1882 Smallpox Vaccine Took a Wife Who is Worth $40000 Lone Rock WI Old Letter For Sale
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1882 Smallpox Vaccine Took a Wife Who is Worth $40000 Lone Rock WI Old Letter:
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Up for offer in this sale is an Antique Handwritten Letter from Lone Rock, Wisconsin.It is written to Fanny Burnham nee Holcomb (I believe it still would have been Holcomb as of this writing) of Delaware County in New York. She is identified only as \"Fannie\" in the letter.
Sometimes writing of this age is hard to make out. If I am unsure of a word, but think I may know what it is, I will follow with (?). If I can not make out the word at all, it will look like this _ _ _ _ _. I will try to correspond the number of dashes to the number of letters I think the word has.
Text of letter is as follows:
Lone Rock WisJan 8th /83
My Dear Fannie
I intended to have wished you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, in due season, but the time passed so quickly and I have been to (sic) busy trying to make up lost time with my usual sewing, only the thought and wish, without expression sent out to you all.
If we could not think of our absent dear ones while our hands are busy, so far away, I dont know what would become of us.
We have been in so much anxiety about Father Cotely, I have hardly realised much else, with watching the mail and dreading what news they may bring us, your (sic) pretty nervous much of the time.
You probably know no what a serious condition he is, we feel that its very discouraging for one of his years. Our friends seem very far away when not well and happy.
We had a letter from your papa last night, in which he said your mama had a hard cold upon her lungs. This is a bad season for everything to turn out badly. I hope she will take good care, as must all the rest of you.
This country is well spread over with Smallpox it is getting to be quite alarming. Cases are breaking out all about us, every one is being vacinated (sic) (vaccinated). Uncle A. and myself went through the operation this morning. Its getting to be dangerous to travel by rail with all their vigilance, many cases come from exposure on the train.
The two weeks vacation is over and the young folk will return to school tomorrow morning.
Henry Brace will be added to the Bear Creek delegation for next time.
Alma has had quite a gay time, at home, except a few days that the vaccination made her quite sick. They have quite an addition to their family. Mr. Budlong who has been foreman on the farm since Charely Fish went home, went to N.Y. City and took himself a nice little wife who is worth $40000, and returned in Dec. to remain a year, and perhaps settle here, she likes it here, and if they can suit themselves in a place, will stay.
She\'s a nice little lady, and good company for Helen while she is alone so much.
They had a family Christmas tree then, with any amount of fine accompaning (sic).
There was a Village Christmas tree here, and a Ball, the first we attended a little while, that constituted our festivities. We would have enjoyed to have gone to the Festival at Ricland (sic) (Richland) Center. Nearly all our Bear Creek friends went, but we did not belong to the \"Masonic\" fraternity so could not, or did not.
My present was a nice silver castor from Mick A. and mine to him a china cup & saucer.
It is useless to tell, I suppose, how many times we wished, we were at Trout Brook or Cedarville. We have almost ceased to imagining how it _ _ _ _ been to have some of those friends with us here. Hope so long defered (sic) will cease to be even a hope, after a while.
Mary has had a nice time with her friend in Middlton (sic) (Middleton) and is home ready for school again.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or did some one write that she did not attend this winter, I am getting so forgettful (sic), I think a few more years of these dreadful headaches will take away the little sense was mine originally.
We have had beautiful weather this winter, to look upon, but the roads have been bad, untill (sic) now they are getting quite smooth. More snow would be pleasantie(?) (sic) to me, I dislike bare ground in winter.
They have a Dramatic Club on Bear Creek, but could not get on with their practice on account of the roads. Alma does not belong to it, but attends the dancing school here. Fred Carswell is her escort, he is quite devoted, but Alma says she would not be engaged so young \"it was rediculous (sic) for Aunt Helen to get married so young, mama was engaged when _ _ _ seventeen\". I think this country is quite celebrated for early and long engagements.
My friend Alice Burnham is married today, to a Dentist, of Richland Center.
We hear from Lizzie that she arrived at home safely, but found an awful dirty, messy house to clean, but she thought with \"John\" and the hired boy to help she could \"pull through\". She has some forks a nice Castor, and her Mothers silver Cake Basket added to her list of presents. She enjoyed her visit at her fathers very much and thinks he will always like her mother here after, for which I am so thankful, it will be so much pleasanter for all.
Write us as often as you can, we are always impatient for news from you all.
With love and kisses all round.
Affectionately Aunt Nellie
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