BARSTOW , CALIFORNIA                             

FEB 1891 

F.H. MCLEMORE 

DEAR BROTHER, 

I WILL ANSWER ………..YOUR LETTER WHICH I REC’D SOMETIME LAST MONTH. I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY LATELY THAT I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH TIME TO WRITE YOU AN BY THE HEADING OF THIS LETTER THAT WE HAVE MOVED FRON DOGGATT??.WE LEFT THERE THE FIRST OF JANUARY NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A HOUSE IN THAT PLACE. WE ARE LIVING TEN MILES FROM THERE. A GOOD BIT OF WORK GONG ON HERE , AS THIS IS THE TERMINAL OF ONE R.R. AND AN OTHER GOES THRU HERE . JIM GOT A JOB HERE THE FIRST OF MONTH. HE ATTENDS TO WHAT THEY CALL THE COAL SHOOT. THAT IS HE LOADS ALL THE ENJINES WITH COAL DURING THE DAY & ON OTHER MASS LOADS AT NIGHT. HE GETS 70$ SEVENTY DOLLARS A MONTH. SOMETIMES HE HAS NOT ? MUCH TO DO. I DON’T THINK IT AGREES WITH HIM TO WORK RATHER HARD AND OTHER TIMES HA HAS NOT MUCH TO DO . I DON’T THINK IT AGREES WITH HIM TO WORK .

                THERE IS A SCHOOL HERE  & THE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO SCHOOL BUT I THINK THERE ARE ONLY THREE OTHER PUPILS BESIDES MINE. DAVID IS SICK SO MUCH HE DOES NOT GO REGULAR. WE HAVE HAD SOME VERY COLD WEATHER SINCE CHRISTMAS. IT IS USUALLY VERY MILD WEATHER  IN WINTER HERE BUT GENERALLY VERY WARM IN SUMMER. I DON’T SUPPOSE I WILL EVER SEE THE “ LONE STAR STATE” AGAIN. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I SHOULD BE GLAD TO SEE GREEN FIELDS AGAIN. THERE IS NOTHING GROWING HERE EXCEPT A FEW TREES ALONG THE RIVER FRONT?? OF COURSE THERE IS FARMING DONE AS SOME OTHER  PARTS   OF THE STATE BIT I THINK IT IS ALL DONE BY ERIGETION AND THE WHOLE STATE IS MOUNTAINOUS AND I THINK NAR PERSON HAS BEEN HERE A FEW. A MINE SOME OF THEM ARE .NO BUY S MEAL AND I DON’T BELIEVE ………..THEIR MINES ARE WORTH FIVE DOLLARS.

                I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM EIRISSA( CLARISSA?) WHERE I GOT YOURS. SHE TOLD ME ADDIE WAS THERE AND IN VERY BAD HEALTH BUT I SUPPOSE YOU HEAR FROM THEM OFTEN. IN REGARD TO MY POST TRY AS I SHOULD NOT BE IN THE LEAST

 OFFENDED AT ANY THING YOU MIGHT DO FOR ME BUT  I DON’T THINK HYMM WRITERS  EVER MAKE MUCH MONEY WITH THEIR PERSONAL …….& THAT IS MY POETRY. I HAVE INTENDED TO WRITE TO SOME PUBLISHERS BU WAS NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE ANSWER. STILL IF I COULD MAKE SOMETHING I COULD DEVOTE MORE TIME TO WRITING HERE , BY WRITE BETTER.

STILL MY TIME …..TALENT ?  LIFE ARE CONSECRATED TO GOD. & IF HE DESIGNS THAT  & THAT I SHOULD RECEIVE ANY THING I WILL & IF NOT IT WILL BE BEST & I SHALL BE CONTENT. WELL THIS IS BAD INK & PAPER & MY PAPER IS PROBABLY WRITTEN & OVERSAID  RERABLY BLOTCHED SO EXCUSE IT . I SHALL NOT WRITE A LONG LETTER THIS TIME. TELL WALTER I SUPPOSE HE IS GROWN SO MUCH SINCE I SEEN HIM THAT MY NOSE IS HARDLY AS LARGE AS HIS FOOT NOW. JOHN ? SENDS HIS REGARDS TO YOU. GIVE MY LOVE TO THE CHILDREN AND WRITE SOON TO YOUR SISTER.

S.E. DONOVAN

DIRECT TO BARSTOW

SAN BERNADINO CO.

CAL.

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