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hi  father'  plantati  n~.  I  wa~ t  ld  tnat  ~.  :  h~~         ~  l  ~   .l 1  11  no  · and
         ar  going t  trav  1 a  ain 1  al       n.  Th  y  <:  1  \'  rth ju.._ t  "barr  I   f  c  in."
               an  1 Lang:t  n  i  in        \\  )  rk.  H  i.:  pr  id  nt  f  <  chain  of dru
          t  r  .._.  Th  y  <:  r  known  a.  Lan  · ·t  n  I rug  "'tor  . .  I  . upp  .   h  r  i
         on  of  th        t  r  .._  in  'anton,  a.  th  y  ar  111  )\  ry  ity  f  any  .._ iz  .  If
         y  u  1  m  mb  r,  h  wa  alway  int  r  t  d  in  ·  da  f  unt ·  and  dru         t  r
         and h  u.  d to  ·p  nd mu  h of hi  tim  "j  rking .._  da" wh  n h  wa.  in  Lc k
          i  y.
               tt  rb  in  Ho\ ·  11  \ ·  nt  t  th  l 'nh  r. ity  f  Fl  rida  and  gn  uat    in
         th  Agricultural  I  partn1  nt.  H  mad  . uch  a  g  d  r  c  rd  that  h  \·a:
         award  d  an  a  ri  ul  ural  c  ur:  in  th  ... 1ontana  niv  r ·ity.  Th  r  h  fin-
         i  h  d  and  a.  you  l\n  w  and  v  ryb  dy  L·  kn  w·,  h  ha ·  b  n  app  int  d
         to  th  plac  of ._  cr  tary of Agricultu1  in  th         abin     in  '  a:hin     n.

             Lynn  farhn liv  ~·  in  olumbia  '  unty.  H  d  id  d  that h  w  ul
         up hi  int  ntion.·  of b  ing a Fr nch in:tructor and turn  d t  th  farm.  Hi.._
         hog.._  and cattl  cat ri  d  fl'  fit"t honors in  th  " tat  Fair la:t y  ar and  ·ay.
         you  hould  pay  him  a  vi 'it now.  H  ha ·  a  b  autiful  h  m  ; i  i.'  n  t  lik
         b  ing out in th  country, h  ha, .._·  many m  d  rn imp1  v  m  nt:.                u.  d
         to think that a  farm  lik  thi  would b  t           mu  h  for  £  man t  he ndl  , bu
         hi      m  to run very nic  ly.  It .._     m  lik  a littl  t  \ ·n off by it  If.
         of hi.  farm i  th  .._am  that hi  fath  r  had, but h  ha · add  d t  thL  many
         adjoining on  .

                 II,  a  thi  fini  h   up our old cla  .._·,  I  would lik  t  mak  a  .._  ug   ti  n.
           o  you  think  that  it  would  b  po  ·ibl  for  u ·  to  hav  a  m  ting?  I  an1
         willing  to  d  .._·ignat  any  plac  that  will  b  all  right.  I  \Vi ·h  w      uld  d
         thi  at an  arly dat  , for w  ar  g  tting old  r  and th  r  i · n  t  llin  wh  n
         it will  b  impo  ibl  for  all  of u  to  m  t.  I        you  think  that you  will  b
         abl  to  g  t  back  ov  r  h  r  in. id  of  th  n  xt  two  y  ar  ?  It  ·  m  tha
         you  \vould  not  .._  tay  away  from  thi  country  a·  long  a.._·  y  u  hav  .  Ju:t
         think,  you  hav  'P  nt nin  year  in th  land  f  th  "  hink  ."  I'll b  t  y  u
         can  \ ·rit  ·om  n  w  pap  r  r  port  in  hin        .  Why  don't  you  ry          g  t
         tran  ferr  d to  om  oth  r  country, or at 1 a. t  g  t  a  I  ng vacation?  If y  u
          ver do  g  t  back o  r  h  r  , b    ur  o c  m  to Baltim  r  and             m  .      r
         I  will  be glad to  how  you  a  g       tim  and  may        w  can  fram  a  trip  t
         Florida  and        all  the  f  lk  w  u ·  d  to  kn  \V  long  ago.  W  II,  y  u  mu:
         write to m  often  and  t  II  m  all  ab  ut  anyb  y  that  w  u.  d  t  kn  r..·,  if
         you  ever lo  at  any of th  m.
                                                         Your old  cla.  ·-mat  ,
                                                                                    ITH.









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