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- Transcript: Friday
Augst 13th/69
My Dear Son
As Gaston is speaking
Of going to the Burg tomorrow I
embrace the opportunity of sending
you a few lines - I have looked
all week for you. Yet without
much hope of seeing you, as I
well know how difficult it must
be for you to be absent, from your post
The Peaches will soon be gone, the
intense warm weather together
with the frequent showers causes
them to ripen than they wou-
ld if we had clear dry weather
and if you do not get off soon you
will miss getting any from our
own trees, And by the way we
have had some very nice ones
Sallie and the Babies came up
Last Saturday & spent three days
with us, Charlie enjoyed gathering
up the Peaches almost as much as
eating them. Gus was getting
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some for his Mother one evening
and after he left, Charlie came to
me and said, “Gan Ma, Pappa [c___]
you t chees and take you Peacy” I
have put it in his own lingo as near
as possible;
Yesterday Mr. Bell was attacked
with fever, in good earnest, he had been
feeling badly for thre or four days, prev=
iously, I am giving him medcine and hope
to have him up in a few days. You
seemed anxious for me to secure him
I have already done so, When he returned
after a weeks absence, he told me that
he would stay with me and attend to
everything, until time to begin prepar-
ing for a crop and that I could pay him
just when I felt able to do so, We have
not made any definite arrangement yet
as to how we will farm nor can we will
I until I can see further what or how
we can arrange to live, and to get one
good plow horse, or mule, he thinks
with one to work with “Jake” he could
get along quite well We will see
after awhile
The McCue layout is gone at last, they
left last Sunday, Mrs Elum went
with them, all in our wagon, I never
felt more relieved that I did to see the
start as Ed had became too unbearable
for any one, he seemed to exult at the
idea of not having any more cows to
milk, but I think he will not find it
so fine to have neither milk or butter
to eat, tho he may enjoy lou[n]ging arou
=nd more than he would the milk &
butter -
Our sweet potatoes look fine
we have had several messes already
and I have a fine late Pea patch in
the garden which will keep the weeds
and grass out - We have fall cabbage
planted & up but no Turnip ground
prepared yet, I will have that attended
to as a soon as Bell gets well enough to
work, he seems attached to us, and takes
as much interest in everything as if he
was a member of the family - William
Burch wants to come back to me, he has
been trying to get Bell interested in his
behalf. he said to Bell that he missed
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it when he left here, and that he would
do anything that was to do on the place
and that I could pay him in land, as
he wanted to get a small piece to improve
when he was able - he has not said one
word to me, but comes here every Sunday
and hangs around as if he did not know
what to do with himself, and I suppose
he rather dreads to speak to me upon
the subject as my prediction when
he left last fall has come true alrea=
dy. As I well knew it would, therefore
was not so much surprised last Sunday
evening when Bell informed me of his
wish to come back The question with
me is what could I do with him I do not
know whether Bell could keep him
straight, or whether he would undertake
to do so, But as he does not want to leave
Tabb yet until near Christmas, there
will be time sufficient to see what
is best to do, from experience I am satisfied
the fewer one can get along with the better
for several reasons
There many things I would say
but have not time
As ever your
Loving Mother
M Jones
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