Letter from a Kentucky Mother to her son
Dear Son,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm alive. I'm writing this letter
slowly cause I know you can't read very fast. You won't know the
house when you come because we've moved. I won't be able to send you
the address as the last Kentucky family that lived here took the
numbers off for their next house to they won't have to change their
address. About your fater, he has a new job. He has over 500 men
under him. He's cutting the grass at the cemetary. There was a
washing machine in the new house when we moved in, but it isn't
working too good. Last week, I put 14 shirts in it, pulled the chain,
and I haven't seen them since. Your sister Mary had a baby this
morning. I haven't found out if it's a boy or girl, so I don't know
if you're an aunt or an uncle. Your uncle Dick drowned last week in
the distillery. Some of the workers dove in to save him but he fought
them off bravely. He had his body creamated and it took three days to
put out the fire. Your father didn't have too much to drink this
Christmas. I put a bottle of caster oil in a pint of beer. It kept
him going until New Years Day. I went to the doctor on Thursday and
your father came with me. The doc put a small tube in my mouth and
told me not to open it for ten minutes. Your father offered to buy it
from him. It only rained twice last week. Three days the first time
and four the next. Monday was so windy that one of our chickens laid
the same egg four times. We got a letter from the undertaker
yesterday - he said that if the last statement isn't paid on your
grandmother's funeral within seven days, up she come!
Love,
Mother
P.S. I was going to send you ten dollars but I had already sealed the
envelope.</pre>
Dear Son,
Just a few lines to let you know I'm alive. I'm writing this letter
slowly cause I know you can't read very fast. You won't know the
house when you come because we've moved. I won't be able to send you
the address as the last Kentucky family that lived here took the
numbers off for their next house to they won't have to change their
address. About your fater, he has a new job. He has over 500 men
under him. He's cutting the grass at the cemetary. There was a
washing machine in the new house when we moved in, but it isn't
working too good. Last week, I put 14 shirts in it, pulled the chain,
and I haven't seen them since. Your sister Mary had a baby this
morning. I haven't found out if it's a boy or girl, so I don't know
if you're an aunt or an uncle. Your uncle Dick drowned last week in
the distillery. Some of the workers dove in to save him but he fought
them off bravely. He had his body creamated and it took three days to
put out the fire. Your father didn't have too much to drink this
Christmas. I put a bottle of caster oil in a pint of beer. It kept
him going until New Years Day. I went to the doctor on Thursday and
your father came with me. The doc put a small tube in my mouth and
told me not to open it for ten minutes. Your father offered to buy it
from him. It only rained twice last week. Three days the first time
and four the next. Monday was so windy that one of our chickens laid
the same egg four times. We got a letter from the undertaker
yesterday - he said that if the last statement isn't paid on your
grandmother's funeral within seven days, up she come!
Love,
Mother
P.S. I was going to send you ten dollars but I had already sealed the
envelope.</pre>
