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By Keith Brownlow
Strange Stories, Amaz-
ing Facts of America’s
Past
Colorado Cannibal (He
was a miner named Alferd
(not Alfred) Packer) - The
snow was deep and the
weather bitter when 21
hopeful miners arrived
in Colorado in January
1874. Despite the advice
of a local Indian that they
delay their quest for silver,
Alferd Packer convinced
five of the men to follow
him into the San Juan
Mountains. Foolhardy
from the start, the expedi-
tion became lost and ended
in a crime so bizarre as
to boggle the mind; for
Packer was convicted of
murdering his compan-
ions and living off their
remains.
Some 65 days af-
ter starting out, Packer
strolled into an Indian
agency alone, with an
extraordinary tale about
being abandoned by the
others. When he later dis-
played a large wad of cash
and a gun belonging to one
of the miners, suspicion
flared. Finally he said that
the members of his party
had killed and eaten each
other one by one, until only
two remained: Packer and
Wilson Bell. One night,
he claimed, after a tense
stand-off, Bell attacked
him with a rifle butt, but
Packer prevailed and Bell
became his meal.
Jailed at once, Packer
escaped. The bodies were
soon found, and it was
clear Packer had killed
and eaten them all. It was
nine years before he was
nabbed, found guilty of
murder, and sentenced to
hang—the first person ac-
cused of cannibalism under
Colorado law.
“They was seven dim-
mycrats in Hinsdale Coun-
ty,” the judge is alleged to
have complained, “and ye
ate five of em.” Packer
avoided the gallows when
the law under which he was
sentenced was declared
unconstitutional.
Three years later, in
1886, Packer was retried
and sentenced to 40 years.
He left behind several me-
morials to his dubious
claim to fame. His vic-
tims’ remains are buried
on Cannibal Plateau, just
above Dead Man’s Gulch,
and a snack shop at the
University of Colorado is
called the Alferd A. Packer
Memorial Grill. Its most
popular item? The Pack-
erburger.
Books on Review
Title: Master of the Moun-
tain - Thomas Jefferson
and His Slaves
Author: Henry Wiencek
Is there any thing new
to say about Thomas Jef-
ferson and slavery? The
answer is a resounding yes.
Master of the mountain,
Henry Wiencek’s eloquent,
persuasive book—based
on new information com-
ing from archaeological
work at Monticello and
on hitherto overlooked or
disregarded evidence in
Jefferson’s papers—opens
up a huge, poorly under-
stood dimension of Jef-
ferson’s world. We must,
Wiencek suggests, follow
the money.
So far, historians have
offered only easy irony
or paradox to explain this
extraordinary Founding
Father who was an eman-
cipationist in his youth
and then recoiled from
his own inspiring rhetoric
and equivocated about
slavery; who enjoyed his
renown as a revolution-
ary leader yet kept some
of his own children as
slaves. But Wiencek’s
Jefferson was a man of
business and public affairs
who makes a success of
his debt-ridden plantation
thanks to what he calls the
“silent profits” gained from
his slaves—and thanks to
a skewed moral universe
that he and thousands of
others readily inhabited.
We see Jefferson taking
out a slave-equity line of
credit with a Dutch bank
to finance the building of
Monticello and deftly cre-
ating smoke screens when
visitors are dismayed by
his apparent endorsement
of a system they thought
he’d vowed to overturn. It
is not a pretty story. Slave
boys are whipped to make
them work in the nail fac-
tory at Monticello that pays
Jefferson’s grocery bills.
Parents are divided from
children—in his ledgers
they are recast as money—
while he composes theories
that obscure the dynamics
of what some of his friends
call “a vile commerce.”
Many people of Jef-
ferson’s time saw a catas-
trophe coming and tried to
stop it, but not Jefferson.
The pursuit of happiness
had been badly distorted,
and an oligarchy was get-
ting rich. Is this the quint-
essential American story?
