May 28, 1865

May 28, 1865

Letter from Sarah E. Andrews to James A. Andrews, May 28, 1865
Hudson, Wis. May 28, 1865

No. 83

Dear Jimmie,

It is a very warm day, one of the warmest days we have had this spring, it is a real summer day. Yet for all that you shall have a letter today. I did not write but twice last week.

Our time seemed to be a good deal taken up in trying to accomplish a great deal of sewing and visiting. I have got so completely tired out that I thought I would not go to church today. I am not entirely alone, Ada is here but I have excused myself to her for the sake of conversing with you a short time. If we have been visiting this week you will be interested in knowing where my last letter was written Thursday so I will begin there.

Thursday afternoon we visited at Mr. Moffat's, we had a very pleasant visit indeed. Mr. Coon and Brown were there to take tea with us. We stayed until eleven. As we were getting ready to come home the gentlemen asked us if we had any engagement the next morning, if we had not they would like to have us go up to Willow River Falls. We had not, so the next morning at nine o'clock we started -- Lib, Ceal, Mary Moffat, myself and the above mentioned gentlemen.
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We went in that three-seated carriage at the livery. We had one of the grandest of times, and ever so much fun. Lib thought that what one could not think of funny, another was sure to. Libbie was very much pleased with the scenery about the falls. She is very anxious to go to the Kinnickinnic falls and the monument before she goes home, but cannot as she intends going Tuesday.

Yesterday we were invited to Mrs. Rugg's to tea and to Mrs. Dawson's to spend the evening. I did not enjoy either visit as much as I should if I had not been so thoroughly tired out from the trip the day before. Mr. Coon and Mr. Brown were there in the evening. There were other gentlemen invited but as there was a steamboat ride up to Stillwater they did not come. We should have gone up to Stillwater if we had not been previously invited to Mrs. Dawson's. You see we have been going most of the time for the past week. Expect after Lib goes we shall settle down into a dull monotony. We shall have to go to work hard to get Mother ready. I hope we can get her started in the course of three weeks.

James Mann died yesterday morning of lung fever; he is to be buried this afternoon. Mrs. [D.] Lucas died last night quite suddenly. I believe she had the lung fever. There was a meeting here the other night to take measures to have a telegraph here. I have not heard what was the result of the meeting.

We received a letter from you and Charlie yesterday. Charlie is well, he did not say anything about coming home. Mrs. Cowles had one from Mell, he said he thought they would be home soon, but that Charlie did not want to come.

Our yard is beginning to look very fine. We have had so much rain. I think it will look better than it did last summer, although it is not as forward as it was at this time last spring. The night Stella Hatch was married, which was a year last Thursday, our lilacs were in full bloom. They are now just beginning to blossom.

Write soon and often to

Sister Sarah.

All send love.

Remember me to your friends. When you write to Mary Moffat tease her about Mr. Brown. Don't tell her where you heard about him.