Marion County GaArchives News.....Letter fto the Patriot from Rev. R.L. Wiggins February 7, 1902
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The Marion County Patriot February 7, 1902
The Marion County Patriot
February 7, 1902
Page Three

Letter from Brother Wiggins

Mr. Editor:

Two years served to tie us on to Buena Vista and its people, so that we still
feel bound.  The Patriot, therefore, is serving us weekly with a spread of the
news that interests.

We wonder at some changes, and ask what shall we see next.  There seems be a
general stir in the town, and we hope it means new life and a more prosperous
future.  For some reasons we feel specially attached to Buena Vista and
therefore, whilst we feel interested in all the places we serve as pastor and
wife, we feel specially so in that place.

So, when the Patriot comes we each try to get it first, but whichever gets it
the other one listens while that one reads the news from our old home.

We have no local paper here – the first time we have every lived where no paper
is published – and that makes us feel a little lost or behind, but we get the
daily Journal about noon instead of 10 o’clock a.m. So we are only two hours
behind Buena Vista.  And in this instance it suits me exactly, as I devote the
mornings to study and don’t care to break into the morning with even the
Journal, which has become our household newspaper – the cleanest and best of
them all.

We find ourselves very pleasantly situated in a roomy and very well furnished
parsonage, which the ladies (God bless the ladies) had overhauled, painted
within, and had the yards thoroughly cleaned.  Then prepared enough for several
meals, stored a supply in the pantry and had one of their number at the
parsonage to welcome us to our new home.

The stewards increased their assessment for the pastor and assured me they will
pay it, and a brother at each point has put a horse and top buggy at our service
whenever we need them.

Have received many kind expressions of welcome and the belief that we will have
a good year.

I find many elegant people and all are clever and appreciative.  Hence, you will
not be surprised when I say I have gone to work in earnest, and am laboring in
the hope of a successful year’s work.

Have received three grown persons on profession and trust we will have a large
ingathering during the year.

We are praying for Brother Arnold to have a good year there.  Kind regards to all.

Yours truly,
R.L. Wiggins





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