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Note: John ROSS writes to his son Horatio G. and daughter-in-law Berthena Ross & children:
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April 13, 1902
Belmont, Ark
Mr. H. G. Ross and Family:
Hit has been some time since I have heard from you. I have been very uneasy about you, but I hope there ant anything the matter with you. This leaves me and family well as comes. I hope when these few lines may come to your hand and find you all well and doing well.
Rash, I hain't got anything too strong to write to you - more than we hain't done planting corn yet. I have got about 20 acres planted and about 15 acres more to plant yet - I will get done by the middle of the week and then I have got my bottom to plant and then the berries will be to pick. Rash, if you was here, you and your children and Theny could make from $6 to $7 dollars a day a picking Strawberries. The pay is two cents a quart. Frankey and W. B. Ross can make from $3 to $3 1/2 a day - ant that pretty good. Sintha can make from $2 to $2 1/2 a day, and come home every night and milk her cows and do her work. Rash, Sintha has got to be a good girl. She stays at home and works like a lady and is a good girl to me. I can't git her to go any where of a Sunday. She is well thought of by everybody here. Rash, I can say to you Hampton and Evy lives in site of me, and Evy hain't got any man - I can tell you that now he is like Andy Jokes, he is so contrary his life is a misery to him.
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And babys - Well little children I want you to come over next Saturday night and I will kill the old hen. Shore, I want you to tell me if your are to come so I can fix up for you.
This from your grand papy to the Boys.
Rash, I wish you was over here. This is a heep better country than hit was when you were here. I can live a heap easer than when I first come to this country. We have Strawberries here to pick every Spring. I can tell you man acre - well, if make a hundred $100 create, and then you can sell tehm at the station from $3 to $3 1/2 Dollars a crate, and you can git three picks for 2 cents a quart and 24 quarts make a crate. You see what hit takes to gather them, and what you make about $200 hundred of a man acre of ground, and pay for gathering them, and hit don't take any work to make them, the most is getting them set out, and then you can work them when you get your crates made. So I will close fur this time.
John Ross to Rash Ross and family
A few lines to Theane. Dear daughter and little children. I will say to you, you don't know what I would give to see you all. Well Theane, if you and the children was here to and see how white the ground is with blooms on strawberries - hit would open your eyes. Your little girls could make fifty cents a day and you could make from $2 to $2 1/2 a day - ant that very well. I want you to write and tell me how you are a getting along.
This John Ross to Thene Ross
John ROSS writes to his son Horatio G. and daughter-in-law Berthena Ross & children:
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October 19, 1902
Belmont, Ark
Mr. H. G. Ross, Wife, and Little Family:
I will try and answer your letter of a few days ago. I have been so tore up about the loss of little Mily. I couldn't write to you. Rash, all that I can say to you both is to put your trust in Him. I want your to make ready and prepare yourself to meet the sweet little darling baby in heaven - there where parting will be no more, where there will be no more sorrow, nor no wailing after our little one. Rash, my dear son, I have got that hope within my bosom - I will meet her in around the dazzling thrown of God wherein parting will be no more. If I am so lucky to get there, I will see that little darling baby a singing that sweet melodious song. How can we even wait till the time. Rash, put your trust in God, He will take care of you. Put your whole trust in God who is able to save all that will put their trust in Him. I feel that I can't praise my God enough for what He has done for me. I want you and Theny to be ready at any, we don't know what minute, he will come with the summons for us and we should be ready for that. So I will not write any more about this now.
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Well Dear Son and Daughter:
I will try to answer your letter. Children I ant all hardly to write to you today. I hant sit up all day since the first of June. I am able to sit up about all of my time now, but I ant able to do anything yout - nor I don't guess I ever will be any more. This place on my breast is still running - yet it may quit running. I haint any idy of it ever being sound any more, that I can't tell any thing about it yet - for it has been running ever since the first of July. That it don't run as much now. I did think I would come and see you this winter, but I didn't think I will be able to make the trip. I know I won't now, I hope we will meet where parting will be no more. So I will close fur this time. Rash, Ev ant able hardly to go - she has been sick ever since in August. Billey is sick now - has been for two weeks. The rest is well. Write soon and tell all the news.
John Ross to H. G. Ross and Family
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