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with roses and many other kinds
of flowers. Also the Almond, Apricot
and Loquat trees are in their dainty
whote and pink bloom. The grain is
growing fast and vegetables doing well.
Have green peas and new potatoes in
the market. This State produces almost
everything by maple sugar. I know
of none being made in any portion of it
but large quantites of beet sugar is and
soon the largest establishment of the kind
in the United Sates will be completed
200 hundred men are employed upon it
and it is only fairly begun. It is not
far from us in an adjoining Co.
Bro Brayton came here in Nov from Iowa
to see us girls and get away from the
cold weather back there and he is so
well-pleased with the climate he says he
don't think he will ever go back to stay.
He has gone into business introducing
"Ponds Fountain Wind Mill Oiler" which
was invented by his son L.C. THIS SOn
is of quite and inventive turn of mind
and withal quite a genius. He and
family live in Belmond Wright Co near
bro Gulion's. [Gurlie] & family are well.
Have a nice new house, with modern
improvements, and ice house and good
out building all very handy and complete
His daughtere Ada is teaching there, ad
boards at home. Is a lovely girl, and very
sweet Singer. Gulion is deacon of their
church and his wife is a worker in it
Allier and her family are pretty well at
the "Retreat" but Annie, the daughter, is here