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Dayton Va.
Nov. 10. 1912
Mr. A. Mutt Miller
Dear Friend-;
It is a pleasure to me
to write this morning down here at
this Hell high place. Every time I say
a word some one call me.
Well say I guess you gotten home
all O.K. I did not see enything in
the paper about the house standing at
the gals Ha! now you see what I did
I am going to tell these people to
shut up in a moment. I broke
my pen up there where all those com.
are.
(2)
I surly was suprised Wednesday
we gotten just about half of our
money I put a great big black
mark down, too.
Well now to change the subject
and lay all jokes aside I am
going to have a Birth day party
and you are invited please tell
the girls and John they are invited
you all lesure and come. Say you
know that book you were talking
about has those games in look
up a few right good games for
that night.
Well I suppose I would better
tell you when it is, its the twenty
third of this month Sat. night a week.
(3)
Say I think to have the pony
to kick a few time would be
a right good game. Ha!
There is something funnie about
this party to me, I will tell you
all about it when I see you Laura and
pinkie thought they were going
to suprise me. I bet they air too,
I think those Miller girls are
going to be hear about that time
they have give up going to the
mountain the are talking of
going up to uncle John Smith on
Sunday the Twenty forth.
How would you like to go along
just for the fun of it? thats
the talk I don’t know what they
(4)
are going to do for sure.
Oh! shut-up. Ha! Don’t you wish you
could hit me?
Well I will sing off as new are
scarse and it is all most dinner
time.
I remain as
every a friend
C.B.C.
P.S. don’t forget to tell you
uncle George. Ha!
Mr. Limuel D. Miller:
Bridgewater
Va.
Caricofe, Carrie Berta; Miller, Tyler M., ed., “Letter to Lemuel David Miller, November 25th, 1912,” LDM&CBC Collection, Copy in Possession of Miller, Tyler M., 2020.