Duplin County, NC - Jesse Grimes Letters ----¤¤¤---- Letter # 85 January 27th 1856 Dear Unkle. I take oportunity of writing a few lines to you again to let you kow that we are all well at present. Hoping those few lines will find you all in good helth. The conection is well wen heard from last except Asher. He got a fall and put his shoulder out of place about three months past and is a criple yet. I have not heard from you since last spring. I have cald at the office all most every weeke for months past hoping to here from you but have been disoplnted. I have not heard from Unkle William or James since about the same time. I will again try to tell you some thing about last year. It is long to be remembered by Kentuckiens. Thru the season bread stuffs was. scearse until April. From that tel June it could not be bough with money onley in small quantitys. It was a destresing seen to go to the mills and see the millers alowencing the people with money plenty. This was don so the pore could get. I saw them by shorts and brand for bread. There was an abundence of stock of all kinds died for wan of food which has made them scearce. This year has nerley made up the loss for the last. We have the best crops we ever rased of corn. wheat and oats, fcobbacco and hay all more than a usual crop. The season was very fine for Page 2 the farmers and they maid more than ordinary exertions generaly. I will send you our prices here Wheet is from $1: to 1:25 per bushel., corn 35 to 40 cts per bushel, oats 20 to 25 cts, porke 5 dollar; to six per hundred, horses and mules very high. Most any horse will bring a hundred dollars, a cow and calf 20 to 25 dollars and scearce at that, sows and pigs sells for one dollar a piece for the pigs and the sow thrown in. Any thing the farmers has sell very ready for cash at high prices. Good land range from eight to twelve per acre and purchasers plenty. Our people suffered gratly from sicness last fall. here was sick people than ever was known before and many deaths, mostly old people and children. The entry is now in tirely helthy. We have had a hard winter so fare. The cold weather set in Saturday before Christmas and continues yet Tho not quite so severe. We had a heavy fall of snow yesterdy and it is thawing some for the first time today. The ice is about foot thick. Green river is frozen over so they corss any where. I now bring my remarks to a close by asking you to right often as you can and let us now how you are and how you are geting along a far- ming. Nothing more, I remain yours tel death, Reuben Stroud The envelope bears an embossed three cent stamp and was mailed at Rumsey, Ky. on Jan. 29 (1856) and addressed to Jesse Grimes, Grimes P.O. Texas. __________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Christine Grimes Thacker ___________________________________________________________________