Title: The End
Author: Mark Hitchcock
People are fascinated
with the future. Psychic
hotlines, tabloid news-
papers, and astrologers
make a living preying upon
people’s innate interest in
the future. But what does
the Bible say about it all?
The End lays out Bible
prophecy in a clear and
understandable way, pre-
senting both the plain,
commonsense meaning of
Bible passages and their
varying interpretations.
Among other important
concepts, this book will
take a look at: how to in-
terpret Bible prophecy; the
key prophecy passages in
the Bible; the importance
and benefits of studying
prophecy; the key events
and characters of proph-
ecy; the strengths and
weaknesses of the differ-
ent views on the Rapture,
the Millennium, and the
chronology of end times
events; and the questions
people ask about the end
times.
Mark Hitchcock is a
leading Bible prophecy
expert, author of more than
twenty books on the end
times, senior pastor, and
adjunct faculty member of
Dallas Theological Semi-
nary. He has appeared in
print, on hundreds of radio
programs, and on the His-
tory Channel, MSNBC,
FOX, Glenn Beck, and
CNN. Formerly an at-
torney, Mark thought his
career was set after gradu-
ating law school in 1984,
But after what Mark calls a
“clear call to full-time min-
istry,” he changed course
and went to Dallas Theo-
logical Seminary, complet-
ing a master’s degree in
1991 and a doctoral degree
in 2006. He and his wife,
Cheryl, live in Oklahoma
with their tow sons.
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the day the Lord has made.
Let us rejoice and be glad
in it.
Sorry I missed the last
couple of weeks. Things
just keep piling up. As I’ve
heard many times, “the
hurrider I go, the behinder
I get.” I’m sitting at my
desk on Monday and all I
can think of is “winter is
here.” Brrrrrr!! Thirty two
degrees on the back porch
this morning at sun-up!!
I call it pretty chilly, bor-
dering on cold, when little
ghosts and goblins haven’t
made their annual foray
for candy and the frost is
As far as I’m concerned,
happiness is a full propane
tank, a large woodpile and
a big pot of chili. Throw in
a stack of unread mystery
books (I made the Lriends
of the Library book sale in
Center last week) and life
just don’t get no better.
Did you see the train
last week? I hadn’t read
anything about it coming
but we were at the Post
Office in Tenaha when
we heard a train whistle
that sounded “different.”
(Believe me, we hear
enough train sounds every
day to know what they
that beautiful steam engine
appeared, pulling a string
of bright yellow passen-
ger cars. I hope everyone
had a chance to see it. It
brought back a flood of
good memories. Mother
and I rode a train from
Little Rock almost every
summer when I was a kid.
We rode to Marshal and
someone met us at the de-
pot there. I loved traveling
by train. Watching people,
both on the train and in the
towns we passed through,
seeing the countryside,
waving to people in cars
and the crossings, going to
I’m almost afraid to
say it, but I think our last
hummingbird turned out
the lights and locked the
door last Lriday, the twenty
sixth. I hadn’t seen any
hummers for two or three
days, then a flutter at the
one feeder Gene left up
caught my attention. He
acted like he would have
preferred something warm
to drink. It won’t be any
time till they return, though
.Our hummingbirds are
as good a calendar as the
swallows of Capistrano. In
fact, I just re-read the story
of the Mission at San Juan
visitors come from all over
the world on March 15 to
welcome the “scout” birds
and again on October 23
to give them a sendoff.
Maybe we should throw a
welcome back party in our
yard next March. March
12 is when Gene hangs the
first feeder, in case they
come early.
Like OF Man River,
October just keeps rolling
along. In fact, it just rolled
off the calendar. Lriday and
Saturday, November 2-3,
will be a good time to get
started on your Christmas
shopping. Those, are the
Pinecone and Mistletoe
Christmas Market at the
Windham Civic Center in
Center. The event ill be
reminiscent of Holiday
in the Pines in Nacogdo-
ches. The William Carroll
Crawford Chapter of the
Daughters of the Republic
of Texas is sponsoring the
weekend event. There’ll
be arts and crafts, food,
ornaments, bling, and door
prizes and a few surprises.
