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1970 - Elder Elmer's Trout Farm Letter
Date: undated (1970, trout farm period)
[Page 3] I started fitting rocks in the hole, and he says you don't have to do that now. Here, I'll show what I want you to do — make room for the water to flow downstream.
I guess I'm having fun. Sign off. I got to go to work.
Here I am again. I'm really tired. I'm beat. I can hardly stand up, and my stomach growls because it hasn't had your good cooking in about three days. I'm still homesick and can't wait to get home.
Oh ya, has my work called me yet? If they do, tell them that I'll be home at the end of this month. Are you sure Uncle Phits is coming? Remember that letter that said "I beat" — well that ain't what that supposed to mean. I'm beat, that's what I forgot. I'm gonna tell the boys that. OK. How's Church? I can't go because I can't drive any way half the time. Smithy —
[Page 4] Now tell me this, is it up to me if I want to go home, and if it is, tell me how much it will cost me to go home from here. I still got six dollars. I haven't spent a cent yet. And I want really to come home very much, but there's a way of hurting Smithy's feelings.
You know, so I'll try to hang on until Phits comes. Make sure you tell them that I'm coming home with them.
There's really not much to do up here but just work, not much to strain yourself, but just enough to get you sick of it. Smithy won't show me how to make any stones yet. I asked him, but he said that he has to get in the mood to do something like that. If only he'd show me how, I can manage myself from there on. I guess I'll [?] again.
1970 - Elder Elmer's Trout Farm Letter
Date: undated (1970, trout farm period)
[Page 3] I started fitting rocks in the hole, and he says you don't have to do that now. Here, I'll show what I want you to do — make room for the water to flow downstream.
I guess I'm having fun. Sign off. I got to go to work.
Here I am again. I'm really tired. I'm beat. I can hardly stand up, and my stomach growls because it hasn't had your good cooking in about three days. I'm still homesick and can't wait to get home.
Oh ya, has my work called me yet? If they do, tell them that I'll be home at the end of this month. Are you sure Uncle Phits is coming? Remember that letter that said "I beat" — well that ain't what that supposed to mean. I'm beat, that's what I forgot. I'm gonna tell the boys that. OK. How's Church? I can't go because I can't drive any way half the time. Smithy —
[Page 4] Now tell me this, is it up to me if I want to go home, and if it is, tell me how much it will cost me to go home from here. I still got six dollars. I haven't spent a cent yet. And I want really to come home very much, but there's a way of hurting Smithy's feelings.
You know, so I'll try to hang on until Phits comes. Make sure you tell them that I'm coming home with them.
There's really not much to do up here but just work, not much to strain yourself, but just enough to get you sick of it. Smithy won't show me how to make any stones yet. I asked him, but he said that he has to get in the mood to do something like that. If only he'd show me how, I can manage myself from there on. I guess I'll [?] again.