Roseland, La
April 13, 1890
Dear Mama, Winfred & Arthur & Oslagonians,
What a long time since I wrote you, but some way I did not
want to write while Frank was there and acting mean. We have talked of you all every day. Do you hear from Frank? I am so sorry he made it necessary for
himself to leave, as it makes me homesick to think of the family in that way,
but suppose it is all for the best. If
he only had a good wife I believe Frank would be a good boy. How
sorry, sorry we all are. Hope he will be
prosperous & happy in Nebraska. I
hope you hear from him. What a time you
must have had while Frank was packing.
How pleased were we to hear from Arthur and that he would be
home through the summer most of the time.
Suits you lots better, won’t it
Winfred? What a good time you boys will have
together. We can be happier when we know
you are all well & happy. Winfred
has been a good faithful boy to his mother and we are all proud of him. Mama, we all hope you are getting stronger
now every day. Take the best care of yourself.
How is Mattie and the baby?
Hope Mattie is better & also baby.
What a grand time you all do have with that boy. Wish we had him with us for a while. Wouldn’t he have big times?
Why don’t we hear from any of you? Papa always worries if he don’t get a letter about
once a week although we try to convince him if anything was wrong that someone
would surely write. We all feel more
comfortable when we can have at least one letter every week and we do enjoy
getting letters from all of you. Write a
little at a time & send it .
Wasn’t it too bad Wesie’s ___ died? We all felt so sorry. Everything else seems to be thriving and we
hope will continue to do so. We are
trying to get some garden in as the frost killed the other. The boys did nicely with what radishes they had. We have had just the best radishes & onions
I ever ate & they all say so. Did we
tell you that we had eaten all that
flour George brought & now we have got a new barrel? We are such big eaters and our taters are all
gone. Hope fruit will hurry up though guess
we won’t have near as much as last
year. Think the frost killed our fig
trees & they did look so nice . Pear
tress & grapes growing finely.
Will have to stop this time as the writing position makes my
back ache so much. Too much Easter
service Howard says. You know we had a little Easter service &
all said it was nice. Tell us what you
all did.
With best love,
Olive
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