Arbon
Idaho
My Dear Dear Dadie
How are you to day Annie just went for a bucket of water Avery is to
Franks place and I am all alone in the house it is 6 in the evening by the
clock I have wrote to your Pa and to Minnie this morning and I shall write
this letter to you and one to Lovis and to Ellen before I go to bed for I like
to have it ready for to be mailed in the morning for if it not rain we shall
walk up to Franklins in the morning
June
the 1st
Thanks for your letter wich was written May 20 and also for
the little note you sent in with your Pas letter. I guess you heard or will
hear that I been to Jenens a working for over a week and I am migthy tired to
day I feel like my legs are twisted and my arms to and there is something the
matter with my head but I dont know what it is there is no name for that
desiace [disease] only crazyness I
guess. Annie was mad when I promised to go up there but I thaugth a week or 10
days will sure go and it is past I got along fine only I got so tired Mrs
Jenson had me do lots of work while she had me there Annie done the washing.
Thanks for
all the news. soon Annie Adolph has the honer to take the two Miss Petersons to
dance well well what about Professor Nilson and other hum hum. Well dear
Grace have a good time but beware of the belly ache helpers is Bertha
working in the Bakery yet. Last sarturday evening Frank came down to Annies and
so Mrs Jenson said if Frank will he can take Jensons budlow [or ludlow] and their möres and
we will all go to meeting so Mrs Jenson and her children Frank and all of us
went in Jensons budlow [or ludlow] it
was a big but grand load. but Don could not find the möres so we had two
others of Jensons horses the meeting was over to Will Ferguson we had a real
good Sunday school and meeting to the next meeting will be at Joe Bensons but I
do not know if we can go we been thinking of going to Arthur next Sunday it is
his birthday the 6 of June. I saw Arthur to Fergusons last Sunday he came down
here to see me but he went home when the meeting started Vance Walker and
Barret spoke the spoke about Decoration of our deads graves but not only strew
flowers after we are dead but strew flowers while we yet live.
I am so
thankfull you are all well and that you live is spared for I consider your life
was in danger when that fire broke out in the Drugstore I heard of it a couple
of days after it hapened I belive Brother King told it and I thaugth then Oh
dear I hope Grace was alrigth but I bet if Grace was to her room she had a
scare, but I have not heard any more about it untill you mentioned it in your
letter and was glad you got away with only a scare
Well Grace
your Pa has ordered me home in the Middle of June but I do not know if I will
come that soon but I want to come home so to take care of the raspberrys it is
affell how time fly in this country I have not seen your sweethart yet but I
like to seen him I guess I will have to walk over to Numleys a purpose to see
Him before I go back to Logan, Do you ever see Jennie Olney and Mary Nilson or
Anna Nora.
Joe Swenson
and Albert the got a new bugge the come pass here real often Joe is on studie
with Mrs Hardman he even comes and takes her to meeting he did last Sunday.
Do you hear
from Mr Gust Johnson and how he is getting along with his land I bet he will
find it is a little harder to handel than the dough. How is Mors Ohlin hope she
is better by now tell Mase halloo from me and John Ohlin and my little måg
Adolph.
Well I
guess I will close asking you to write soon let Pa and Minn
Tell the Gunmarson hallo for me and Bertha to Grace I dont
understand Alfonso or Alfoursoosoi tell me what it means
Hope Max dont care if I adrass Joesphs letter in there box
but I do that so he is more sure to get it [?]
the little dear Joe and Hay for me
[A little note included
in the envelope with the above letter.]
It is now
Tuesday the 1st of June I would like to stayed in bed and slept but
this bed is so hard I gets up verry earley acking all over Annie she is asleep
she can sleep more than any body I have seen yet.
I bet
little Verna is cute I am so glad you gave her a nice dress and how good Ada
Will
Ferguson had bougth him an Automobile I saw it it is a nice car you bet the
went to Buce [Boise] last sarturday
nigth to a dance in the new Auto. Franklin and Annie and Avey sends their best
regard to you so long by—by x—x
Mamma.
[On the other side of
small note is the following:]
Dear Grace I can’t imagen what is thes matter out here this
year I have not seen Jim yet. well I guess its be cause I have been sick and [?] been away from home evey much. I
have only been to Franks once since I came out here and it will soon be two
month. well Brace every body say jim is getting silley so I guess I better not
see him. there was a piice in the paper about him comiting sucide just a little
joke becauce he acks so funny I guess . well Grace I wonder if you place do one
thing for me. will you buy me a tittie surpoter and mail it to me and I settle
with you in the year 20,00 Ha. Ha. size 42
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