BOWERS - BOWES NOTES Plaquemines Parish Louisnana
Submitted by Gladys Stovall Armstrong
Typed by Darnell Marie Brunner Beck
Published by "The Deep Delta"


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Extracted from microfilm of "The Protector" by Gladys Stovall Armstrong

							"Empire, La.
							"31 April 18, 1887
"Editor Protector:
	"I saw all my schoolmates letters thay wrote to your paper. I am 
small little girl eleven years old. I have been going to school two 
terms and I love to go to school and obey the techers rules. I like my 
teacher, she is kind to me, her name is Miss M. BANNON. I am very sorry 
school will soon close. I have a little brother going to school with me. 
He is nine years old. He does not like to go to school. We have lots of 
blackberries down here. We have a fine garden but would look much finer 
if it would rain. We have watermellons in blossem, cucumbers and beans 
in abundance. Father has a find orchard it is beautiful to look at. Papa
has not sold his crop yet. He was offered 2,800 dollor. but he refused. 
I went out crabbin Sunday and caught two dozens crabs, so I must close. 
I think I have written a long letter. I hop& you will publish my letter 
in Saterdays Paper and oblige.
							Yours Truly,
							"Kate BOWERS"
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							"Tropical Bend
							"18 April, l887
"Editor Protector:
"Dear Friend,
	"I saw all my schoolmates letters in the paper last week. 
I am a little boy, fourteen years old. I am in a fourth grade 
reader and a history. First geography. My father is going to sow 
rice tomorrow, we have got two mules and we have a nice mare and 
a little colt. We have a find orchard, it is full bearing, it is 
hanging with little oranges. We are going to play ball next Sunday. 
We went out last Sunday and caught four dozen crabs.
	"I think I have written a long letter to your paper. MY sister 
Katie has made you a letter, so I thought I would tell you some news.
	"We are John BOWERS children, perhaps you don't know us.
							"Yours Truly,
							"Andrew BOWERS"
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							"Empire, La.
							"June 15, 1887
"Editor Protector:
	"Kind friend I saw that you published my last letter in your paper, 
so I will write again this week. Today the weather is find but a few weeks 
ago the wind blew very hard from the other side and blew the salt water in 
the peoples rice fields, but I hope they will save some of their crop. We 
had a very large cave in front of our residense last week it covered about 
30 feet wide and is 75 feet deep. It took our skiff away, but we found it 
again. Died at Point Pleasent last Saterday my dear beloved Aunt, Mrs. 
Dominich (sic) QUATWACK. She leaves five children, four girls and one boy 
to morn her loss. I was glad to see my little cousin Albert BURAS' letter 
in the paper, it was very well written I hope he will write again. We have 
a beautiful arbor of grapes getting ripe we also have a great many chickens
but they have the sickness, so I hope you will not put my letter in your 
troublesome waste basket. I hope to see all my little friends letters in 
the paper this week. So I must come to a close, with regards to all my 
little friends.

							"Your little friet
							"Katie BOWERS"
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(It seems the Editor sometimes threw the children's letters
in the waste basket, and they all feared the fate would
happen to their letter. Shortly after, a new editor made a
policy that all children's letters would be printed and they
were assured their letters would not see that dreaded wasted
basket!)