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Joseph McDill letters, 1853-1863
1861-05-30 Page 2
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Corn is worth from 40 to 50 cts per bushel potatoes is scarce few seed potatoes at 50 cts but not worth much hay 10 dollars per ton delivered, paper money is not worth much here the mills is not running more than two days in the week the town is not growing any now but if times get better it will likely grow fast they are a good deal of talk of the mosourians coming over to burn up Sparta and eden but i think they have enough to do at home without coming over here uncle Daivid is better and his folks are all well i was to george town yesterday and times are no better there than they are here but the army worms are taking all the corn down there they are planting it all over they are thick crossing the road from one field to another there was a little rain here last night which was needed the gardens all look well here pap has bought Baileys part of the shop he has no hands at work now as there is nothing doing if times are not better he talks of going out in the harvest field for he can make more there than in the shop uncle James Glenn is teaching school in the academy he has a large
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Corn is worth from 40 to 50 cts per bushel potatoes is scarce few seed potatoes at 50 cts but not worth much hay 10 dollars per ton delivered, paper money is not worth much here the mills is not running more than two days in the week the town is not growing any now but if times get better it will likely grow fast they are a good deal of talk of the mosourians coming over to burn up Sparta and eden but i think they have enough to do at home without coming over here uncle Daivid is better and his folks are all well i was to george town yesterday and times are no better there than they are here but the army worms are taking all the corn down there they are planting it all over they are thick crossing the road from one field to another there was a little rain here last night which was needed the gardens all look well here pap has bought Baileys part of the shop he has no hands at work now as there is nothing doing if times are not better he talks of going out in the harvest field for he can make more there than in the shop uncle James Glenn is teaching school in the academy he has a large
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