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Home, Dec 2nd 1877
Dear Cousin Ellen,
I will write you a few lines today, for I don’t know as I can improve this time better. We have had some pretty cold winter weather Calif. The first week in Nov we had snow about six inches deep, and it was very cold for a week, then the snow went off and it has been rainy and stormy and cold and all kinds of weather ever since. The weather has been so bad that we have not been to Avoca for nearly two weeks. it is something unusual for us for we usually go down once and sometimes twice a week.
They had another dramatic entertainment a little over a week ago but I did not go it was such bad weather. They are going to have another about Christmas that I am anxious to attend. I had a letter from Wilson two or three weeks ago, I am afraid he is not coming home this winter. I wanted him to come so bad and feel so disappointed about it. Tell Henry his address is Texas Creek Fremont Co. Colorado, he would be glad to hear from any of you for he often asks about you all. Tell Dave and Libbie I hope they wont get the Texas fever so bad as to take them out there, when any one is doing well I think it is poor policy to change.
Father received a letter a few days ago from Willie McCormick and we hardly know what to think of it. His letter was dated at Turner, and he said he had been working several years for a man and had not taken up his wages and now the man had failed owing him about three hundred dollars and he could not get a cent of it, and he was quite destitute for clothes &c and wanted us to send him some money he was working for his board and did not expect to earn anything this winter, do you know anything about him? you wrote to us once that he had left Turner and was quite dissipated. if you can find out anything about him I wish you would let us know and as soon as you can, for I want to answer his letter. do not let him know I have written.
I do not have very much to do lately, only my house work and that is not so very much. have not had many visitors for a few weeks the roads have been so bad. am afraid I shall get awful logy this winter. Father does not have much to do either – only his chores but they keep him quite busy. he has five cows that he milks yet, and eight hogs to feed and three horses, and I don’t know how many chickens, the horses stand in the stable so much that they feel lively when they get out. they will be just right to sleigh ride with when there comes good sleighing.
Father has taken up six hives of bees this fall and I expect we will be so sweet before spring we won’t know what to do with ourselves.
I received a letter from Martha a few days ago, shall write to her and Mary soon.Relationships
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