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THE PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,?: PAGE FOUR Thursday, July 19, 1982 1857 Letter (Continued from Page One) cups and saucers, sugar bowl, rn-am pitcher, water pitcher, 9 plates, 8 large and 3 smaller lines, 2 bowls, pepper box, salt cellar, glass butter plate (as pretty as yours), molasses pitch er, knives and forks, I don't use mine, I got some from the other house, 2 tin dishes, one 2 qt. and one 1 qt., 2 baking dishes, teapot and a butcher knife. I bought that, and on top of the cupboard stands a small wooden pail of sugar, the tea canister like Adaline's and a steamer with a pie and some bread In it. Now, don't you think my cup board is pretty and well-filled? My crockery is white (you know I always said I should get white) and it Is good too. Everything is nice and I paid a nice price, too. . .but to go on. . . In the next corner stands my bed. It is made up neatly. The plain calico bed quilt Is on it. It looks very pretty. In the next corner is the flour barrel. There is a shelf over the barrel to mix on and there Is a small box on one end containing my groceries, an earthern Jar of lard, a six qt. jar and a big Iron spoon and sieve. In the next corner is also a small shelf on which I keep the water palls and under it my ironware. Over It hangs the towel and the dish pan like Ada line's. Near this shelf stands the stove. Lawson and Isaac bought It. It Is very much like the DcWltt Clinton they gave 32 dollars for it and the furniture with it which consisted of 2 iron kettles, very nice little ones, a spider, teakettle, gridiron, 2 lids to fry griddle cakes on, a flat heater, 2 tin plates and 2 square tins and one long sheet iron, one like yours and a coffee boiler and a large tin boiler. Don't you see that I am nicely off? Furthermore, I have a nice table which cost five and a half dollars, a great rocking chair, 3 dining chairs, nice ones. I keep those two large trunks in under the bed, the smaller one by the head of the bed. I have a very good floor so I mop it up and it looks as nice as a pin. Real white. The house is very comfortable indeed, it don't lak to do a bit of hurt. Guess now, a small house well filled is much better than a large one with nothing In It. When Moses comes over, I guess we shall finish off a chamber for him which I think will answer nicely, if he keeps still. If he don't, he'll have a sore head, I reckon. Now, I suppose you are think ing I am terrible homesick in such a place as I describe but it is not so. I have plenty of house room for any common occasion and if anything uncommon should come along I can just step outdoors and then I can have all the elbow room I want without hitting any rocks or hills. I am not homesick one bit nor I haven't been since I got here. I am perfectly contented, never was more so. I like the country very much indeed. The West is my home for the present. These western prairies are so nice, they are grand to look at and more so to work on, I sup pose. It is a splendid building place where the house stands. It is on a knoll, descends every way from the house but not steep at all, just a gradual descent. We are not going to build here this summer for the reason that when we build here we want a very nice house so we are going to build down in the town near the mill now. This house is not in the city. The town the boys have laid out contains 320 acres. We ex pect quite a little country village here. The boys are surveying it now and laying it off into lots. They want to get it done today and go to Omaha tomorrow and preempt it. These building lots undoubt edly will in a short time be very valuable. It is very pleasantly situated, good water power etc. The mill is not in operation yet. We have 5 hired men now but they don't seem to get along much they in the first place don't understand building a mill. But it is the best help they can get so they worry it along and guess they will get done some time. The boys have sowed that wheat and it has come up. They have planted some potatoes. Po tatoes here at present are very high. $2.50 a bushel corn, $1.00. Lawson went to get 21 bushels day before yesterday to feed to the oxen. They have got 4 yoke of oxen. When I wrote last, we were laboring under a great excite ment with the Indians. But that was a great cry and little (?). The whites were altogether too much to blame. They about the same as stole 15 ponies from the Indians but so much to tell I won't tell any only that all is peace. The Indian Agent and Inter preter went up to see the Indians and found them more scared if possible than the whites. I think there is no trouble with them, not In the least but the people here became terribly frightened and made a useless cry. But It's over and peace is around us. The claim jumping seems to be over, too. Moses has been building him a house on his farm and is going up to live In it a few days. Long enough to preempt. He says he is not going to write home at all but Providence permitting he will pay you a visit next fall. He is well. I received a letter from Ver mont a day or two since saying that Rylands folks had got a son. What to make of it I don't know and should like to have an expla nation on the subject. Tell Ry Hind so. Tell him he owes me a letter. I wrote to them in St. Louis. If they have got a baby I would like to know it immedi ately to save him a town lot. How are you all getting along? I would like to call on you and would be extremely happy to receive a call from my eastern friends any time. Is Julia Conant at Cambridge yet? When did Levi go home? Where have Mr. Sargent's folks gone? lias Conant come to his place yet? Who works for you this sum mer? Who works for Timothy's folks? How is little Isaac? Tell him to write me a letter. But I have written a long mess of nothing and I guess you will think I haven't much to do by this long letter. Truly, I haven't much. I have lots of time to play. I go over to (?) every day and fix them up a lit tle and am now going directly and carry them a pie. I do their washihg and ironing. I have not got acquainted with any of the women around here yet except Mrs. Kirkpatrick. I like her very much. But my sheet is full so I will have to stop. Write often. My ink is terrible stuff. Yours the same as ever, Julia. Miss Dodson Attended FHA National Meeting NEHAWKA (Special) Jac qualine Dodson, 17, daughter of Mrs. Audrey Dodson of Nehawka attended the' 1962 National Meeting of the Future Home