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1865-02-05 Page 4

the times Is A geting So hard here
that William Isda; has to Weigh
every thing that he cuts this
Winter So John Waits I must tell 
You A bout Dan Hick he got
Caught Oute In A big Snow Storme
And had to Stay 4 Days up in Antwerpe
Uncle Joseph A lives Now Ate [brigeses?]
He workes for his borde And thrashes
Grasseed this Winter Next Week he A
going to Sweetmans One galaway Street
I think he Will Never See Iowa State
the Cares has ben Stoped every Wekk
One or 2 Days Since you left us Henry 
you Said that Climena [Head] Had got
Over Aksing after your quota was filed And
5000 Over I think if the people here has to
Wait until thare quota Is filled be
fore thare Heads gets Over Aksing
thay Will have to Waite A long
Whil Wee aer All Well As usal
Thomas Mosher Died last Week from
Wilna he was Over 80 years of Age uncle
Simeon Hicks Is About the same As
When you left us tell Stelly that I
Should like to See her Some knight
Now my Sheat Is full And I have wrote
you A long [illeg] of A lettr If you Can
read Ite you Can Do better then I Can from
your brother O A Child

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the times Is A geting So hard here that William Isda; has to Weigh every thing that he cuts this Winter So John Waits I must tell You A bout Dan Hick he got Caught Oute In A big Snow Storme And had to Stay 4 Days up in Antwerpe Uncle Joseph A lives Now Ate [brigeses?] He workes for his borde And thrashes Grasseed this Winter Next Week he A going to Sweetmans One galaway Street I think he Will Never See Iowa State the Cares has ben Stoped every Wekk One or 2 Days Since you left us Henry you Said that Climena [Head] Had got Over Aksing after your quota was filed And 5000 Over I think if the people here has to Wait until thare quota Is filled be fore thare Heads gets Over Aksing thay Will have to Waite A long Whil Wee aer All Well As usal Thomas Mosher Died last Week from Wilna he was Over 80 years of Age uncle Simeon Hicks Is About the same As When you left us tell Stelly that I Should like to See her Some knight Now my Sheat Is full And I have wrote you A long [illeg] of A lettr If you Can read Ite you Can Do better then I Can from your brother O A Child