1858 09 26 James C Andrews to David Andrews

Beaver dam  Sept the 26^th  1858

Dear Mother and brother    i sit down once more to

write a few lines to you to let you know

how we all are  for i have got tired waiting

for an answer to the rest of my letters  this

is the third one i have wrote to you and

still no answer  so this will be the last one

until i get an answer

we are all in reasonable health at the present

time Rebecca is getting a considerable stouter she

is able to do her own work now  Amos has

the ague now for a few days past but the

rest of us is well  with the exception of a

few of the biggest biles that i have got 

they are not so numerous as jobs but a great

deal sorer in my opinion

I have not heard anything from Dan and

Mary Jane for about five weeks but they

were all well the last time i heard from them

the health of the county is just middling

there is a considerable of the ague around through

the country but that is about all the

kind of sickness there is as yet =

the crops of wheat was verry poor here

this harvest wheat turned out the poorest

i ever saw ther was hardly an average of

12 bushels to the acre in consequence of the

   

rust  oats is no crop at all lots of fields

was not cut atall  corn is just a middling

crop potatoes is only about half crop and

hardly that  wheat sells at about 90 cts

to $1.00 per bushel  oats would sell at about

45 cts per bu if there was any to sell

corn none in market as yet

times is the hardest here in consequence of

money matters i ever saw  evry man that

owes a cent is duned for it and there is

not produce enough in the country to

pay peoples debts  there is some of the ablest

farmers in the country that cannot pay their

debts and some of the best of our merchants

is broke up  I want you to write

whether John has gon to Michigan yet or not

Now David the last letter that i received

from you you wrote that you never had

received any acknowledgment of that money

you sent with Mary Jane

i would just say that i sent you a

note in a letter long ago and if you did not

get it i want you to let me know and i will

send you another note

Now David you wanted to know the least

i would take for my interest in the old place

i would just say that i will sell lower now

than i ever would before on account of the times

being so hard here and i am some in debt and

i am tired of being craved and i have nothing

to make money out of this fall and every

debt that i owe will have to be paid this fall

Now David you and William see what is the

best you can do by me this fall and let

me know and i will go in Just as soon as you

let me know and we will draw writings  i can

go in and stay about one week and we can fix it

all except Rebeccas signing it and that can be

done at some other time next spring for

instance when you come out

Now David i want you to write immediately

and let me know whether it will be worth

my while to come or not so that i will

have time to fit and go before cold weather

No more at present but remains your

son and Brother  James C Andrews to

                        David Andrews and all the rest

write soon Rebecca sends her best respects to Mother

                                                            and all the rest

PS I traded horses twice and i have now got a

mare four years old last spring handsome as a picture

even up for old nell worth one hundred and ten dollars

I like to have forgotten to tell you

that the fly is eating up the early

sowed wheat  Robert Reed and Nathaniel

Paxton is agoing to commence to plow

up theirs tomorrow morning and sow

it over and many others