Crestline Crawford co. Ohio.

June 1^st 1865.

 

Respected Brother,

                        I received your kind letter of Sunday the 27^th on the 29^th in a few minutes after I had closed one to Emma. therefore had no chance to give you any encouragement in regard to my ability of takeing charge of the farm when I come home. Therefore I will embrace the present opportunity of giveing as much satisfaction as I am able at this time, and which I think will satisfy you enough to encourage you in any other business you may wish to enter into.

 

            My wound has for some six weeks or more been healed, therefore I am not troubled by a running sore any more, but I find my leg is still weak and hinders me from much walking. however I can experience quite a change in its strength since it has healed, and I think that by the time I am out of the service it will gain enough strength that I may be able to get along with the Farm. The prospect for me getting out before my time is out is rather gloomy and I have concluded to compose myself as well as circumstances will admit. let them hold me as long as they can it will not be very long.

 

If you have a good sight (side I think it should be) or any sight that you can satisfy yourself better than on the farm you can make an engagement so as to be ready to go at it when I come home. I dont want you to understand me to be trying to push or urge you away. I leave it to your option whatever that may be. satisfy yourself. I feel myself somewhat under obligations to favor you. I am determined on makeing a good living somehow.

 

Thinking that enough has been said on this subject I shall leave it to your thoughtful and worthy consideration believeing that I shall be able for home duties in the course of three months or sooner should you see proper to leave them. I shall now advance to some trifling subject merely for the purpose of passing time and fill up my blank /

 

You spoke something about me falling in with a certain young Lady of Crestline, and hinted something about her and I corresponding. well even if we should I dont see that there would be any harm in it for I think she is a nice virtuous girl, and to tell the truth about it I admired her beauty as well as her good actions very much. Her name is Burgt. However as much as I have been taken with her I shall let her pass as a good union friend.

 

I heard in rather a misterious way about Milton gallanting some of the fair damsels of Warren about the country. I would tell how I heard it but it would be hardly proper to impose on the kind messenger that informed me, or at least I think it would not be. I should like to know who it was that he took such a lofty undertakeing with.

 

I had also heard from the same source that you had not got married yet, but they hinted so much that I need not be surprised if I did hear of your wedding some of these days perhaps this will cut you a little and you will be quizing me in the next letter to find out who gave me so much news, but it will all be useless for I cannot or will not tell.

 

Well the day is fast drawing to a close my sheet is about full also, and I have given you enough for to puzle your brain a while. all these taken in consideration I had better close.

 

Perhaps you would like to know why I use this kind of paper. it is because I am straped and am saveing my letter paper for strangers.

 

Please pardon me for such promiscuous scribling,

 

With respect I remain your

affectionate Brother

Wm H Bone.

To A L Bone.

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