Love Letter from Home

 My sister was born in Bladen, Nebraska on March 25.  Mother's mother came up from Colorado to help.  Her husband, Sam, clearly missed his Darling, for not only did he expend the effort to write, but he had to affix a three-cent stamp to the envelope, and that was a big deal.    The letter is written in pencil on both sides of two sheets of 6 x 8 notepaper.

                 Hartman

                               april

Dear wife

Will right you

to night a few lines and

put in the childerens letters

I received your letter yestedy

was to hear that you was

feeling all right and that

Vera and the baby was

getting a long all right

I am feeling purty good

hav bin working purty

hard. it keeps me moving

around keeping house

and working to. but

you nedent whury a bout

me I am getting a long

fine. I get up of a morning

build a far and whill

the stove gets hot

________________

I milk then I get

breakfast. then when

I come from work

I make a far then I go to

milk take the milk

to flicorts then get

super. then wors the

dishes sometimes ho

ho. Well I love the this

lonin with al of my hart

I saw Bro Stewart this

afir non he had bin

to holley and rented

a bilding to hold a revivel

Just dident know when

he would Start till he

heard from brother

Elkins. sed that he would let me know.

So you fokes must pray much for this

meeting.

____________________

I was talking to Bro

Elkins mondy night

he sed that fellsburg

was at the praings

seeking. the manuell

felesburg he sed that

ted drown had him

seeking. and Paul

Idles sed that Mae

had clear lost out

and wasent triying

to get saved. all

of his church came

back to the pilgrems

well ges that I will

close for this time as

it is getting late

ocens of Love Dearis

the one that loves you ever

S H Morrell

I prepared the above post, then thought to get counsel as to whether I should post it so I wrote to my sister:

Dear Sister,

I thought to post this on STSTT, but then thought perhaps I should run it past you first. To post, or not to post, that is the question.

David

Here is her reply:

 David:

Probably typical writing for a southern man who did not have a lot of schooling. It's hard to believe that this letter is still around after all of these years - almost 76! (Interesting since Grandma wrote very well.) We have to be really proud of a grandpa who, with very little "book learning," supported a large family during hard times. His children's successes testify to his devotion as a husband/father/Christian gentleman. His continued closeness to extended family, even when he lived far from them, provided an example of loving and caring. I doubt that selfishness was even a part of his life. Great example to follow!

Funny that the signature on a letter to his wife is, "S H Morrell." But I do know someone who is younger than us who refers to his wife as "Mrs. Blake" when he writes about her on Facebook. Weird - in my humble opinion.

I remember sitting on Grandpa's lap when we visited them in Hartman before they moved to California. I could not have been very old. He was the first person who ever let me have a sip of coffee. Maybe what got me hooked!

I was not aware that Grandma came to Bladen to help when I was born. I have always been under the impression that Mrs. Anderson was the one who helped Mom and cared for you. Shows what I know!

Love,

Verla