Monday, April 7, 2014

10-12-1925

[No envelope with this letter. Written in pencil and difficult to read.] 

                                                            Logan Utah Oct 12—1925

My dear sweet Baby Lovis How are you and yours to day?

            Last evening or nigth rather as I had went to bed when F.O. came and told us Shirly was sick and Annie wanted me to come so I got up and come and so now I am down to Franks Shirley is not very sick Annie was expeckting for her to come down with yellow yanders but if she is she have not got it now both Shirly and Louis is sitting by me now a playing and telling me what to write to you Louis wanted a purse and Shirly a looking glass.

            I am very much behind in writting to you but if you plaese will have patience with me I shall try to catch up. I see I got your letter be4 the last letter along I meant to answer both at the same time but I forgot the last letter home I got nerveous when FO came and said Shirly was sick so I dod not even got an apron with me. I guess Grace in her letter to you answered some of thoose questions in my letter. Grace lives in the same yard as the Bakery only the house and the bakery is about 3 rods apart Grace has 3 nice rooms and is fixed up nicely they live rigth in the business block in the middle part of Preston and in the same place as when Minnie was sick.

            Irene is fine and as pretty as ever only a little thinner since she was sick with the yellow yanders, Irene was all well when I left and she was getting her apetite back. Their business I think is better than it was in the beginning. Yeas they have got their car painted. Darold is in the second grade and he is doing fine in school. yeas FO’s car is a Buick, and yeas they live in the same place.

            I am so glad you seen Joe and that he apear the same to you, theere have come two letters to Joe from Sidney the were addrassed to Joe in care of our full addrass and I have forwarded them to San Fransisco you askes me how I feel now I feel pretty good only I get tired to easely to but me I spoke to several to give me a job in the apples and the promise to give me word but I have not got any word and they are nearly through now so I guess no one wanted me in their apples, you tell Floyd I do not particular need to go off to work only I am greedy.

            we got two cows and one nice heafier the cows have give milk all summer but are drying now one of the cows will come in at the beginning of Feb and the other later the heafeir will come in during next summer I do not know just when. No we dont get any crop this fall from Banock the land is summer folliting [?] this summer I suppose P Sorenson will seed it this fall. I sent you a copy of a pis in the Malad interprise about the Oil well at Arbon and last week theere was another pis and I have copy it and are sending in this letter your Dad says mebe theese men is just a talking to help to sell stock, well the time will tell.

            I belive I got the pages off your two last letters mixed upp but the pages I manage to get with me last nigth I have now answered all only about the dieiting, your are lucky for not have to starve while dieiting but can have all thoose nice things to eat that lessens your weigth, no Grace is not dieiting but I heard her say she might as her leg is beginning to bother her now. I have a few things marked down on a pis of paper so to help me to remember what to write, so here it goes,

            yeas Lovis I find the lock of your hair It seemes as your hair will go gray early like mine did I had a lot of gray hair at 28 years of age and now when I get upp in the morning my hair looks all gray but my hair is coming out so I guess I will soon be bald that will be worse than gray hair. Frank been hurt by cranking a car at the garage the crank flue back and hit him above his left eye and made a big hole so it was nessary to have seven stitches taken he had a hard pain in his head at first but it is getting little better now every day.

            about two weeks ago—Delbert Ferguson and the inturban car at the Greenville spur and Delberts car was thrown down in a big hole and got smashed all up but Delbert escaped with only a few scratches the interurban car got of the track but run untill it had knocked down 7 tellephone pole and at last when it stopped it stood side ways none of the passengers hurt. you asked about Brigham and the Peaches well the most of the Peach trees froze dead every where last winter even our Birch tree froze and it is dead now. Our school teachers this year is Newel Crokston Principle, Lewell Kemp, and a Lamb girl from Hyde Park, they are having toilets put in the schoolhouse on the south side of your room.

            Vera let me read the book you gave her I enjoyed reading it, where do you bougth it I like to buy one like it for Abie for his birthday. I am afraid I have wrote too long a letter but I shall soon close X mas will now soon be here exuse me if I ask you what you are sending Grace for x mas I like to give her a fruit spoon like I gave you but as it is a different kind of silver to her set I like to ask you to let me know the name and the number off Graces silver sets she is beginning to get a start off. Annie got a nice fruit cake a baking in the oven O it smells good when it is baked then we shall have coffee & cake I want to go home this evening but the folks vont let me Shirly is feeling better and they are all well so dont see any need of me staying here when I got a lot of work home to do.

            Our taxes are so very high this year not only our but every bodys but I think we shall be able to pay ours when Biship Kemp payes us well I guess theere is mail for me at home this afternoon and if it any from you I shall answer it soon and then your other letter. I forgot last evening, Annies sis Cora and her husband is going to the Temple next Wednesday and be sealed as man and wife and have all the children sealed to them I am to let them lend our clothes and as I have 3 suits I like to go if I can russell a ride in to town that early in the morning, Vilda and Mahala works at Jensons confecktionari and they go by our place at 8 10 am to work in their big car so mebe if I ask Emma I can go in with them. Give my love to Floyd and thank him for his letter I get glad when I see his writing.

            so long with all kinds of love from your Mother

                                                                        Caroline J. Peterson

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