Hutchinson
June 18, 1985
Dear Ma & all the tribe of Benjamin,
Your letter came to hand last night. We were very glad to hear of your safe
arrival at the North Pole & that you found all the old & young Esgwumps
all in the full enjoyment of good health.
I hope this may find you all well & enjoying yourselves.
I have not been very well for the two or three days but am
better today. My eyes have been very
sore but are much better now.
I shall send you some papers herein. You will see the account of the burning of the
flouring mill last Sunday night during a very heavy thunderstorm which lasted
for over two hours. The
children had not more than got into the house from church when the storm
commenced. Ludwig, Franz & Mimi
Ritter were caught near the old Junes house on their return from the camp
meeting. They drove into our yard &
had to stay all night not deeming it safe go home after the storm cleared a little. I have not learnt of any further damage done
in this vicinity with the exception of the burning of the mill. The
streets are all streams.
Our windmill is shipped from Minneapolis & will be here now
soon.
John will be here in one or two weeks, a letter from him
last night. Mr. Coffin is expected here
on Monday next from Minneapolis. The children
insist on my going to Moorhead next week.
They will not listen to the word and Mr. & Mrs. Higgins, Mr. &
Mrs. Ritter are going & several others, Mr. Reed too. He
says only you must go. He is going to
wish if it were possible for you to go with me.
The train leaving St. Paul on Tuesday morning 7-15. I shall send you the Enterprise where you
will learn all about it. I sent for the
tickets for Higgins & Ritter.
I was glad to hear that the horses went so nicely with you
& that you got there without much rain.
It has rained here considerable since you left & today is very
threatening & hot.
Robbie is going to S.S. convention this evening if it don’t
rain. Maggie has not been to school this
week, fixing up her clothes. Tell little
Lizzie that Grandpa is coming next time.
The tribe of Benjamin at present is very much reduced & pretty well
scattered over the face of the earth. I
shall expect to see some fragments of the tribe return the last of next week
for this tribe was not created to be divided and torn asunder.
The last day of school today & the children are enjoying
the big circus at Glencoe. Next week
they all want to go. We shipped two
cases (or 1 ½ cases) of butter last Wednesday.
___ done well, I mean Louise & myself, of course, you will say sis. I finished
one churning this A. M. & Louise is calling for me to come & do the
other as she has taken the butter out of the churn.
I have now finished my second churning. It has been a little for the last hour. It looks now again like fine weather. Tell William & Frank not to take all the
fish out of the lake for Arthur & Winifred. Say that they want some when they come
there.
I suppose that you have been to Alexandria by this. How do you like the looks of the country? How is Mr. & Mrs. Frost, Mr. & Mrs.
Blackwell? Give my kind regards to them
all. Can the little girls play upon the
___ yet or not? Tell that I shall expect
them to be good players by the time I visit them by & by.
I word to you, Olive, privately. I tell you what it is, I don’t like to occupy
the editorial chair in your absence. You
must hurry up & come home and attend to this part of the business or I
shall be obliged to suspend you & look out for anew editor in chief, and
don’t you forget it.
You will have to excuse Louise from writing this time for
she is very busy getting herself & all the others ready for the convention. Robbie is writing his speech upstairs &
has taken my ink bottle, hence I am obliged to use this pale stuff.
Your most affectionate,
Father
We shall expect a letter a day.
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