Come join the fun.
Until next week, this is
Maggie wishing you warm
fires, starry skies and lots
of hugs.
HomulIl Vapilli ChuhjcJt J\fcuu±
Linally, cooler weather,
sure feels good after all
those hot days. Now it's
time to prune, root and
transplant. It is for me
anyway. I like to do those
kind of things. I guess you
can say I'm a plant person.
Due to sickness and
reunions,our attendance
was down again this Sun-
day. We still had a good
service. On our prayer list
this week we put: Hilda
Pena, Betty Bailey, Julian
Peddy, Kristi Angelo, Keye
Harding, Mark Odom, Ev-
elyn Whetstone Lamily,
James Luman Lamily, and
Geneva Rowe Locke Lam-
ily. Mrs. Geneva has been
a close friend of our fam-
ily for long time. She was
always such a sweet lady.
Ryan Arwine, celebrat-
ed his birthday this week.
This Wednesday night,
will be our regular Busi-
ness Meeting. Rhonda is
working on our Christmas
Play. There will be practice
every Sunday Night after
service.
Bro. Keith's message
on Sunday morning was:
RELIGION IS GOOD
TO LIVE BY BUT NOT
GOOD ENOUGH TO DIE
BY. There is a difference
in religion and salvation.
John 3 first chapter, tells
us about the rich man that
came to Jesus, wanting to
know what he must do to
be saved, Jesus told him,
Football And Nylons
My daughter com-
plained about her nylons
twisting.
“I feel sorry for you
because you have to wear
those things.” I said.
She rolled her eyes.
“Dad, you don’t know the
half of it.”
I smiled. I remembered
back to the final high school
football game of the regu-
lar season. As we ended
practice, Coach called us
together for a team meet-
ing. “Men, we are in for
a tough game tomorrow.
Adding to the challenge,
the weather report predicts
snow. I want you to dress
warm. Wear a pair of your
mother’s nylons. Just make
sure it is one of her older
pairs and not a new one.
We don’t need any mothers
mad at us again.”
I laughed, thinking he
was teasing us about wear-
ing nylons, but no one
else even smiled. I asked
some of the other guys if
Coach was serious about
the nylons.
Lenny was first to reply.
“Of course he was. Nylons
help keep the moisture
away from your skin so
you don’t freeze as much
when all of your football
gear gets wet. And he was
serious about asking your
mother for an older pair,
"Unless a man be born
again he cannot see the
Kingdom of God." Luke
18:10, tells us of a Pharisee
and a Publican that prayed
to GOD. The 14th verse
says that for everyone that
exalteth himself shall be
abased; and he that hum-
bleth himself should be
exalted. In verse 18, there
was a certain ruler who
ask Jesus what he should
do to inherit eternal life.
When Jesus told him he
must give all he own to the
poor, to have treasures in
Heaven. He turned away
sadly And in Mark 5:25,
we read about the women
(a sinner) who just touched
the hem of Jesus's garment
and because of her faith
she was healed. There is a
too. Last time I took a pair
of my mom’s new ones,
and Coach got an earful.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Because they were too
baggy and torn for her to
wear after that.”
I watched the others for
signs that Lenny was trying
to pull a fast one on me, but
no one seemed the least bit
interested in our conversa-
tion. I still didn’t trust him.
I could remember Lenny
talking Sam into wearing
a supporter over his head
for a nose warmer at the
previous year’s first track
meet, claiming it would
enhance his performance.
I decided I would bring a
pair and watch to see what
everyone else did.
I considered every way
I could think of to ask my
mom for a pair without
sounding stupid. I consid-
ered going without, but the
thought of being soaked by
wet clothes didn’t thrill me.
Linally, I just came out and
asked her if she had an old
pair of nylons that I could
have.
“What do you need
them for?” she asked.
