Carl Smith to Katherine Fletcher, no year March 28
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Your letter of the 24 inst. was gladly received, & I will try to keep my promise & answer all your letters, although I am a bad penman & a very bad composer.
How I wish I could be with you while you are sugaring besides the fun I could
have all the sugar I wanted, for I have not tasted real maple sugar for over a
year. Then the fun of sliding down hill would be splendid. You know we have no
snow here except on the mountains which looks very over a
stretch of very green
grass. In your letter you asked me, did I like
to read, I do very much. If you were here you would have all
the reading you would want. For there is a large public library here in which
there are hundreds of all kinds of books. (The library also contains Uncle Tom's
Cabin.) Uncle Tom's C. is comeing here as a play tomorrow & I am going
to it. I enclose the announcement in the daily news papers. I wish you were here
to go to it, for just what is in the book is acted out in real life. You spoke
as if San Jose was a small town when you asked if there was a
temperance Lodge. here. there are five that I can think of &
San Jose is larger than Burlington or Montpeilier. I used to be a member of one
of them but I left. If you want a good speaker ("100 Choic Selections") I will
send it to you. if you want it. Now Katie I hope my letter is as
interesting to you as yours was to me.
I remain Yours. RespectfullyCarlie.