Bro. Hodges for a flannel rag, some grease and tobacco, and I put it on my breast and felt much better the next morning.”

Maybe he felt better, but I bet I’d want a bath.