Letter to Ozem Thompson Woodruff, 6 January 1861
Great Salt Lake City . Brother Ozem Thompson, Dear Sir
I have written to you several times during the past year Directed to
Richmond, but got No answer Uncle Ozem informed me that you are
in Lovely Street at work which explains the matter. I wish you would write
to me on the recipt of this line & tell me your calculations and situation
I would like to have you come to this valley & stop with me if your
circumstances would permit, should you be away from your family
as I understand you have been for the last year. You might
as well be in Utah as Connecticut and wages are much better here than
there I have to pay from $30 to $45 dollars a month & board to
common Hands to take a team & draw wood or to work on a farm I
have to hire a good Deal. I have a heard of cattle a heard of sheep a good
Farm & garden & orchard which will want one hand. If we have a good
season I expect to have one thousand dollars worth of fruit next fall to pick
composed of Apples peaches plums Apricotts & grapes If you was Here I
could pay you much better wages than what you get in the States should
any thing turn up that you shoud take a Notion to come out here and
you should want to lay out any money in any articles to turn into cash
when you get here. If you have money Enough buy a good span of young
Mules good size & good chicago waggon a light 2 Hors waggon is best
than you could load them with any kind of Freight this you could get
