Farlin, E Jane. Letter to Charles D Farlin.

Title

Farlin, E Jane. Letter to Charles D Farlin.

Creator

Farlin, E Jane

Contributor

Charles D Farlin

Date

1887-02-19

Description

Handwritten letter from E Jane Farlin to Charles D Farlin, February 19, 1887.

Is Part Of

Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Rights

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Identifier

1957

Location

Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester

Transcription

(Page 1)

                [Larsin?] Mich. Feb 19 ^87^

     Dear Brother
                I rec’d that
medicine all right & thought
when I had taken some of
it I would write & let you
know the effect of it but I have
taken all of it before writing.
the first quart almost made a
fountain of living water of
me but the last didn’t seem
to have the same effect. I think
the surplus water must have
been all gone. I do not bloat
as much & can bend over
easier than before, my stom
ach [sic] does not trouble me as
bad, but my health is poor
and I think it always will be.

(Page 2)

I have Neuralega [sic] or Rheumination [sic]
a good deal this winter in
my arms and back. I think
perhaps my age has something
to do with my bad feelings.
hope when warm weather comes
to feel better. I want to live
as long as Father does for
I don’t know what he would
do else, after that I think
I shall think like Chester Arthur
life is not worth living.
   Was much obliged for the
medicine, if you had sent
the prescription I could have
bought it. what was that [root?]
and powder
                Fathers health is
better than for two winters
past. he ^has^ not been so but that
he could sit up and move
around but doesn’t go from
home any in cold weather

(Page 3)

I suppose you have heard of
                Prof [Lyons?] death. he was
sick some time, I don’t know
what disease. Mary [Philo?] is
very sick a few more days
will end her life journey people
think. she doctored a long time
with a Free Methodist Dr. at Hol
loway & he could not locate
her disease. when she was about
dead they sent for Parker & it
didn’t take him long to tell
the trouble. she has a Pelvic
Abscess [sic] & it is running her
life away.
                We have been having
quite a flood in this section
water was no higher here
than it has been before but
there has a great many thousa^nd^
dollars worth of Bridges
gone, also mill dams in this
County and [Monroe?].

(Page 4)

I suppose you have seen
Miss Delano before this
time. is she well. do you
still think of coming home
this winter. was you at the
Pine Lake meeting last Fall.
     We haven’t heard from
Sarah in a long time. I
think they are snowed in
there. we have no snow now
and Feb so far has been
mild. Robins are here and
we hope for an early Spring.

Write when you have
time.
       Good Bye
                           Your
Loving Sister
                        E. Jane Farlin

Tags

Family; Medicine

Collection

D.93 Isaac and Amy Post Family Papers

Citation

Farlin, E Jane, “Farlin, E Jane. Letter to Charles D Farlin.,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/4231.

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