Hutchinson. Minn.
Feb. 12, 1888
Dear Father,
In reply to yours of the 8th would say that we
shipped 190 lbs. chickens to B & S on Saturday which were OK. I see by last night’s Stockman that your
train did not leave C. [Chicago] until Friday 8:30 PM which would give you one
day more to visit which would probably give Uncle time to make up his mind to
go with you.
All have gone to church but G & L [Robert Gleave &
Sarah Louise?]. We expect to get a
letter from you this noon from Chicago according to an article in the
Leader. Uncle will accompany you to New
Orleans & other southern points. If
you are not suited with armoured you had better look at other likely points in
the south & if you conclude to take in St. Andrews Bay let me know &
will send you the No. of our lots so you might look them up to see how many thousand
we have made by the speculation.
Do not look at the country with an eye single to dairying
alone for you are getting too old to follow that business & if there is as
much labor connected with the business in LA as there is in Minn I believe you
have no sons that wants to pull teats for a living. Make a thorough search of the government lands. Inquire the price of good horses & colts,
farm machinery, tools, etc. Also, ask
Uncle the cost of fiting up a saw mill & what he could furnish a power wood
saw for here.
Who does that best girl on earth look like? What is her name? How old is she? What kind of a place doers Corbin got? How much land has he? What kind of timber grows there & does it
grow the year round? What are the
greatest drawbacks to the country, if any?
When you write, answer all of these questions & a thousand others
which I have not time to ask.
They have returned from church but brought no mail.
That steer seems to be about the same. I put two canebrake tubes into him in holes
made with a pen knife just forward of the hip bones which look like two smoke
stacks or pipes which carries off the gas like smoke as fast as it generates in
him & stinks like a – so bad that it killed one of my little lambs.
About three inches of snow fell yesterday. Just right for another blizzard though no
wind today. The folks are all kicking
around but myself, & I am sick abedstead.
I hope this will find you enjoying a southern climate. I remain your affectionate.
Frank
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