Della Oakes to Ruth and Andrew Fletcher, 1889 December 25 and 1890 January 5
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I want to tell you what delightful weather we are having Cousin said the frogs
were singing last night It is as nice a day today as you ever saw in May It
looks here very much as it does in Franklin Co on the borders of Canada There is
more Forest here than I expected to see It is very pleasant here I like the
climate very much so far Lem butchered this week I want to wish you a merry
Christmass & Happy new Year The children are out doors to
play
without their coats on They have not been sick
1890 January 5 Jan. 5Dear Mother
I have received your letter I am very sorry you & father are so poorly I hope
you are better now I am boarding my family now. Uncle is very well now His mind
is very clear he is a Baptist one of the deep
water kind he likes to talk a great deal Lems wife is quite fleshy & is a
very nice woman I like her very much she has been home to visit her mother Uncle
is a very nice old man I would like to step in & have a little chat with you
today You was very careful about telling me Aunt M had been down
to
see you & you had given a mortgage to her I supposed she talked
very affectionately about me She stands by Anna in prefference to me &
thinks I am all to blame I never thought she would go back on me it hurts me
awefully when I think of it I dont care a fig about Anna The children send love
to Grandpa & Grandma & would like to see you There is not any body in Vt
that cares anything about me & if you are asked any questions you need not
answer I shall write to you & Ella if you will hold your tongue to every
body about me they will ask questions to satisfy
their curiosity not
because they care for me not anybody in this world if you will
me this I will write to you Ella has promised.
From your daughterDella
Burn this letter & all my letters.
the children are in school & I am very busy you must not think it strange I do not write oftener