Harrison Co. TX - Jesse Grimes Letters ----¤¤¤---- Letter # 88 October l8th 1856 Dear Unkle. I take the oportunlty of right to you again. I hop you will pardon mee for not righting sooner. I received yours the 20th day after it was mailed. It gave me geat plasur to her from you. That you in joy a space among the livin. But regret that for one whom I wonst expected to see in this life. Since the First of August truble and triels has bein mine all most too much for mee to bare. It causes me to dampen this sheet with tears of the deepest sorrow. On the Eleventh of August I beried my youngest daughter five year old. She was sick nine days with flux and on the Seventh of September my wife and an infent was buried. I have 3 children left, two girls, one son, to morn the loss of a departed mother and sister. She was sick twelve days, both with the flux. The rest of us has got well. I hope those few lines will find you all in good health and free from the adversitys of this world. Pany Morion has had a bad spell of typus fever but was sloly recovering. The rest and familys were all well when I herd last. There has bein a number of deaths here this season but few cases of any thing except flux. It has now disapered from this part of the country but is very bad in other places. I will now give you a small ske- tch of our farming season that is now clos- ing. This spring was cold and back ward. Page 2 The summer was tolerable dry and cool except about 13 days. They were extreamley hot. The fall has bein dry and pleasent. Wheat, oats and hay is very fine and corn is avrage crop. Tobacco is all most an intire falure. It was late planted and the earley frost in Septem- ber kild it. Old tobacco sels from 6 to 15 dollars per hundred, wheat $1.10 to 1.15^ corn is from 30 to 50 cts,, oats about the same, oing to the scersety other places, flower 5.50 to 6.75. The pork byers is anxious to in gage at four dollars. Selers are holding back for hier prices. Horses, mules and cattle still get hier all most every day. A good mule or a good mare being 2 hundred dollars. A good cow will bring 25 and 30 dollars. We have a fine roast and hogs for next year is plenty. Negroes are bad property here. They are all most every weeke crossing to the free States from some of our countys. There is a great stir here about pollaticks but I forbare saying much about them. Only say that I am and old Democrt un moved by new in ventions like the American Party or any other whims that may be gotten up in like manner. I now must bring my remarks to a close. I hope you will excuse mee for my few broken remarks and except my best wishes & righ son a gain. Let us know how you are and what all is doung. Nothing more. Yours etc, Reuben Stroud. The envelope bears a three cent stamp and shows:- Rumsey, Ky. Oct. 21/56 Rec'd 4 December Jesse Grimes, Grimesville, 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 ___________________________________________________________________