Scripto | Page Revision | Transcription

Old Mission Mich Oct. 17th 1920

My Dear Miss Taft:-

Today is Sunday and we are going to Traverse City for dinner. But I feel it my duty to sit down & write to you first so we can mail the letter in town.

I was up to see Mr. P. yesterday about your apples & all he will pay is $1.00 a hundren in bulk for no.1 & no.2. Joseph will have to bring them to town in the wagon. Now what do you wish to have done with them. We could store them in the cellar & sell them this winter & perhaps get more out of them. Now please let us know by return mail.

Your hogs are getting very plump & will soon be fat enough for market. They eat 3 bu. of corn every day.

Mr. B. entered a complaint about the 9 smaller ones so we had to take the extra lumber & fence them in so it take food for them too. He said if we did not close them up he would have to send you a bill for damages Mrs Haywood says he is laughing abou it now. They were too nice to suit his taste I am glad you are not so hateful as he is.

Yes we had that wave of cold weather strike us too & Joseph did not have the corn all cut & hired Mr.Lannin 1 1/2 day to help him & the following night it froze hard everything was white but have had lovely weather since. Your corn will soon be safe in the crib. There is a large field of it so it will take some time to care for it all. And it takes a lot of his time to do the chores.

We have not found any team yet that you would care to own.

I will go over & try to find your cloth & will be only too glad to mail it to you. You may be sure dear that I would be so glad to get those papers ot read & thank you many times for your thought & kindness. I will try to find time during the week to write another letter to you. We had to get 5 lbs of nails & 2 batteries & ball of binding twine for corn.

5 lbs nails .45 23.46 2 batteries .90 7.45 _____ 1 ball twine 1.60 16.01 1 1/2 days labor 4.50 to your credit ____ 7.45 [$].26 left for old account 16.00 From C.G Taft 7.20 cider apples ______ 23.46

Your snaps were received are just what he wanted.

With love Essie