07-09-1924

Mrs C.J. Peterson

R.F.D.#2 Logan Ut.

            Box 17.

Mrs F H. White

1624 Lincoln Street

Berkeley

California

            N. Logan Ut. R#2 Box 17

                        July 9^th 1924

My dearest Daugther Louise

            It is 5 p m your Dad and I just had our afternoon coffee and so I will now write to you I thaugth {thought]  mebe I would hear from you to day but I or we didnt. We recived a letter from you a few days ago and I thank you for it it is like a sermon to me that been preached by the inspiration by the Holy Spirit I have carried it the letter I mean in my apron pocet [pocket] untill I have made it dirty and nearly wore out I mean the envelope the real letter is all rigth. every time I have read the letter I have sougth for a where I could kneel down and pray to the Lord in sectret [secret] and I pray that the Lord will inspire us what is best for us to do for Arthur. Your Dad he says that Arthur is to young to be in the real armei & Joe says No and to let him stay and I do not know, but Trust that the Lord in His alvise [all wise] way will hear and answer our prayers.

            I guess Joe arrived in Berkeley yesterday and is now back on the Ship again. I feel that you was some what dissappointed because Joe did not had anything with him to give you from home I  had two chickens pened up for a whole week when Joe was in Malad  that I intended to kill and send to you when Joe vent but Pa, Grace, and Joe said and thaugth [thought] it be to hot weather and the[y] would spoil before you got them so I let the chickens loose and will save them see if it be cooler weather when you go back after you been home Joe would not even take a launch [lunch] for himself to eat on the read. it is so much hoter weather here this year than it was last year when Joe was home and when he went back.

            Grace went back to Malad yesterday at 1 30 p m I wished she could of stayed longer but she could not as she had fruit ordered and had to go home and take care of it before it would spoil Well theere is always something Irene was to at all sick so when she begin to brake [break] out it was thaugth [thought] she had Mosquitea bites. Dallie [Darold Johnson] had made up his minde to stay here with us and wait for you but when his Mother got ready to leave he got into the car and went with her. I held my breath 2 minutes when you said for me to guess who came and lie down at your feet at the Neptune Beach and I know I held it much longer when you said who it was I would have been scared he would strike me with his strong fist as I would not depend on him. What did he have to say to you any way. I guess he was at home with you girls when he found out you was from Utah.

            I see you have Vanetta King in the Oakland Branch she have written to her folks and told them about the Relif Sosity [Relief Society] being to Neptune Beach and told them that she saw you there well I shall now go to work and write more to morrow I have a lot of little pullets that needs my care and so fort [forth] and so on.

            Thursday 11 a m  I been outside all morning whoeing [hoeing] and weeding in the garden but I could not stay with it untill I got done as it is to warm already yet to day so I will finish writting this letter. We had some breif [brief] thunder storms last Sunday & Monday evenings but very little rain with it and so all the good it done was to make theese windows good and dirty after I just washed them. I am glad to know you go to Church even if I dont have a change [chance] to go very often in now days. I am real lonesome for to hear a good sermon.

            Theere is a epedimic of brainfever going around on children and theere is some of them children it has or had it that have died from it Annie and F.O. are scared that their children will get it as some of their neabors [neighbors] children is sick the Drs claims it is this dry and hot weather that is the cause of it. Golden Nyman Junior is on the improve now but not able to be up and around the[y] have had four Drs for him it has been a strange & piculiar [peculiar] case and very hard to understand and to know what to do for it.

            Your Dad is not feeling so well to day the water stopped on him again last nigth so he had to use the tub to draw it and it makes him weak. he sits the [there] most of the time in the front of the house or where ther [there] is shade. I feel pretty much the same all the time and I am thankful for it. I hope you are well and happier every day.

            It is now 12 30 time for to fix some thing to eat so I will close I suppose we will get the Chronicle to day and mebe so a letter to. telling us when you will come give my Love to your own dear Floyd and you exept [expect] an arm full of Love hugs & kisses from your own dear Mother

                                    Caroline J. Peterson.