The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-07-16
Lumberiack Farmer

mas dOne since gong upon
Wisconsin farm.
Copy of letter froma Wlscon'
sin Farmer to the L0veland Com
pany SOB Oneida Bldg. Mime
apolis, Mimi.
Dear Loveland.
l hardly know how to Com
mence to write to you But Let
me Thank you First For your
kind letter & cud you have Seen
the Plesur it Gave to here From
you | No that you would have
Been we'll Pleased that you Rote
to me. Now you ask me to tell
you About My Self & Family.
Well Loveland miny years ago |
come to My Sence & Started to
live New life & that was First
| quit Drinkin, I been Drivin
Fore Horses In a Login Camp all
winter Denieng My Self Even
Descent Close to keep me warm
trying to Save little monJ to
take me Back TO the Mountains
But LOveland it is the old Story,
Camp Broke in the Last Days of
March, | com Down River to
this town with 1914 My hard win
tiers work with a Strong Reso-
luton Never to Licker agen But
Loveland A Saloon keeper meet
me q asked me to take a Drink
with him Loveland I yealed. that
was the last Of my money when
[ woke out of that Drunken
Stuper found My Self Penless
and Not Friend in the world
AS l New of a Disgrace to the
Good Mother of mine, LOveland
if ever Prison Felt like Putin
Himself off this Firth it was Me.
But it wosent to Be, THAR wor
Better Days in Store For me.
Now let me Draw the Cirten on
those Evel Days & Comenset to
Live. | started again BY hirin
out to Farm For $40 Pur month
/ worked Eleven months, Saved
$13O | then hired to Realystate
Deeler to Cook For a Crue of
men Who wOs tixin up one of his
Farms [ worked one month when
then Broke Camp agen But Dear
Boy Jim did not go to Town he
hired out to Run the Farm one
year for $24O. Batch it of GORGE
For [ did Not think there was
a woman In the world that would
Think of Ever Bein Mrs. Jim
But we will see about Further
on. [ Run the Farm one year,
Dun we'll [ think Bought all the
Pirsenel Property, Rented the
Farm & Run 1T on my hone hook
don Fairly well then Sold out all
But one horse & Buoy & harnis
& went to the Sitty to Live, |
stayed in the Sitty the Crater
part of that Somer But did Not
do well, But Loveland [ Conkerd
the hapitite For Strong Drink &
that to me was Better By Far
than Money. On Fall 1899 I
hired out to widow lady who at
that time was the homer IA Fortys
of Wis Laud & None of it Laying
over 3 miles From the Sitty |
was to have $24O Pur year and
my horse kept saved out of this
$215 l handled her Farm to her
Satisfaction as you will see
Further on when my time Was
Nearly out with Mrs. Johnson I
was offered $35 Pur Mon By to
Difrnt men to go as Farmer For
them But no Loveland a higher
Power was STERN my Ship of
Fait For Loveland [ Never
Dremped that the Girl l Now
Call my wife would Ever think
of Marin me But Loyeland one
Day whist She was Pickin up
Potatoes as l Dug them She Set
down on the Pail to Rest She
Shot a look at me that Settled
my Destiny For life, I then Be
gen to Get a Little Closter to her
& Soon we wor Engaged & on
the ten of next Month we marid.
Now Loveland I am Coin to Chop
of here & if you wodd like to
here what I have Dun Since l |
Begen to Live a life of hapeness
Pleas ANGER this & ask me Just |
what you won't me to tell you.
God Bless you all.