Name/Title
AU Harris, Joseph Hastings - 1900-07-25 letter to Bertha Elizabeth (Lambert) HarrisEntry/Object ID
1990.1.165Context
[Postmarked Dayton, Ohio, JUL 25, 00 8:30 P.M. to Mrs. J. H. Harris, Box 344, Westerville, Ohio. Encl. receipts for clothing and shoes, postcard from Ira Lambert, postcard from S. E. Shull]
Dayton O. 5 P.M.
July 25, 1900.
My Darling Wife
While my "taters is a cooking" I will write a few lines in reply to yours of recent date. I am well and getting along all right. Received a card from Ira today saying that he would be at Westerville next Mon. and would like to see us there. I answered him at once and told him you would be there. Of course you have my letter written last Sun. which answers your question about coming home. If you get home-sick, come home certainly, but if you are enjoying your stay do not think of coming home now. I will get along all right. You are welcome to stay until Aug 12, if you both feel well. Come sooner if you like. If anything occurs to make it necessary for you to come I will write you.
Have a good visit with all the folks as nearly as possible. Is Lucy coming home this summer?
You must be out of money are you not? The foreman failed to get my name on the list which he gave to Hasket and this accounts for the delay. I will probably not get it this wk now but will send some as soon as I get it. Don't think of coming home this wk. I know you want to be here and if you could be here and at the same time enjoy your visit there it would suit me first rate, but now is your chance for a good visit and I would not think of having you come home before you are ready because there is no reason why I cannot get something to eat in this town. I did not send washing away as it is not much needed. Will send it next wk if you think best. The enclosed card is self-explanatory.
Two of the boys are working at the church. The rest of us are at the brick-yard. They are setting stone on tower now so some of us will soon go there I presume.
You might write to Mrs. Shull.
It rained so much today we did not work.
Your loving husband,
J. H. Harris
Say, Paul! When papa was in the cellar today he found a little bit of a mousie in a basket so he set a stick down and it caught the poor little mousie's foot, and poor little mousie just cryed and cryed [sic] for his mamma to come and […] him, but his mamma was afraid and and left the poor little fellow all by his alone. Janet thinks you are staying a long time. Say! What do you think of Grand-pa? Isn't he a big fat man though. I 'spect he likes little boys like you. You must be careful not to holler too loud. You can holler a little if you want to, but not too loud. What do you think of these big aunts? They are nice, but not as nice as mamma are they?
You must have a nice visit and go and see Uncle Otto and Aunt Lora. If you see Pres Sanders tell him you are coming to college after a while. Uncle Ira in his card called you the "young governor," but you don't care just so they do not call you "too late for dinner." Be good to mamma and come home after while.
Papa.
