The Paris News from Paris, Texas • Page 37

Rosalie Continued from 22 sent to Bogata. That seemed to the beginning of the end far Rosalie. Bogata, first named Maple Springs, started when the railroad touched tt to 1910 and has continued a steady progress today it is one of the most wide-awake small towns in Northeast Texas. No marble shaft, no 1 bronze memorial marks the homesite of the first aettler in old Rosalie. The Mewgent family in the first of which anyone has a record, according to a history of Rosalie written In 1939 by John N.

Gibson. Two other early families were the Humphries and the Harts. Indians roamed the section at that time, their presence adding a spice of danger to the hardships endured by the pioneers. In the late 1860s, Miss Eugenia Armstrong, spinster from Mississippi, started the first school in the Hart home. In 1870, she built a house of her own and taught in it.

The school grew and years later it was attended by students from Bogata, Clarksville, Johntown and other points in that area. Many of the students became prominent in state affairs later in life. The first cotton gin was built in 1871. Horses and mules provided the power, and about one bale a day was the capacity of the crude machinery. The first steam gin was built'by Sid Smith.

Two other gins were built later, by a Mr Holder and a Mr. Walker. Roligous services probably were held in homes during the early days of the community, for Mr. Gibson's history records the first preaching by a Rev. McCulioch, a Baptist preacher who held several services under an old mill shed in the community.

The first Method- isl preacher was the Rev. L. F. Palmer, who preached every first Sunday while the Rev. McCulloch preached every fourth Sunday.

The same preaching days are said to be kept by both denominations. The two churches were built some time between 1870 and 1880 The Baptist Church is still on the same lot. It was wrecked several years ago and built back In 1936. The old Methodist Church building was torn down in 1923 and a new one built. Old timers in the Rosalie community will tell you that Wayland, later to become Rosalie, was first established some distance from the present was located on the Dodd place.

The wime was changed to Rosalie because there was another Wayland, Texas, and the mail was always getting, mixed. ine lone store at Rosalie now is operated by Mr. and Clyde tfeu and they appear to have a good trade from residents of the area and passersby on the way to or from A gasoline pump stand now where once there was a hitching rack arid automobiles now roll easfly along the sandy roads where oxen once struggled to draw heavy loads to and from the early-day market at Rosalie. Maybe Rosalie has Uttle to show for a century of existence, but it its ur Pose and it has left its-brand upon the broad hip of Texas in supplying a way of life for the early settlers and In Question: I have heard about several different kinds of fescue grasses, including Kentucky 31. About how many kinds are there? B.

Powderly. Answer; Too many to enumerate 100 species. Some are annuals, some perrennials, some low, some tall, some coarse, some fine. Kentucky 31 is a tall specie. Question: You seem to think the Red River Valley is overflowing with milk and honey, cotton and money.

But I hit the ball from sunup 'to sundown and never quite get out.from under the mortgage. What's cooking besides your big" H. Lamar County. Answer: The brags are just appetizers. The Red River Valley offers an eight-course dinner on the ground dairying, beef cattle, poultry, hogs, cotton, corn, vegetables, specialty crops.

There are more, of course, including honey and sorghum molasses. Just what kind of bat are you hitting the ball with, anyway? Question: What is sheet lightning and how does it differ from other lightning? S. Red River County. Answer: Sheet or heat lightning is the same as other lightning. They are popular names for the diffused reflection of lightning produced by a distant thunder storm.

What the observer sees is a distant light projected like a motion picture on high clouds. Of course "white lightning" is something else. It kicks instead of strikes. Question: Are there such things as a "wet" moon and a "dry" moon? O. Honey Grove.

Answer: According to the V. S. Weather Bureau, the answer is "nope." But' many wise people argue otherwise. Indians used to watch the crescent moon before going on the warpath or on a hunting trip. If the horns of the moon were turned up enough so they could hang their bows or powder horns on them, they figured the moon was "wet" and they stayed iome and maybe baby sat.

If the moon was dry the Indians would go on a tear. Question: Just what is a bull bat? It is a distinct species or is it the male bat of any species? Roxton. Answer: The bull bat is the popular name for the nighthawk, though is also often applied to the whipporwill. The term is used in the sense of a large bat. (PARIS HEWS i nourishing a strong and progressive citizenship.

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