John
G Andrews to David Andrews
June the 29th
1860
Dear
Sir i take my pen in hand to
in form you that we are all well at
present
hoping these few scratches will
find you enjoying the same blessing
the friends is all well as for as i know
i saw James last Saturday in warsaw
attending a Democratic mass Convention
he was holloring for L Douglas but
when the news came that 7 of the South
had droped off our friends Democrats
droped their ears they was in a very
bad way
they had no plat form
they did not know whether they
was to get drink or not and finally
they ddent [sic]get drunk
the
republican convention was held
on the last Saturday in may and
nominated a full ticket
it
has been verry dry had no rain since
Samuel was here. The pasture is all
dried up
yellow crick dont run any
more
the wells are all giving out
corn looks verry well on average
it takes me to the shoulders i have
plowed mine through four times
and part of it five times i have [...]
out
the year it has been so dry that
i could not brake my fallows yet
it rained some last night and today
has not wet the ground yet
you must not think it has not
rained any
it has rained a shower
once in a while for the women to
set plants out and so forth
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David
i want you to send me a copy of
the mansfield herald now and then
as i want to know what the republ-
icans
in and about mansfield is doing
in turn i will send you a copy of the
lake city commercial printed in
warsaw
the old neighbors is all well
except old mother Jeffers has been
laying ever since the last of february
She has got so she can set up part of
the time
Cant do anything their is some
talk of mary Jeffers and J Switzer
getting married also some talk of
Miss Blue and F Bybee marrying
Miss Tucker is married thats a
quarter of land gone from you
since
i began this today it has rained
verry hard and raining yet Mr Hays
wants to get a full blooded french
french merione for you to look around and
see what one can be bought for he wants
a large strong one try Mr Lee for one
get one as near full blood as you can
find
the wheat in this neighborhood
is verry poor
i was down to Peru two
weeks ago
the best wheat i ever saw in
all my life and the most as fit
the farmers in this neighborhood sowed white
wheat and that is a failure this time
i
will give you the markets then stop
wheat
$10 bu corn $3 butter 9 eggs 7
write
soon and dont forget give
my respects to all enquiring friends
John G
Andrews to David Andrews
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