Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-09-21
April 9th, 1882.


April 9th, 1882.
MY DEAR FRIENDS:
| now seat myself, according to
promise, TO let you know how we like
this country. In the first place we
have traded our place there for 81 J
acres here; n nice place and lots OF
fruit of every variety, and above all,
the very house always have wished
for-large rooms, and a portico the
whole length of it in front. We have
SEQ peach trees and an apple orchard
of three acres in good condition. My
husband has not been sick day since
we got here; he is so lively you would
hardly know him, and A. says he would
not come back there if he had to work
land on shares; he thinks there is no
such place on earth for him, and now,
if you were only here, we would be
perfectly at home. We have started u
literary society here and had our first
meeting last Saturday night; it was
not our old one, but when you get here
things will be different. Write soon
and tell us all the news, and remein-
Der us TO our friends whom we have
left behind for short time.
Yours in haste, Mrs. Il. w.
| will confess this made me little
home-sick, but when | got the follow
ing / changed my tune:
August 18th, 1882.
DEAR FRIENDS:
| will try and write once more in
hopes we can hear from you, but if we
get no answer this time will begin TO
think YOU don't want TO white TO us
this is the second letter, besides send
ing word in another, since we have
heard from you. III. wanted me to
write to you and tell you not to trade
your place for one here, for you could
not live here any more than we can.
for we are coming back as soon as we
can sell. VIII tell the reason we can t
live here when ! see you. | am not
near as well here as | WAS there. DO
not tell Mr.. G. anything | have writ
zen to you, for We would not have him
know we are to go beck for anything
until we are sold out and the money
n our pocket. Ii is a very nice coun
try. plenty of fruit aud crops, but that
will not keep Us. if we can sell; oul
crops are very nice, but we have learn
ed some things here-that we can come
back there and raise good crops in thai
country. Well, Mrs. Waldron, writ,
and let wS know how you are getting
along, and how are your crops looking
| this summer!
From your friend, Mrs. L.
One day later:-As | have got res eC
| will try and write some more. Will,
| am writing man is being buried il
the corner Of our orchard. Things arr
n little too handy. / wish we ha,
what we have got here in CrawforC
county. A Northern woman canno
get help here unless you hire n coloret
girl for year; a white girl will 10
work for a northern woman no way
have had TO work here when it seem
ed as though ] would die in my tracks
AS folks have no help and Mrs a.
sick most of the time and have to dc
pend on married colored women T.
come l.. and do her work. a. wen
where they had three girls and aske,
the mother which he could have T.
work for him, and she snapped him II
and said neither, and he got away a
fast as possible; it is the same whe
men want help, they can't get it
These are some of the reasons we d
not want to stay here, and when | Sc
you will tell you the rest. Well,
must draw my letter to a close. Te
me all the newswhen you write. Nj
w. you must write to Henry.
In haste. Mrs. +. WILEY.
p. S.-Mr Waldron, you viii neve
know the value of your farm until yo
leave it. H. Ct. w.
The circumstances under which Nj
w. left this county is the reason | as