Ora visits Sister

For the Spring and Summer of 1880, Ora Jonhnson left her mother's home in Danville, Illinois to visit her sister, Hortie, in Girard, Kansas.

March 20, 1880

                            Tuscola Ills                           March the 20th, 1880

               Dear Hort & George:


      Your letter received and was glad to hear from you. Hort I know how to sympathise with you if you are lonely and homesick for I get the blues so bad some times I don’t know what to do. I often wish I was back in Danville. Sam is in the Yards at Bement, he was home last Sunday.


      Pa is not doing anything yet. I hope you have heard from home before this. George, Ma says take some cream tartar put in water and drink, she says it will help your cough. I thought we were going to have spring last week but today doesn’t look much like it, the ground is covered with snow and the wind is blowing. When do you think you will ever come to see us? I don’t suppose that Ma or I will ever get to Kansas as much as we would like to go. There is no news to write so will close, give Will and Sadie my love. Write soon if but a few lines. Ma sends love to all and says kiss the children for her.

                                                                                            Write soon from your
                                                                                                           Sister
                                                                                                                      Laura