“Oh, just something at
school,” I replied.
She found an old pair
that had a run in them.
Once at school, I made
sure to keep them hidden.
I decided to wait to pull
difference in religion and
salvation. You can have
religion but you have to
prove your salvation.
On Thursday, We met
Joy, her sister Joan and her
Mother in Nacogdoches.
Mrs. Walton had an eye
appointment to get some
new glasses. We shopped
a little in Cato's, then to
Butcher Boys to eat. Vickie
wanted to try some of their
green fried tomatoes. We
were looking for a Poodle
skirt for Katy for 50's Day
at school. We didn't find
one, but did find something
that might work. This is
Homecoming weekend in
Tenaha. We came back to
Retha to play our game.
Until next week, may
God be with you.
them out until I made sure
everyone else was really
wearing some, too.
It finally came time to
get ready for the game. I
watched as Lenny whipped
out a pair of nylons and
started to wriggle his way
into them. Lenny’s mom
was small and slender.
Lenny was about the size
of a small, fat truck. Seeing
the nylons stretch around
him helped me see why his
mom would have been mad
when he used her new pair.
As others began put-
ting some on, I took mine
out of my locker, and self
consciously started the
process. The hair on my
legs rolled and pinched as
I tugged and pulled, and
when they were finally in
place, they made my legs
itch. It made me grateful
I wasn’t a girl having to
wear them all of the time.
When Lenny turned to
look at me, he said exactly
what I was thinking about
him. “Howard, you look
like an absolute idiot.”
“After all of this we
better win this game,” I
grumbled back.
My daughter’s words
brought me back to pres-
ent. “Dad, you men should
have to wear some just so
you know what it’s like.
I smiled. “Yeah, I guess
we should.”
Hello everyone, I hope you are all enjoying this pretty cool weather we are having, I
enow I am. My Mom use to tell everyone that when she came to my house she always
lad to wear a jacket, be it summer or winter, because I kept it cold enough to hang
neat in. I don't think I kept it quite that cold, but I do like the cold better than the heat.
On that note lets do some soups to warm us up some. Soups are a favorite of mine.
CHEESY CHICKEN CORN SOUP
2 cans (14 1/2 oz. ea.) chicken broth
1 can (10 oz.) diced tomatoes and green chilies, undrained
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
2 cups frozen com
11/2 cups water, divided
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
Dash pepper
1/2 cup flour
1 lb. process American cheese
In a large pan, combine the broth, tomatoes, chicken, corn 1 cup water, onion and
tepper. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes or until corn
s tender. Combine flour and remaining water until smooth; stir into soup. Bring to
i boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat to low; stir in the
'heese until melted. About 2 quarts
QUICK BEAN SOUP
1 med. onion, chopped
2 med. carrots, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
2 cups water
2 cans (15 oz. ea.) navy or great northern beans
1 can (28 oz.) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 lb. smoked sausage, cut into slices then halved
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1/2 tsp. paprika
1/2 tsp. marjoram
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. pepper
Combine carrots, onions, celery and water in large pan. Bring to a boil; boil 5
ninutes. Add the remaining ingredients; mix well. Heat through, (about 2 1/4 quarts)
WHITE CHRISTMAS CHILI
1 lb. dried navy beans
6 cups turkey or chicken broth
1 cup chopped onion
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tsp. white pepper
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. curry powder
1/4 tsp. cumin
2 lbs. turkey or chicken breast, cooked & cubed
1 can (15 1/4 oz.) white sweet com
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Chopped green and sweet red peppers, optional
Place beans in a large pot; cover with water. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes.
Remove from heat and soak for 1-4 hours or until beans are softened. Drain and rinse
leans; return to the pan. Add broth, onion, garlic and seasonings. Cover and simmer
’or 1 1/2 hours or until beans are tender. Add turkey and com; simmer for 15 minutes.
\dd cream just before serving heat through. If desired, garnish individual servings
vith peppers, (about 3 quarts)____
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