And was it not for keeping company
with Mac & Addy I Expect I could go openly
but I hope they will soon be free we
have two New Judges Apointed & confirmed
I hope they will be better than those
Removed. Give my Love to all
the family what Man was that who died
at Price a few days since I suppose you
have your harvest all up we are ownly
just beging to cut our wheat I have
board two Artecians Wells at Emmas
I drew one 300 feet for More water but got none, had to draw the Pipe up to 125 feet
got 12 gallons, bored another 65 feet got 10 gallons
they give me water Enough to water my garden Lawn, and all the Ground as far as 150 feet
of pipHoes will reach or where the water
can run Well I must quit my 10 minutes
are up God Bless you all is my prayer
And was it not for keeping company
with Mac & Addy I Expect I could go openly
but I hope they will soon be free we
have two New Judges Apointed & confirmed
I hope they will be better than those
Removed. Give my Love to all
the family what Man was that who died
at Price a few days since I suppose you
have your harvest all up we are ownly
just beging to cut our wheat I have
board two Artecians Wells at Emmas
I drew one 300 feet for More water but got
none, had to draw the Pipe up to 125 feet
got 12 gallons, bored another 65 feet got 10 gallons
they give me water Enough to water my gardenLawn, and all the Ground as far as 150 feet
of Hoes will reach or where the water
can run Well I must quit my 10 minutes
are up God Bless you all is my prayer
"Letter to William and Rachel Thompson Atkin, 26 July 1888," p. 4, The Wilford Woodruff Papers, accessed April 26, 2024, https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/p/kw6Y