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Letters to Ellen Mowrer Miller from Sarah, 1869-1905
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season's work - for if the ground is pretty well moistined this winter with snow & rain crops will be able to withstand as great a drought as we had last summer or the summer before last. Maud & Ellen are teaching school. Katie goes to school to Ellen as she teaches close by home. Shellie does not get time to go though he studies when he has time - & always in the evenings. Samuel is not at home - is at a neighbor's helping feed cattle - The proprietor is prostrated with a broken limb (leg) in trying to break a colt to work it fell over on Mr. Gilliland's leg, broke & fractured it bad. On the afternoon of Thanksgiving Andrew & I went to see Mr. G - Dr. Pangburn of Perry & Muir of Angus came to readjust the broken limb - Samuel came to eat roast turkey with us on New Year's day - went back again about 3 o'clk --
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season's work - for if the ground is pretty well moistined this winter with snow & rain crops will be able to withstand as great a drought as we had last summer or the summer before last. Maud & Ellen are teaching school. Katie goes to school to Ellen as she teaches close by home. Shellie does not get time to go though he studies when he has time - & always in the evenings. Samuel is not at home - is at a neighbor's helping feed cattle - The proprietor is prostrated with a broken limb (leg) in trying to break a colt to work it fell over on Mr. Gilliland's leg, broke & fractured it bad. On the afternoon of Thanksgiving Andrew & I went to see Mr. G - Dr. Pangburn of Perry & Muir of Angus came to readjust the broken limb - Samuel came to eat roast turkey with us on New Year's day - went back again about 3 o'clk --
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