LETTER OF AARON SEE, MAY 2 1909
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This letter received from Ralph Craw of Wilton, which he had donated to the Wilton town historian's office
Monmouth Ill. May 2nd, 1909
Dear Sister
I take these few moments for to write you a few lines in answer to your card. It found us all as well as usual. I am getting quite lame now. My bones are getting old. I cannot stand the hard work that I used to. I have worked every day this winter in the shop but I don't work at molding any more. I have 2 miles to go to work. I drive in every morning & back at night but every thing is so high that it takes all that I can earn to keep up the family of three of us. But horse feed is so high it costs us much to keep a house as it does to keep the family in groceries. My boy is going to high school & he cannot help me any, only to use money, but perhaps he will some day. It has been so cold that I have not made much garden yet. I have got 13 bu. potatoes planted. They are high here now from 125 to 150 pr. bushel. I did not have to buy any. I will have some to sell. Butter is 30 cts. pr. lb., eggs 22 pr. doz. Every thing is high but wages. I expect to work in the shop until the 1st of July, & it froze very hard last night. I am afraid that the early fruit is killed.
Well, don't you think I am doing well? I have 4 children married & I have 5 grandchildren. The last girl was married the 5th of December & has gone to Kansas City to live. Her husband gets 90 dollars pr. month. My children have all done well & have got good homes which I am thankful for & they all scold me because that I work too hard. They want me to be free so that I can visit with the. Why don't you send me your st.address so that I will know where to write. All that I have to go by is the poast mark on the letters. Are you on a R.F.D. route so that the mail goes [to] Gansevoort. Now I got a letter from Belle some time ago, but she did not give me her address. I heard that she had parted from her husband. If you see any of them, give them my best regards. & Mr. Pratt's folks, how are you living now. What did you ever do with the old homestead?
My wife & boy wants me to sell out & go & live there as they have heard so many stories about [the] Hudson River but no telling what might happen. I wish I had some way to get some wintergreen berries as so many here never see any or tasted any wintergreens or black birch. I have not heard from sister Hattie in a long time. I must write to her. I am the nearest relative that she knows of. We had some very nice visits with her when I was in Chicago. I wish that I could see her more often as she seems so good company. I must bring my letter to a close. Give my best regards to Jerry. I tell him that I should to go a fishing with him again. So good bye. Write when you can. From your loving brother,
Aaron See
715 N. 10 St.
Monmouth, Ill
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