Mauston, Wis.
Feb. 17th, 1871
Dr. Benjamin
Dear Sir,
We are headed towards home and after two more concerts in
this state hope to enter Minnesota and reach St. Paul next week Friday. Remain there till the adjournments of the Legislature. Then after two days in Minneapolis return
home in Hassan Valley.
Dr., please see that John and the Dutchman put in the double
licks on the work: wood, logs, ice, wheat marketing. How much of the above have they already done?
This is a good time to rush the work
and if you are seen to be often there, something will be accomplished.
How about a RR down through our county? Has anything been done this winter for our
friend [1] Bonniwell in the Legislature or by the citizens out through
the kind of a decisive ____?
Please see what is wanted at the farm and give John advice
& see that they both execute the appointed labor.
Write us next week to St. Paul and tell us how the
things are good at the farm. Two or
three hogs ought to be salted down for home use & a few shoulders &
hams smoked. Pork is on the rise again & wheat though a
shade lower is up to good ______________.
We are in the middle of a big snow storm and everybody glad
to see sledding ________.
Best regards to your family and believe me,
Sincerely your friend,
Asa B. Hutchinson
[1] He moved near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his
parents, in 1839. He participated in the California Gold Rush from 1850 to
1852. He came to Hutchinson, Minnesota in 1866.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Minnesota State Railroad
Commission. He was a member of the
Democratic party when he served in the Wisconsin Legislature. (Biographical
Sketches of the Officers of Minnesota and the 19th Minnesota State Legislature
by C.L. Hall, 1877, p. 30) He was listed
as a Democrat on the list of members posted after the 1877 election. ("The
Next Legislature." St. Paul Pioneer Press, November 10, 1877)
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