makers of America held July 9 12 at Hotel Utah Motor Lodge in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jackie, along with 800 teen age delegates of this nation's high school organization for stu dents studying home economics, participated in activities plan ned to introduce and interpret the National Program of Work for 1962-1965 and motivate members to use it. Among the outstanding speakers at the meeting was Mrs. Esther Peter son, assistant secretary of labor, and Director of the Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, Mrs. Peterson's speech, "Homemakcrs Need an Educa tion," helped to emphasize one of the objectives in the new Pro gram of Work, as did each of the speakers' topics. "Guideposts for Progress" was the over-all theme chosen by delegates for their meeting, and all through the week, panels, discussion groups, and program speakers helped the FHA'ers gain a better understanding of their new Program of Work and gave them "guideposts" for carrying out its objectives. Many special events were planned for the delegates, in cluding a canyon tour, the Mor man Tabernacle, capitol and a musical presentation. Delegates are responsible for bringing ideas gained from the national meeting to the members of their local chapters and state associa tions. While attending the meeting, Jackie served as a member of the Nebraska relaxer for the second annual session. Jackie, with two advisers and nine other members attended the convention from Nebraska. She was entitled to attend as she is state parliamentarian. Mrs. Clara Lane, San Fran cisco is a houseguest of her brother Louis Ruhge and Mrs. Ruhge. On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Carl Zaiser and Mr. and Mrs. Liken were lunch guests of Mrs. Ra walt at the Cornhusker. Mrs. I. G. C. Campbell was in the pulpit at the Congregational Church Sunday. July 22, Rev. Knosp will be the speaker. ' Mrs. Emma Emshoff, Mrs. Theresa Majuri, Omaha, and granddaughter Celeste Rezzuti, Jamaica, New York visited Mrs. Meta Mueller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Aesch bacher and sons. Lincoln visited at the Henry Dankletf home Monday evening. Eagle News Mrs. John Fischer Phone $84-6141 The American Legion Auxil iary members met at the home of Mrs. Roscoe Bird for the July meeting. The next meeting in August will be at Mrs. Harley Smith's home at which Miss Marcia Ronhovde the selected Girl's State attendant will be present to relate her eventful time during the sessions in June, at Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Peeks of Lincoln called at the William Trumble home last Saturday evening. Mrs. Peeks was the 6'h grade teacher at Eagle Schools in the 30's, known then as Miss Martha Thaden. Carl Price and son of Lin coln called on Eagle friends Sunday afternoon. Both are for mer Eagle residents. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Sorensen and family were overnight guests at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Scat tergood last Saturday evening returning home, Sunday after noon. Dwight Earl underwent an ap pendectomy at the Lincoln Gen eral Hospital last Saturday morning. It is hoped he will be able to return home soon, how ever, the appendix had bursted prior to surgery and was quite ill for a few days. Carl Maahs, is also at the Lincoln General Hospital under going medical attention. Elmer Judkins cf Lincoln was a dinner guest at the home of friends, Mr. and Mrs. William Trumble, last Sunday. Mrs. Larry Caddy underwent surgery on last' Thursday morn ing, at the Lincoln General Hos pital, after entering the hospital on Wednesday. Terry Caddy is at home with his father and also re mains at the maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Holka near Alvo, Neb., part time. Mrs. Caddy is doing as well as can be expected. Mrs. Louis Knupple entered the Bryan Memorial Hospital last Thursday and underwent an ear surgery on Friday morning. She had undergone a similar surgery several months ago on her other ear. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sicken of Elmwood, Neb., called at the John Fischer home last Friday afternoon. Other out of town callers were Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Eidenmiller of Weeping Water, Mr. and Mrs. Orill Allen of Lincoln, Neb., and Mr. David Cantley and son of Kennwick, Wash. Mrs. A. H. Siekman and son Harold of Eagle and Mrs. Alma Rohfs of Lincoln enjoyed an auto trip to Iowa and Missouri, parts on last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rudolph of Malcolm, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Morton of Alvo, Neb., were sup per guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Umland last Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. David Cantley and sons of Kenewick, Wash., visited at Eagle last week and her relatives at Palmyra and Lincoln. The Cantley's were en route to and also stopped over enroute home from his parents Mr. and Mrs. Silas Cantley at Bland, Missouri, formerly of Eagle. Mrs. Clinton Westlake and members of the 4-H "Happy Hearts" Club enjoyed a swim ming outing at Lincoln Monday, as a farewell for one of the members Janice Doran who will soon be moving from Eagle to Minnesota. Mrs. Jesse Westlake attended a Cass County Council meeting at Weeping Water, Monday. Harold Wall hopes to complete his house repairing and remod eling this week for the Palmer Lloyd family to rent and occupy. Mr. Wall leaves for California last of week. Mrs. Sadie Trumble is recov ering from a fall late Friday evening at her home in Eagle. She was taken to the Bryan Me morial Emergency room for the needed medication and few stitches in the wound on her head. The "O St." Homemakers Club members are making the preparation for their club booth exhibit for the Cass County Fair in the near future. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence West- lake entertained former neigh bor friend, Mr. David Cantley ana son with a dinner. Monday. Mrs. Cantley was visiting her relatives at Palmyra. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Westlake. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Eluiu Coolman, Pastor Library Auditorium Tonight: 7:30 p.m. Zioneers. Sunday: 9 a.m. Church hour. 10 a.m. Church school. A CLwsifird Ad in The Journal! cost as little as 50 cents. Libbey Aqua Tempo Perfect for Patio Parties, I Jl Set of Twelve 8-oz. Glasses II in a Handy Brasstone Caddy; I I a $3 Value for Only U Stars Root. 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