Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-11
LEoNA TO LOIS GRIFFIN.
Dear Junior Friend:

Dear Junior Friend:
AS saw in the last Junior page that
you were sick again, I thought would
write you a letter and send it to the
Courier Junior. was very sorry to
hear that you were sick again. but l
hope that you will not be sick when
you see this letter in print. l wrote a
letter to you in the Junior page once
before but through a mistake only a
part of it was published.
! an. not going to school this spring
as we have no teacher. Our school was
out April LIST. I study all of the adj
vanced studies at school, Some of the
studies that I like best are arithmetic,
botany, algebra and geography. My
teacher was Miss Fitzpatrick. Are you
going to school this spring?
I have two sisters, Hazel. age 10
years and Ella, age 3 years. and one
brother, Arnold age years. How
many brothers and sisters have you?
My sister Hazel and are planning to
visit our relatives and friends and
possibly some Junior friends soon.
was IA years old the first day of June.
When is your birthday? have sent
and received postal cards to and from
% Junior boys and girls. We have
about 80 little chickens. We have s
little black pigs. We have one little
calf. We have had 8 or little calves
this spring but we have sold them all
except the little black one. We have =
cows. We have colts and one horse.
One colt is years old and one is 3
years old and one is years old. The
one that is years OLD is broke to
work but the other two are not. Papa
is going to break them as soon as he
can.
We have an incubator. It holds 200
eggs, 1t Matched the first Of the month.
We only got about so chickens. Our
chickens are Plymouth Barred Rocks:
We live about 8 miles southwest OF
the Ottumwa Court house. How far do
you live from Abba? have been at
the Courier office about 5 or 6 times.
I have received about 1S prizes and 80
post cards from the Courier Junior.
The last one that l. received was a
Roman gold breast pin. / received 1t
April 20, 1910. I received it as prize
for winning the Weather contest. !
think it is pretty. The set that is in 1T
is so pretty and sparkling, 1t is chang
able blue, pink and purple. I don't
know the name Of the set, but think
it Is the February birthstone.
For pets we have some little kittens
and little puppy. Our pups name Is
Rover He 81 black and white. We
have an old dog. His name Is Shep.
He goes with papa around the farm IN
the fields when he is working and he
hunts great deal. So he Is not at the
house as much as the little puppy is
for he is too small to walk very far.
We have some hens for pets toe.
NV little sister az, hss1-o.r nave q
swirl in GHe .,..:t:. Tney love to swing
~ cur yard is so nice ana shady and
1t is nice and grassy too. My little Sis
ter is awful glad that my oldest sister
and my brother and myself do not
have to go to school this spring for 1t
Is so lonesome for her when we go to
school. I expect they will get lonesome
If my sister Hazel and I go visiting if
we get to go.
think Winfred Hunter had nice
essay about age Girls of ~ Ahead OF
Boys Of 1872"
In the letter that I wrote to Retta
Ruark through the Junior page,
thought all our radishes, lettuce and
onions were killed but they were not
We have had good many radishes
and lots of lettuce to eat and we will
have few cherries.
Leona Vest, age IA,
% Mo nft,1y7vun Ia