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May 5, 1858

My dear Sister Sarah,

You seem to have formed a very correct idea of John Watson’s place   it is out of the way sufficient enough especially for any one who wants to carry on a correspondence by means of written language through this Post Office one important if artificial [factor] is locomotion because you have to go to the Post Office when you expect a letter as well as when you want to send one, the newspapers you have sent about don’t seem to come to hand there ? deal of in roguery. Newspapers lately so that they have build the trouble of opening always and perhaps find it to much trouble to tie them up again, have you received 2 or 3 New York Observers.    

I was surprised to hear of you being at Ripley. I hope you will succeed, don’t you think it would be cheaper and pleasanter for you to board with some nice family if you can find one than having a house to yourself   I have heard all about the marriage of the Princess & Frederick Williams and a very fine day it was here for them by there were some English ships in New York that ported there colors and I think they fired a salute Island ?

I said I would try to tell you what part of a country I could have to travel through in coming up here. Well the first 30 miles was pretty   up the Leabanon [Lebanon?] Valley saw a many nice villages with the Churches spread aloft   they seem to go into having spires to their churches in this country and paint them white. I went through Leabanon & Mexico and as many other towns   Harrisburgh is the capitol of Pensa [PA] and their Governor lives there       it is not so large as Reading, When I left Harrisburgh crossed Susquehanna  River it is very under dug has a good many days in it then we ran along the side of a good many miles with a lot of high mountains on the other hand some places covered with trees and just bubblias [?] open some had crimson blossoms on them and other were clothed in everlasting green in some places there was a good mile or two between up and the foot of the mountains under cultivations   then again we were jam up to at the trees seemed to be growing

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slap of the top of the stones. I thought to myself if anybody tried to plant one there please would not get it to grow even if they had a bargain with Mr. Seth him to be there with his watering pan for 12 months. We left the Susquehanna River and came in with another called the Genovevo

Not quite so wide but running up between the more tamer and the father father we went to the RAFA it gets there is nothing else here but mountains and valleys and ridges above ridge tail they look as blue as

Thunder it has been a very wet and slobbery to play so the mountain tops are out of sight above the clouds they tell me that there are plenty of bears molar two from here a mile or two from here last fall there were lots of them here lots of them there and they have been some killed about 2 miles from these there was one big fellow killed about

Killed about 5 miles of that weighed 400 pounds I should think that the fellow that killed him would have plenty of the granum Greece to be Leiva he his stuff with him plenty of linen to satisfy the craving of his of his hungry pouch besides the skin to keep his scent warm with so up on the whole it would not be a bad days work I should like to see one or two very well while I am here but not without I had some thing in my hand where they with which I could present him with a bit of a with a bit of head with a bit of lead if he did not behave you an d

On can tell your school and that it have been up arising the mountains while the banners are about but I have not seen any yet he’s like and to look out to see them if I got a

Chance you must remember me kindly to uncle Charles and family. You seem to want me to forget Ana sends I am sure I am not surprised that she is not asked about me you don’t knows her discipline disposition so well as I do so you must not pay

Items I don’t want a year I don’t want to Yankee wife no price they are too extravagant some of them would eat as much butter as would keep a family and want to dress as fine as if they had two or 3000s a year and have three or four rugs on their delicate rings on that delicate fingers and where as much jewelry in a regular way as of Billy Goodman has up stairs and down I’ll put

I’ll put to get her sack hope you all will speak friendly and kind to Anna when she comes if she does not come it can’t be helped. As I said to John must say to you that I must conclude this and think of writing to Mary and remind you have a brother in America who loves you dearly and whose name is William Slater.

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My dear sister Mary

A very elaborate in something about little would set with that a cross occasion across very where’s or have you all I must say that your letter makes me some thing you a little more than some of the others some of the others I must not Sue and I must not when you tell me that mine 00 old old your laugh I have laughed myself there I won’t I will write it on my end I am surprised to hear

Tom Tensley working at a house a cane you must your M bit more to Ben and Tom and tell old Tom that I have been I JUDE Mann and Jan and Ann and Yankees English on my French where Mr. triangle would cut a great save all if he had to spare as many threads if Sharmila or if manila

As we did. I am sorry you forgot to search all James letter but I hope that it won’t something little me at won’t sync with keeping so if it does not get off

There are no maggots in it someone may send it next time I should like to hear walked in the bob Jay’s as got to say the barges I’ve got to say it seems as if the high price of sugar did not

His love he per haps me pets meant to use a late tree call when he is short of sugar however I wish very much happiness I wish him very much happiness and I am sure he deserves it for he

Been like a father to the youngsters. If John midlands Millington would come here he could get plenty of sticklers for every body almost buried wood. Now I’m must tell you about some about Thomas Murphy and then you are if I end he is about 62 years old and is very gray

He is a do you like my grandfather aspect especially especially when he smiles I can’t help looking at him he knew mother very well for he says he shared grandfathers suite for him 21 years and he says my grandma was as nice a woman has ever stepped out of doors he knows all about

And around there he has a brother at Newton off that I have not seen yet he has a form of his own of about 100 acres find is 3 T well off Thomas rents over 20 point north acres and but some of it is very poor he told me he

He told me he and another man rented 40 acres for $10 a year for postures that is 1.8 English the man that Crohn’s it offered to sell at him for $10 an acre so that it is of course it’s so if it is a considerable considerably cheaper than in New Jersey, he also told me that there were

Three farms sold Time cents for three for 31 acre or 12 shillings and sixpence there was plenty of wood on them and a man could make off three a day in cutting the wood on them and cutting the wood and selling it to the railroad for their engines the burn wood in the locomotives and they

Hold up along the side of the railroad and lots of tree is here of nipper aloe might

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Come and fetch a coal pan full for his little red rose tree. I suppose Faslain thinks he has seen all there is to be seen because he has been to Bangor and no doubt thinks he is a very big man because he is Church warden but if the way a handled anyone and goes to Bangor every year he won’t be such handsome Churches as I have seen, I hope when the Exchange is open and you get a pew     You must call on Mrs Leck and tell her I called to see her Brother a week or two ago and that he sends his family is quite well tell her I write all them and ask Mr Leck what I have done amiss that he would not answer for after remember now? Remember me to F R Brand all her chaps that enquire after me and to Miss Garton when you see her & to Alfred Brand all is heat Shipler yet tell me all about them my respect to Sam Shaw & Levers and all the neighbours. I suppose some of them would open their eyes if they could see all I’ve seen   I can just fancy how my father would laugh when Sarah told him about  ?