The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-02-20


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this. II yea hire yourself at Na month,
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the lead mlnss er the Eoid mines IN NAils
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for tho best wages you can set close Y
home In Coles county Nov, n you VII
90 this you viii he soon ovt o. debt and,
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VIII keep you from getting 81 debt aeain
But n should nov clear yea aut ~
Debt neat year you would be iuai a. deep
In as over You say you would almost
give your place 10 heaven for w ~ W
Then you value your place IN heaven
very cheap. for ! am sGtc 500 can. WITH
the Offer l make, set the 50 of 80 Tor
-four or Eve months work You say "
viii furnish you the money you viii deed
me the land and " you don't pay the
money back you viii deliver possession
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land, how viii you then live without y
You have always been kind 70 me. ana
do not mean 60 be unkind TO you On
the contrary. II you will bat follow my
advice you will ind II worth moro than
eighty times So 20 you Aneetionately
your brother, llNCpiN
Again he wrote;
sheihyyliic, Nov 1851
Dear BROTHER when came into Charles
ton day before yesterday learned that
you are anxious TO sell The land where
you live aud move to missouri ! have
been thinking OF this ever since and can
not but think such notion N utterly
foolish. What can you do IN Missouri
better than hereI Is the land any richer
can YOU thsre any more than here raise
corn and wheat and oats without work
VIII anybody there any more than here
do your work for your IL you intend TO
40 to work. there IL no better place than
right where you are II you do not IN
/, nd to 20 To work. you cannot get along
Anywhere. Saulrming and crawling about
from place 10 place can do no good You
have raised no crop this year, ana what
you really want is to sell the land, get
the money and spend IL. Part with the
land you have and, my HE upon H. YOU
viii never after own a spot big enough To
bury you In Half you VIII got Tor the
land you will spend Ia moving 10 MIS-
souri,. and the other half you viii eat
and drink and wear out, ana no foot OF
land will be bought Now, feel u " my
duty to have 40 hand IN such piece OF
foolery. feel that II Is 80 even on your
own account and particularly ON mothers
account. The eastern forty acres ! intend
TO keep for mother while she lives. II
you will not cultivate II, II will rent for
enough TO support her-at least II VIII
rent for something Her dover In the
other two forties she can let you have,
and no thanks to me Now do not mis-
understand this letter do not write u
In any unkindness | write II In order, u
possible to get you to face the truth,
which truth IL you are destitute because
YOU have idled away all your time Your
thousand pretenses for not getting ATOMS
better are all nonsense They deceive no.
body but yourself Go TO work IL the
only cure for your case.
A word to mother Chapman tells me
he wants you 10 no and live with him
II were YOU. | would try II awhile. II
you get tired of IT, as ] think you VIII
not you can return TO your own home.
Chapman feels very kindly to you aud
have no doubt he will make your situn-
ton very pleasant Sincerely your son.
A, LINCOLN
And again:
Shelbyyille, Nov. 3 1851
Dear Brother--When | wrote you before
! had not received your letter ! still
think as | did. But II the land can be
sold so that | get 1900 TO put to interest
for mother | VIII not object " she does
not But before ! will make deed the
money must be had or secured beyond all
doubt at 10 per cent
AS TO Abram, | do not want hin ON my
own account but ! understand ne wants
"a live with me. so that he cAn 30 10
school and get fair stagt Ia tie world.
which | very much wish him TO have
When | reach home, II ! can make u
convenient 10 take, | will take him. pro
yided there is no mistake between us as
to the object and terms OF my taxing
him In haste as ever, A. LlNCoi.N