Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-02-24
SOUTH AMERICAN rETTfP,
Fred Hanson Writes Interestingly TO
His Mother.

LA JACINrA, Ell SUAREZ, Ian. 4, '04
DEAR FOLKS AT HOME: l have kind
OF neglected to write TO you for few
DAYS but as usual have been busy. The
place l am writing this from ia the
place where will run the machine.
They told me before | came here that /
had the best place in the Argentine and
can say 1t is the best have been to
since my arrival Got here the day be-
fore New Years and they were very glad
to see me as they are in hurry to start
to threshing This place is like the
places you read of in books-it is simply
q dream The house stands in'the CEN
ter % the place and has fine drivewavs
leading 30 it from very direction. Tt
has fine trees all along these drives and
there are four rows of them on either
side, the drive being quarter of mile
long. There they have fine garden.
Besides this they have pear and peach
trees, and fine shade all around. To tbs
west OF the house is the kitchen and it ie
a nice pace also. The house has some
thirty or forty rooms in it, all on the
the ground honr and very large, high
ana well ventilated The room they
gave me Is nearly half as large as our
mouse, so you can see it is not very small.
OAA AAOAA IL rs u iltl6 OHLu TOOIQ anu
you can either take a dip in the tub or
have fine shower bath. But the gueer
part of it is that the man tage 26) is not
marrietr so we are all old bachelors.
The owner of place lives in Buenos Ay.
res and Is very wealthy On his own
Estaneia Tor farm we will have thresh.
ing enough to last 81 or three months
and besides this the sheep and cattle he
has, is something enormous. | am ont
eight leagues or twenty-four miles from
the town e. Suarez, but am a. we'll
pleased as can be with this place.
On New Years day had more fun
than you could shake stick at There
were tive of us here and we certainly
put In very pleasant day. We turned
loose the photograph played cricket and
shot at a mark Il got second prizel We
scared mp fox and after hard riding.
shot him, Was so sore the next day |
had to take my pants off over my head.
This the center of the wheat belt here
and also the most civilized part of the
Argentine, but Just the same we carry
our revolvers all the time, loaded to the
orim For at tlis time of the year there
are many tramps and the scum of the
country comes down from the north.
ANA they are great people for putting
tneir hands on anything they see, and
some way or other their hand takes
cramp and they can't let go very easily.
u man does not make them respect
him, he is all done for. They work as
they please, etc. don't know but guess
they respect me, for they work hard
enough. But they never want to do
anything today which can be put off
tlli tomorrow. Guess they are afraid
they will die and then would be sorry
they did something that was unnecess.
airy. We will start to work in the morn
ing at four and run till eight o'clock;
a. Z twenty minnie for lunch will run
to 1l:3O, and starting at 1890 or 1 90
run till p. M, and after twenty min
utes more, work until dark. SO you see
we will be putting in a pretty good long
day and not very much time for writing
anything bnt the amount done. / get
thirty per cent of the profits and we
have good crop here, so can see no
reason why | can not make money pref
ty fast. Labor is quite reasonable and
we get about 25c bushel for threshing
it, so you zee bow il is. Could get $3.50
and lc per bushel, but the other Is bet
ter than this by big lot.
Well, dinner is ready, 80 will close for
this time, hoping You all had a very
Happy Xmas and Merry New Year.
Don't get the idea that / am homesick
for like this country very much.
Love to all,
Trr,rnv