09-17-1923

From Mrs C. J. Peterson

R.F.D. #2 Logan Utah.

            Box 17.

Mrs F. H. White

2618 Durant Ave

Berkeley

California

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

                        Sept 17—1923

My dearest Daugther Lovis

            Ever since last Sarturday when I recived your letter written on Sept 12 have I been writing to you in my thougths so you know if I could remember it all it would be one of the longest letter you ever have recived but as I can not remember anything of late I will now only write what comes to my mind now. I feel awful lonely and lost this morning as this being the firt season I have not had one to help and to send to school since your br Arthur started school at 6 years of age the District schools comensed this morning.. at 8 15 a m here came our New Teachers walking pass Hughes and upp to the schoolhouse it made me feel awful lonesome for the Nebekers. I guess Elvira begun school to this morning at Madera Calif. I gave her Pappa her card. I miss Elvira very much and I feel all the time as if I just got back into the house from being to a funeral & burried one of my dear children. FO & Annie came out home last sarturday evening stayed over nigth and went home last evening at 7 p m F.O had a big pot roast, and grapes with him and so we had a very naice dinner yesterday Louis he talks pretty plane now I can understand nearly all he says he has a much better appetite now then he just to have so he has picked up wonderful. Shirly she stands all alone now but at times she looses her balance and sits down pretty hard it almost sounds as if a 50 # flour sack drops over, she have a lot of teeth in her mouth and she looks so cute when she smiles. Annie is thinner then ever she has such awful time with her teeth. F.O. is fine he is the same Joseph of old he never misses a day coming home to see how we are and if nothing else he brings us a newspaper.

I called to see Myra last Friday evening but she was not at home so she called me upp this morning she said she had written to you but rec no answer she said she teaches in the afternoons and wants to see me she got a lot to things to tell me so mebe so I will go and see her to town any way to bay a present for Loveene Wilhelm the are going to have a shower on her to morrow afternoon, the mean girl she went and got married in July not letting her parents or any one else know about it untill about a week ago it kreeped out from some one, her parents feels awful bad her mans name is McAllick a son of thoose Drunkards so no wonder at her parents feeling bad and he been compared with Fred Roskelley. I called to the Bank last Thursday and I talked to Annie Peterson for a few minutes she was awful buissy she told me you had a good man and that she had a good visit with you while she was in Berkeley, I see you been attending Relif Sosity Meeting I did not think the Californians bothered to cut and sew quiltblocks.

I have told you before in this letter that I was to town last Friday afternoon I called on Mrs Gorge Smith at West Center st she is the Supervisor for the Domestic Art at the Cache County fair wich is to be Sept 25-26-27—1923, I took min märk duk with me and asked her if that would be worth to be send in to the fair and she yeas sure that is a fine pis of work and it is not only the work but how it have been proteckted and kept for 50 years is wonderful, Mrs Smith advised me to have it pressed & put in a frame with deep green cloth at the back of it so I got it to Larson now to framed I shall ask Mrs Smith to write the ticket and put on it before it goes into the fair. Well one or two more things will I tell you about what happened last Friday on my way home and when I came to 9^th North I heard a woman talking but I could not see her her voice sounded familiar to me and as I drove on who was not the woman but Nellie Ceerrum Peterson she is here to be confined her man and her little boy is here to I did not have a change to talk to them very much because theere was an electric storm comming up from the West and going east I drove on as fast as I could but before I got to Bergesons the ligthning got awful strong so I drove in to Bergesons and stopped untill the storm passed by I did not got home untill 7 p m your Dad sat on the stepp awaiting for me, Nellie is stopping at her Fathers place so I shall call on her some of theese days. the dear poor soul, she said she is going back to Oakland as soon as she gets well she said for me to send you her best love.

I will ask you to excuse me for just writting such a short not to you last time but I thaugth I put so much good reading in the envelope so it would make up for it. I will put or enclose a card I thaugth mebe you like to see the shops wheere your Br F. works you made remarks off or about your letters not apear respecktable being written with a pencel the are alrigth I am sure but what about mine then I been so ashamed off them big envelopes, but if you will excuse me I will only use one more of them or when I send a card and at other times try to use some half way desent writting material. I will close with ever so much Love your mother Caroline J. Peterson

PS. Do you see or hear any thing off Joe

[Letter from Edward Peterson included in envelope.]