Louisa Wylie Boisen to Hermann B. Boisen, 03 July 1878

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Louisa Wylie Boisen to Hermann B. Boisen, 03 July 1878

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Louisa W. Boisen, Bloomington, Indiana to Hermann Boisen 

Bloomington, Ind.

July 3, 1878

My dear Hermann,

            You did not say what day you expected to arrive in Amherst, but I think you will find this letter awaiting you when you arrive. Also the packages which I send along with it, for we forgot your blue vest and your pocket book. I hope you have not needed either. I send too, the Heneburg papers. As yet no letters or papers have come by mail for which you care, only the Progress and Telephone.

            Baby is well and just as sweet as ever. He cried after you and tells every one that “Papa” has gone on “cars” and that “Grandpa carried” him to “depot.” Day before yesterday I told him that you had gone to Amherst and I was surprised yesterday afternoon when I asked him where you were, to hear him answer “Amners.” This morning I was tying up my jelly and I left the room a moment. When I came back he had got into one glass of jelly and his hands and face and the table were daubed all over. He has just been here begging to get in “Mamma’s lap awhile.”

            Tomorrow is the “Glorious Fourth!” and the folks from home are coming up here. We are going to have a kind of picnic dinner and they will all be able to enjoy the celebration if there is any enjoyment to be had. I suppose the children will enjoy it anyhow.

            We are having rainy days now. Weeds are growing as fast as possible. I planted out the Cauliflower and Racinus [castor bean] just before it commenced raining and I got some weeding done. If you hadn’t staid that day and put the garden in order as much as you did, I don’t believe I could have kept things in order at all. As it is it will be hard work for the weeds grow faster than I can keep them down and I don’t want to spend more than I can possibly help in hiring help. Yet I shall have to have the grass cut and potatoes dug and some other things done. The vines at the porch are growing beautifully. I hope by the time you and Christian come back that they will cover the porch. I planted the ferns you brought from the Springs. You don’t know how I like this garden and old house.

            We have not heard from Ma and Mag since they were on the road to Denver. We hope for a letter every day. Brown is not at all well. The Doctor says his blood is in a very bad condition and that he must be careful or the consequences may be serious. I told Sede I thought a trip to the Springs would be the best thing, but she says she needs that as much as he, and then they can’t afford it. As to the latter, I think she is right enough to try and keep out of debt but their doctor bill may cost them more in the end, beside the suffering and so I told her. But she thinks not, so I suppose Brown won’t go. I don’t think they are owing anything at all now.

            But I am at the end of my sheet and there is no news to give you, so I will close. I hope soon to hear from you of your pleasant visit to Rochester. I found that list of plants next day. So with a kiss from the Boy and much love from me, Goodbye

            Lou

Dr. Maxwell directed the package containing your vest and pocket book to AmherstCollege. Please give me the exact address.

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Theophilus Adam Wylie Family Correspondence, 1806 - 1930, (bulk 1850 - 1930), Collection 2005.003.2849, Wylie House Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington.

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July 3, 1878

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“Louisa Wylie Boisen to Hermann B. Boisen, 03 July 1878,” Wylie House Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://collections.libraries.indiana.edu/wyliehouse/items/show/179.

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