29 December 1895, Letter from Johann Peter Frautschi to his brother Christian Frautschi


University of Wisconsin-Madison. Max Kade Institute. Frautschi Letters (MKI/Frautschi3/JP1895G)

Electronic version: http://frautschi-letters.mki.wisc.edu/let/JP1895/JohannPeter1895.html

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Elizabeth
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Dear Brother,<lb>
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It was a negligence on my part that I did not write you sooner. I had also received the<lb>
Notice of your child's death from you and can also truly understand your pain, but<lb>
Christians have a great comfort over the atheists, namely the holy reunion in heaven<lb>
Above.<lb>
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We old people also come closer to our timely end, and we can see the signs on our<lb>
Corporal shell that it will happen sooner rather than later<lb>
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After three years of drought, we had a surplus of rain and fertile weather during the<lb>
Growing season in spring, yet for a long time the grass and the hay still did not want to<lb>
Grow, the grain and potato crops were the largest we have ever had.<lb>
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Of two hailstorms, only one hit on June 20, three miles wide and 20 miles long, all the<lb>
Grain ____. Since we always had enough rain, the grain has regrown so much and<lb>
Provided such a great harvest that we have had to buy neither oats nor corn. Everything is<lb>
Very cheap here: wheat, 40 cents; oats and potatoes, ten cents per bushel, and no market<lb>
For them as of yet, everyone has machinery, and as a result there is overproduction<lb>
Everywhere, and one must almost fear that it could be much worse in the future.<lb>
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We had almost no rain the entire fall, and then an early winter, although there was no<lb>
Snow.<lb>
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I don't know of anything else new to write you about; we are all reasonably healthy, and<lb>
Send our greetings.<lb>
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We also wish you a Happy New Year<lb>
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<signed>J. Peter Frautschi
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