Show 'You might imagine me as fat as Sail Wheeler But I'm not fat at all just muscular' DANCES BASEBALL BEER Wood A PICTURE OF NETTIE Continued from page 52 Nettie’s voice also ii unique in that she was an outsider of sorts member of die Congregationalist Church and not a Mor-mo-o That's not to say she was blacklisted in any way Nettie was cooipietely integrated into community affairs She attended all the social functions knew who was dating whom received her fur share of neighborly gossip and definitely had opinions abort the educational system of the times Nettie unveils a different West for us She details an adolescent perspective almost lost to historians a penpecdve thafs surprisingly similar to the thoughts of contemporary adolescents Her letters to Charles began on Jan 1 1889 and ended on June 19 1893 The following excerpts have been edited slightly Most misspellings have been left as written but some punctuation has been added for clarity The letter reprinted shove is a literal transcription Nov 13 1891 u Curie B is taller than I but I don’t think she weighs as much I measure nemty 5 It 7 in mid weigh 140 lbs dressed for summer I know I am heavier now You might imagine me as fat as Sail Wheeler But I’m not fat at all just muscular Are the Yankees there poor and slim like the class that comes here or is it only the poor ones who can afford to ship themselves here” CONGREGATIONALIST CHURCH Nov 23 1892 I don’t object to Church but I don’t wart to be one of them I like to go but they preach that drier members must not dance and such like I say there is no harm in it and they say you can make harm in it So you can make harm of going to church if it comes to that Church might make some people better But it makes them think or imagine they are better than they are N !! Campbell Scientific Inc A Cache Valley company internationally known innovative measurement instrumentation for its BIPMJS U Does your July 6 1892 We had a splendid fourth They built a bowiy around two sides of the old shed and had the hugest dinner on long tables Fifty set down at once Evry brought thier picnic and all made it up to have something different Then they had ice cream and lemonade free Fifteen gallons of lemonade or more and 24 gallons of beer for people who liked it A dance for die kids A box of candy for them also Good candy loo Then Bishop Ben and the boys got up a scheme All the boys warded to play the old men a baseball game for to see who paid die expenses of the dance and the SSjOO the committee was out on the a ant The boys thought they had a sure thing Old Ben picked his men and so did the boys They played six innings and the old men beat just two Then the boys wanted it raised to nine and die old men got But they were all away with it again on hand at the dance Some of the See WOOD on page 55 EIS' doset look like an overloaded handcart? It Srw to updSM M in flM B n you Sm ctoMt and a a g SUEE mSTAMJXTMOm g 755-844- U 8 M Nf HI RrlMRV mn Ml VHMHi M |