Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-08-14


To-day have got the pieces which come of
the cuffs stuck to the wiraow. when ! get
the,a on the binding win have . clean waist.
Going on . walk We passed all kinds Of
stores and hotels, and on every other door ON
some streets was = sign OF something TO eat
meals from Is to IS cents-but they didn't
seem very tempting TO me. - would like to
have dinner Of new potatoes. sweet green
peas, string beans. or such dinner rs Aunt
Maria or any good farmers wife could get mp.
Well. you just wait until my daughter and
her husband get to farming. and l will write
you how early in the year We can have these
things 20 eat. and also how late we viii have
green peas. A lady and her son mere here
yesterday from Soda Springs, Idsho-
They told me that Idaho was the state to live
In. She said when she frst went there she
prayed God she might die; then she xent back
amon the hills for visit. and from that time
after she went back TO Idaho. she said she was
happy and satisfied. and to-day she wouldn't
live in any other state. She said TO me. -'at
nrst You will .ish you were in Maine. but let
winter come. and yoa win nay. 4 am glad
am in Idaho No such hot days. or such cold
cnes-every day just about right Winter is
short. and yen can have everything growing
on farm. and nothing like il TO make money
i'm
My son-in-law is going TO take ten crtweive
horses from here. and the lumber to build
his hoase and barn. Will ship : carload of
stun from here. and our car from skovhegsn
We viii finish fliinG here. - we can get
things cheaper than out there We expect
our car TO be here to-day, and win leave here
Thursday afternoon. There are two men
going from here who will 90 with the horses,
so we three win 60 together. II will take us
two nights and one day TO get there.
When began to write was only going to
tell about yesterday. but IL | keep on, will
have letter enough TO save Aunt Madge from
writing one week.
Now about this city. You 60 ont sitter
rain storm and see puddle Of water in the
street after Eve or six little pigs have played
in it. and you viii know what this city water
is like. Its the muddy Missouri river water.
When We were coming here we crossed
small place where the water wAs running
fast and looked thick enough to cut with
knife.
We have rooms in the front Of this house,
and can see some very high hills, but not very
large. These hills they are DIGGING down.
and just below here they are grisdiug up the
dirt and blowing it ont Of cyiinder into the
sewer, then it goes 10 the Nissiour river TO
make more muddy water. They have dug
down TO build, and left these high places.
some Of them ~ high ~ . fcur-story house.
1t looks odd to see these big hills Of dirt be-
tween two houses
MY lace is dry. SO win close until next time,
with love TO you all. MKr.
p. ST. forgot TO tell you 4 10 20 hot here we
do nothing but get in what draft we can ind.
The first two rights We were here ve did very
well; the next two We had thunder. lightning
and rain. Twenty-one miles from this place.
in the hills. they had . food y hich did lots Of
damage Here We had just wind enough 10
get good breath. Have quite breeze here.
but hot wind Some nights il 10 % hot We
can't sleep until morning. In room right
across from this, with hot sun shining in. a
man, two women and four or Eve children
slept last night. There were two beds in the
room. which was about i2xis ! should think
they all would have died. have some sun in
the morning, SO my room 10 the coolest one.
suppose our Maine Johns are very busy
hsying. ] wonder II you are having IL hot
and dry theres haven't heard uo<S from
Maine SINCE l left. l feel anxious to hear. and
hope some one Tor mo,el has written us so all
We are very much pleased to get your
Western letters. We shall learn sore
thing Of Western life from them.
AUNT MApoE.