Letter to Mary Bruce from Elizabeth Irvine #2

IRVINE, BRUCE

Posted By: Rebecca Stewart (email)
Date: 7/30/2005 at 16:37:27

**Mary Bruce Squier settled in Floyd County, Iowa

West Rutland 1854

My friends I sit down to write to you one and all I am now in a hurry and cannot write to much a letter. We arrived safe home on the second day at 5 o’clock after we lft you it began to rain before we came to Salem and rained till we past uncle ?Aces? than the wind began to blow and grew very cold my ? frose and it began to snow very fast and frose to my ? and I could not see to drive I was obliged to put my ? away the wind blew like a hurrycane and It snowed as fast as I ever saw it I began to dispare of driving any farther we were three or four miles from the village I suppose ou will laugh when I say we went back but I thought I should suffocate I went to uncle Aces and ?.. till one.. we had not got there till the sun came out but it looked like a severe storm so I thought it best to go back to your house and stay till it was over it drifted in the road so that we almost turned over the winde blew all the snow in the ? I thought perhapse it would storm two or three days but we started at one o’clock it cleared of very pleasant but cold we went to granville that night five miles from the corner we did not get there till after dark staid till nine o’clock the next day then we ent through fairhaven up to ? uncle and took dinner and ? the horse staid till tow o’cloc and went to James? at sundown staid there a short time and went home had no trouble they charged me nothing for my horse he said it looked better than when I went away I was very cold I have not got thawed out yet I came home last evening nine o’clock to finish those shirts I have some more to make James has ? boarder s more they are all well but Ted?. Mother is in her element perfectly happy she feels better think they know all that was said and down i think I have wrote all the peticular of the end of our journey and I think I shall never take another out without a driver. one thing is certain the company that I had will never go there with me again such exploits I never see cut before enough said I cannot write any more. E. Irvin

O, I have got me a pair of indian rubber bootees.

to Mary,

If you come up this winter I want you to write before you come so that I can be in readiness for you I have been very loneseome since I came back should like to have you come I will do my best to make your visit agreeable if you will come tell Allen to come be sure remember me to Allen I have no more to write? I have been taking a new of the querry ? and I went in where the rocek hung over our heads there is a terrible stench of puwder it is a dismell place to see the great rocks I was slmost afraid they would fall on us they are a going to open a new querry tomorrow back of James house no more at present.

Please anser this E. Irvin