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Josephine J. Crawford
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with us children -- I do think you must have been sorely tried with us -- Hope you will be recompensed for it -- You have our grateful remembrance for your many kindnesses to us
Alphonsine has a large nice home about 32 miles from here -- She has a large family of Summer boarders at present, who go out into the country for a change from the noise of the Cities -- She has some from San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco -- She keeps two girls -- Her daughter is here being treated for kidney trouble Is able to be up around but is in bad health Their youngest son was lately married and is living in a new house, built near his father's He will continue to work his father's farm -- They have all kinds of fruit and berries, grown here, vegetables and their own milk, cream and butter -- So they live well --
Gulian .V. Pond lives in Belmond, Wright Co. Iowa He has only a Son and daughter left -- The son is married and lives near him -- He has one child The daughter is at home -- I hear she is a lovely girl a very sweet singer -- They are all well and getting along well -- Gulian has a nice home there -- Brayton and family are in Chicago -- He has a son and daughter married, and son and daughter at home single -- Uncle, Dr. Don's Carrie and Fred also live there --
We have had an unusually cool Spring with late showers -- Some of the hay that was cut has been damaged and some of the cherries, but their [there] is plenty that have not, and fruit of all kinds have had to be thinned on the trees, they were so over-loaded. Mr. Crawford has today been thinning our apples, pears, plums apricots, our orange trees are not over-loaded -- This city is situated in the very rich beautiful Santa Clara Valley. I wish you could see it -- and our lovely roses and other flowers -- They are beyond description of my poor pen -- Allie would write to you if she did not have so much work and care -- I hope I shall be more ready to write in the future --