Newsletter 5 1981-84.pdf - The Grayson Family

Continuation of letter February the 26th 181~7B. F. GraysonCrwf ord County ?{lo.I will give you a little ditty about a peachalready in this country. She net some of her neighbors oneday, sfter bidding one another "Ho-~dy" they asked her ho1,v shecame out, she replied bad enough for the but few women in thecountry and she believed that the men would be destroyedafter them for they had learned theto plow andtogrub and directly would have them making rails and fencingthe ground, then she expected the men 71rould kill oneanother for -,vh2t few wonen is here. By this you may know.+!omen in scnrce hcreand if sornc! m.tn would fetch a driveof women here he could get them off of his hands on goodterms. Times is harder here than common on the account ofthe drought last season, corn 37.14@ bushel, 1,vhea-t 50$,bacon $5.50$ per hundred, cows and calves from 5 to 8 dollars,average horses such as I took here $30 to 35 dollars.If anyperson is going to move from that country to this, tell thexto start after grass gets plenty and their expense will bebut little. Here is plenty of land to take up. I don't seemuch a do in health here and there, only land is PO objecthere. The range is good has wintered before.They y~inter :~ithout feeding them.to ansvrer as soon as you can.I want you and the boysFebruary 26 1847B. F. Grayson