Akron, May 23, 1845.
Dear Son John,
— Yours of the 28th April we did not get very seasonably, as we have been very
busy, and not at the post-office often. We are all obliged for your letter, and
I hope thankful for any comfort or success that may attend you. If the days of
mourning have indeed and in truth ceased, then I trust all is well, — all
is well as it should be; and I have known fair days to follow after very foul
weather. The great trouble is, we are apt to get too damp in a wet, foggy
spell. We are all well but little Annie, who is afflicted with a singular
eruption of the skin, and is withal quite unwell. We get along in our business
as well as we ever have done, I think. We have some sheep, but not as many as
for two seasons past. Matters seem to go well betwixt us and our friend
Perkins, and for anything that I know of, our worldly prospects are as good as
we can bear. I hope that entire leanness of soul may not attend any little
success in business. I do not know as we have yet any new plans; when we have,
we will let you hear. We are nearly through another yeaning time, and have lost
but very few. Have not yet counted tails: think there may be about four
hundred. Never had a finer or more thrifty lot. Expect to begin washing sheep
next week. Have received our medals and diploma. They are splendid toys, and
appear to be knock-down arguments among the sheep-growers who have seen them.
All were well at Hudson a few days since. Father was here, and had just moved
into the Humiston house out west. You did not say in your letter whether you
ever conversed with him in regard to his plans for his old age, as was talked
of when you were here and were helping pick sheep; should like to know if you
did, etc. Cannot tell you much more now, except it be that we all appear to
think a great deal more about this world than about the next, which proves that
we are still very foolish. I leave room for some others of the family to write,
if they will.
Affectionately yours,
John Brown.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 140
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