Letter from Milton Taggart to his daughter Gertrude
Gertrude was married to Lawrence Jacobs.
Primer: Gertrude was Milton's youngest child. At the time this letter was written, Milton was ~74 and Gertrude was just 26.
March 8th 1915
Dear girl i take my pen in hand to let you no we ar ol wel hoping these fugh lines may find you ol the same. we recived your most kind and welcom letter some days ago and was glad to here you was giting better.
wel Gertie there is lots of snow here now. it snowed five and one half days and nights comenced snowing last Tuesday morning and snowed until Sunday noon. today is the first time i have seen the sun since it comenced to snow. it was cold last night the thermometer registered six above zero this morning. the agent sed this morning that it snowed in Omahaw Friday and Saturday 16 inches. we did not git that much here. we have 2½ or 3 feet on level. the snow has blowed some of the ridges that the horses have picked the riges close. of corse we feed them hay every day. some of the colts ar pore but have got strenth. we have fed some corn too. not so very much but a little bit helps. today was nice and warm and melted some down on the creek here by house. Cook has not seen his horses for about two weeks so he sed this morning he has them on that Garvey place. he sed they was ol right and he was going tomorow to take them home for the lease expired first of the month.
wel they had a dance at Anderson Jacobs last Saturday night. mother and i stayed home like ol good boys and girles do but they had a good time. so they sed. wel Gertie we got word last Tuesday that Learie Tanner was ded. died at Gordon. i don't know wheather it is true or not but if is it wil be ofle (awful) bad for them litle children. i hope for thare sake is not true.
Joe has got Rumatis in one knee prity bad but can git around ol right. Thresa and Bill ar ol right. also Als ol right. Em was down visiting today up to John Schmidts. been going every day for 10 days. Al is going to town tomorow i want to send this letter with him. mother is riting to you now.
Gertie i wil send that murder account it was in the Rushville Recorder. that man i told you about being arested confesed and they sent him to prisen for life. that is the Justis git from our worthy Jug (judge). a man can do anything he wil git off ol right. there is lots of disafaction about. the corner (coroner) sed he would help hang him. i think we better hang the Jug and comence at the head of the crimes. money is rute (root) of evil so the Good Book says and i think the jug is giting his share of the root. But next fal he wil want to be alected and that is the time to say no. Give us justis before money. those boys that hung youg Sels ar ol out of the pen on perole. the jug says that a man senced for life for murder and second degree cant be pardoned or peroled but Selers murders ar out and he sined to git them out and the statute says the govner pardon one every Thanksgiven and thare is only seven serving life imprisment so you see this felow wil git his freedom in 7 or 8 years.
Wel Gertie how is the boys. how is the retired money holding out. Minnie Reeds turkey died last night so we have plenty of news today. it is too bad and she has traded a gander for a gobler to Dora. the gobler she bot died and now the hen. To bad but such is the luck but gobler without hen wil not raze meny young ones next year.
wel Gertie i wil have to git as it is giting late. mother is riting and I supose she wil tel you ol the news. wel god by for this time. Rite soon very soon.
father to his litle girl Gertie
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