Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1919-05-15
FROM IOWA.
April &. 1919.

April {. 1919.
Dear Sis:--l received your letter
alright and was glad to get the ews
! am feeling pretty good just now,
| am eating apples and candy. My
boss and his wife have gone 10
church this evening. sure have
enjoyed the day, went over to play
with Earn thus morning. We played
around there until afternoon then
we went over to Charles, Vernon
was there and pretty 500 Roy Har-
ris and his family came. We enjoy
ed some music, then Roy took
Charlie, Vernon, Earn and | ont for
n pleasure ride. We went To Nora
Springs and explored the city. We
sure saw some beautiful buildings,
We got tired of that 50 WI went II
in the country again and saw ome
more pretty country. saw the most
timber | have ever seen. There n
a pretty good patch along the creek
for a ways. | saw two or three hills
but they We're lot rocky like they
are at home; they go up the most Of
them on high in a Ford,so You know
they are smooth. We did some real
live farming this week and, believe
me. ii looks like a fellow is doing
something when he gets a big 20
disk harrow or 4 4 section harrow
and starts out across 4 40-acrc field
with 4 or q feather legged horses. as
Earn calls them lined up in front Of
you. 1t suits me and | sure enjoy
it. There are several tractors used
around here, too. | guess Il tractor
would suit me better than horses. as
! like machinery. ! have a dandy
4-horse team to work: they have the
pep" in them; the two we work
TO the wagon have the most vinegar
in them, though; u fellow has to
keep his eye on them. | asked the
boss the other day if they wouldn't
enjoy raining away if they got a
chance and he said he hardly knew
about the running, but he had let
them get away and so across the
field a time or two and it looked to
him like they would en- Oy flying bet
ter from the way they acted. May
be I'll get to take Il TRIP in the air
il | manage things just right. Earn
WIS showing me his team for the
summer; they look good. but he said
they don't stay in line very we'll. He
said one of them goes on high and
another in low and the other two in
intermediate. | told him to change
gears and let them go on high. He
said they did better to hold them
down to intermediate, SO | guess he
has ONE pulling to do as we'll a
myself. The place where Earn is
working is lighted up with electric
| ghts, even the hog house Vernon
and | have to carry a lantern, as
there are no electric lights our way.
We have a good many chores to do
but one feels like v.oring around
after riding all day. | will tell you
what | did last Sunday. | vent to
church. Vernon came and we Went
over to Roy's. Earn and Charlie were
there also when We got there. They
dinner. Then Vernon, Roy and Roy's
W !fe's brother and | borrowed a fell
stayed awhile; we got all Of town
We wanted and went back and played
awhile and called it q Missouri Boys
Reunion and went home. | get to
go to town from twice to five and six
times a week, SO you see | have
lots of fun. | took a load of oats TO
the elevator Saturday afternoon that
weighed 3 200 pounds, so you can
imagine what good roads there are
up here. The weather is fine now
and the grass is fine. too. 1t rained
a little the other day but it didn't
amount to anything; We just worked
away.
had a letter from Aunt Viva thi
week; she said she was sending NAM
ma some things, a dresser scarf or a
table runner, / don't know which
| am glad you have got a place and
wish you good luck. | am sorry
about Rosa; hopeshs gets all right.
| am hoping I'll have good health
and strength ! sure was glad to
get that picture. I'll have some
taken. There is a camera here and
the Mrs. tod me to use it when !
got ready, so I'll shoot myself n
Of these days.
Well, | guess | had better quit and
go to bed for | guess my boss will
want to see me early in the morning
as it is Monday. Love to all.