Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-10-23
Jonas, Letter to His Wife.
MONTPELIER, W., Oct. 22j, 1873.

MONTPELIER, W., OcL' %%u' 1910
Dearest Nancy:
received your letter dated Oct. ~, and
mighty glad was to hear from you.
was getting to be pretty anxious now tell
YOU. Tell Levi if he will keep away from
that cider Darrell perhaps he wont have
the earache so much. Do not keep any
tramps over night. They arrested II poor
woman, here in Montpelier and put her in
iail lust because she kept tramp over
night. He was sewing machine tramp,
have been off on several exploring e1-
petitions. ! have been up the North
Branch to the land they call Worcester. !
think that the head waters of Worcester
branch would be a mighty good place to
, emierate from, and one Sunday after
meeting l went over into Berlin, and went
I'D beautiful little stream q think they
call it Dog River), to II village they call
Lanesvill.
There is one thing queer about the rivers
in Vermont; they all have mouths and
heads, but what is very odd, their heads
are on one end and their mouths on tht
other. They also have tongues; tongues
of land projecting into them. And they
have feet two; so many feet OF water
and corns grow on their banks! And they
: have elbows and the hills on their shore
have brows! and their rivers have beds
5 Dog River has bed Of gravel; it ism
very soft, but it answers the purpose.
b, Isn't it queer that the Mississippi Rive
e should be called the father of waters!
think it is the only case on record where
f Miss is called father! l hired team tc
f day to ride up TO Berlin pond. There wa
s discrepancy between the man and mt
= He had the horse all harnessed up, when
n thought would ask him his price. Say
/ he, two dollars.
o Says l, guess not!
+ Says he. guess yes; | never hitch u
II under two dollars.
y Says l, you dontP
1t Saws he, no, don't
e Says I, we'll, my friend, you are hltcl
e, ed I'D this time for less than two dollar
i. Then left. You wanted should get o.
t. BENJAMIN Franklin y place in the Sta
cs House to work. 1 presume | could G
It him place; but they are pretty rout
IN set there, and want our boys TO be whe
he thew will be under good influence.
he think can get our Bonnie place
p lager beer saloon. | have not been
the theatre; but when | first come do'
so here went one night to the colored pe
A ple's prayer meeting. l think they 81
ty thew were from New Orleans. suppt
els that must be over on Berlin side. 1t
rs. kind off stormy; and the older mcmb
is were not present, but the young PEG
,ss were there, and they sung a good ma
led worldly songs! l did not think it
adj much like the prayer meetings we used
tn have in the old school house when ID
adj Jones presided.
ro- took that piece of cloth into one OF
i've stores. And there was fellow with
ry- best Sunday clothes on and his hair pal
ed in the middle, and he told me that &C
in not find any thread TO match it. lie
of | would have to get spool of white thre
in and you could collier it with maple o'
the He said that was the way his mother dc
sip Write soon and direct as before to. N
leir ST. Highlands, Montpelier, Vt.
bas JoNA
sys. P.S. Do not let the boys put BIZ
gar beans and custard pie on the same pl