Tuesday, April 8, 2014

04-03-1924

Mrs Caroline J. Peterson
R.F.D. #2  Box 17
Logan Utah.

Mrs F.H. White
1624 Lincoln Street
Berkeley
California

                                                            N. Logan Utah R.F.D. #2 Box 17

                                                                        April 3rd 1924

My own and dear Baby Louise White,

            We have heard from you every day this week or had something you have sent us, I am sure short of laimg [?] vich [which] to express my gratitude to you but I thank you a thousend times for it all and I will never forget you in my prayer asking the Lord to bless you I been thinking when I shall wear all thoose pretty aprons I think I shall put the one with the pauay [?] or your work on away and what I found in the pocket I shall use for Temple clothing if you been here when I recived the parsel and cried all after noon thinking it will soon be a year since you went to Berkeley.

            Soo you went to Idora Park I am glad I been there so when I read about it I know what it looks like I bet thoose San Fransisco children enjoyed themselves I read a pis [piece] about it in the chronicle that we got from you yesterday, Arthur was so pleased to get a letter from you all addrasses to himself and as he sat and held the rosebud you sent and looked at and blinked he said Well next fall I am going to California. the poor dear kid, it is sure true what you said about him smiling when it is hard to smile yeas it is very hard for any body to smile when your hart feels like it is ready to break. yesterday he went down below Smithfield to a place named King to work for a man by the name of Smith and it seemes very lonesome without him here to day but mebe he vont stay there very lone he did not like to go I could tell.

            I am sorry to hear about the animails taken or having such bad deasiases [diseases] I hope that the rabbi dogs will be watched I think the rabbie is worst then the foot and mouth deasiase on the account that when a rabbied dog bites a person they are liable to be rabbid to I hope that none of it comes here.

            It is now 1 45 p m and I can almost tell what time it is without looking at the clock I have been buissy all morning, after I had my coffee I churned, then I replanted some of my houseplants, I guess I killed them then I picked over 5 bushell off apples, then I sorted the clothes ready to wash, then I made the beds, washed the dishes and swept and then I got dinner and so when the dinner was on cooking I started to write this letter but I could not finish it before dinner

            I am glad when I can keep on my feet doing something then I dont get so lonesome as I do when I am to tired to go on, when I have wrote this letter to you and one letter to Grace then I shall wash the dishes again and then I shall look over some curtains and saw them up or patch them before I wash them and get them ready if or when I houseclean, I am trying to keep upp the work but I can always find or see more work than I can do I have butchered a lot of rags this winter and I have kept on patching so mebe so if you come home you will be surprised when all my rag sacks are all gone but I know you will find a lot of dirt and rags without them rag saks.

            It was sure good that it come rain in California we have now had two sunny days but now the wind is blowing and it is clouding upp I guess it will as usual storm for Salt Lake Conference. I like to have gone to Malad now when Abie is gone before the planting garden time comes but I dont know if I can go or not but I shall try my best and not say any thing to Grace so if I can go I shall surprise her. I have a few more questions to ask but I wait with them untill you have answered all them dozen questions I have before asked.

            If you see Mrs Afleck tell her thanks for remember me and tell her hello I feel so sorry she got to be sick so much. Have the Hendersons been to see you? to bad Mrs Israelson dont feel very good.

            I am so thankful to hear Floyd takes you and goes with you to church I know if you are faithful the Lord will hear and answer your prayer.

            I hope you are well, give my love and best wishes to Floyd, I hope I can see him again some day before I passes away. your Dad is pretty good he had a terrefick apetite and I am so tired of having the coffee pot on the stove all the time to keep warm for him ha ha I dont mean it.

            will close thanking you again for everything. God bless you and Me and everybody, so long with lots of love to you my dear Daugther Lou from your Mother Caroline J. Peterson.

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