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Gustavas Nov 15th 1900
My dear boy,
Thurs eve , and if you get
a letter from home this week [i'll] have
to begin one. Well yesterday and today
have been quite wintery quite a
change. Yesterday Linius helped
Papa cut wood, has been almost
impossible to get anyone to work.
Mr. Jones has been down to _____
Js[?] to work for sometime . Mrs
Johnson has been ______ around visit-
ing but has not even called here.
You have heard from Aunt ______
haven't you ? She said in one of
her letters she had written to you.
You must try to answer it ______.
She is enjoying herself real well.
I do hope she will get rested and
feeling better . The weather has been
very nice for her so far until now.
Elmer is preparing for literacy
or what? Well, what do you do for
thanksgiving? Do you day at H.
think we will keep the day as usual.
It is our turn this year to enter-
tain and will do so if we do and
make much of spread . Wish you
could be here. Do not know what
we will have yet . Chicken ______ or
Turkey . I told our folks we
we would have turkey for Christ-
mas when you come but Elmer
says he rather have chicken _______.
Do you hear from Katie P. I told
_____ to _____ . I must write to her
you know she wrote me a letter
last spring after she were here.
________. Lanzo was _______. He has
to talk about Seneca. He thinks
a good deal of you . Alex voted
for Mc Kinley all right [?] Bert _______
did too and Daddy was quite put
out about it . he says.
I think bedtimes that student
______ the _______ and very ________ . He
would wish he had not made
eny[any] bets.
We think of butchering
next week, the pigs are fat and
we are out of meat so if we
can get the work done it is the
best to do . Our [l]ittle pigs are nice
and liveley _______ little boys –
just right to _______.
Come and ______ ______ the vine .
It is lying over a _______ ready
for you. I thought it would
never be brought into the house.
The geraneums[geraniums] were budded and
some blossoms when they _______
_______ in the cellar last week.
Wish you had some of the
apples. They are ______ first.
To day we were looking over
your check. The $85 one the
six months will be _____ the 22nd
and the others some time in Jan.
Papa thought best not to do
enything[anything] until that day and
then send so you would get
it by the time you wanted it
and let the other $25 be until the
need some before that to use .
He will send some. Let him know
if that will do. We thought by
what you wrote you did not
have to have it until the 26th .
He has got to go to R this week
as we are just ______ for ________
y —_______ he has got one cent
______ has not even a price of one
and Elmers ______ he has 2 cents
so he will be the one to mail
this letter as _____ as I have not
even a penny. I hope you are
not as hurt _____. Carrie Shipman
has given us his ______ only
taught the full term. ______ she
got into a ______ nest. Mary Lane
only has six [schollers? scholars?]. I should
think she would have plenty of
time. ______ Cochran came home
the Fri before Elections . Went back
the next Tues. They do not think
him much better. He wanted to go
back but he was so homesick
they did not dare keep him . longer
______ ______ . I fear he will never be
eny[any] better. I have your shirt all
done and will send it as soon
as we get some money. Been
waiting in _______ Wilson would
go out there. Thought bes t
and to have the cuffs laundered
and to have the cuffs laundered
for fear they would get broken
sending by mail. Hope you
will like it and it fits well .
If it keeps so cold you had
best put your flannels on .
Remember your flannels on .
Remember your foot blanket
if you need it. _____ _____
______ use every night .
Harry was over last evening. He is
as busy at work as usual. Said
Harry Smith and his father were
______ over Sunday . Went back
______ _______ came ______ to hunt-we
did not see them . Well ______ I
will say good night and finish[finnish]
in the morning.
Fri morn, eight o clock just got
through breakfast . Suppose you
are ready for reelections . Think
you must get up pretty early .
We had pancakes made of ________ with
a few . Now the boys are _______
around for school. A nice winter
morning. Wilsons says come out to
Literary night. I must fo and
put the ________. Now if you need
some money to use before that
is ready to send, let us know
Hope this will find you well.
Your loving mother
Anna Partridge