Dear James,
I’m writing this tonight as I am always rushed in the morning. Ruth is so pleased with her raincoat, it is such a pretty color. John says to always get “rough rider” pants. He can tell you lots of good things about them. He was tickled with your letter. They were both pleased with their surprises.
We had bad luck with our meat and cheese. I put them out in the cooler with 2 lbs. of butter wrapped in a package, and put a heavy stone and a heavy piece of wood on the cover. In the night I heard a noise like somebody dragging something. I got up, lit the lantern and went outside. The cover was off the cooler and the meat, cheese and butter were gone. I looked around and found the wrappings of the meat and the next morning we found the cheese wrapper in the road, but we found no trace of the butter. I think it must have been a big dog or maybe two of them and I spoke to Jenson about it because their dogs are up here often hunting in the woods.
The children like their school and teacher and don’t mind the walk. They have finished grading the road a little past the schoolhouse and the walking is not so bad. We need bigger lunch pails.
The wind is blowing thru the pines and it will be a grand night to sleep. See if you can bring the table when you come. It is 9:30 and the children are sound asleep as I hope to be soon so, good night with lots of love,
Martha