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Show LITTLE BILLY'S PROPOSITION. D. W. McAllister (Little Billy) received a communication com-munication from Layton, Utah, during the week which is a gem. It reads: Layton, Davis Co., Utah, March the 13, 1903. Dear old Boy I take the Pleasure to rite you A few lines to lett you know that I am still living and I hope these few limes may find you the same Wal mack If the lord sends us meny meny more winters lik this he better send for us. wal mack feed is scarce and grase is scarser, but the way the bees sings I think we soon wil have spring wal mack now I am coming to the point I have I have 500 acres of pasture land and wil have sum picking soon as the snow is gone if you have sum young stock that you want to let out I will look after them for you and also if you want to let me have 10 or 12 Cow to milk on shares I wil do the bebt I can with them and send you all the milk and what milk we have to spare of our one. If you have anny now that wil have calve in the summer I wil look after them like they was my on. excuse bad ritting as my pen is bad to Mr. Mcalister I stil remain your humble survent Frank Jaques.. direct Frank Jaques, layton Davis Co Utah. Billy read it through, and concluded that he had nothing doing in the cow line, so he returned the letter writing on the envelope "Not me, I sell rags and collar buttons." |