To: Mr Chs. H. Gauss
Macon City
Postmark: Jul 31 North Missouri
St. Charles, Mo.
Monday July 30th 1866
Dear Henry
Your letter came to hand last Saturday, -- it was quite a relief to
us all, to learn that your long ride, and the heat, had not made you
sick -- the weather has been so intensely hot since you left, that your
Father and I have been uneasy about you.--- one day last week there
were six men died from the effects of the heat in the prarie[sic] --
most of them were at work in harvest fields, and very probably had been
using liquor. In one of the papers, your Father saw a statement,
made by your old Proffessor[sic] Loomis that the heat had been greater
in New Haven, this month, than it had been for eighty years.
I hope you will like the Engineer, if he has red hair -- The party you
pointed out to Theodore made rather an unfavorable impression on him.
I am surprised that you find no one to get acquainted with, I thought
that Macon City was quite a large town. Do you know that Dick
Overall is in business there? I think he has a dry goods store.
Mr. Bowen is with us again -- he came up friday evening -- he preached
on Saturday and Sunday, and will remain with us until the latter part
of the week -- he saw Dr. Anderson in the city, and says the Dr. inquired
for you. Why do you not get your letter from Mr. Carrol's church
-- I am afraid that church will have to be closed, now that Mr. Hallock
is gone.
Miss Florence came over two days after you left, and carried off your
photograph -- I did not want her to take it until she would give me
hers, but she said hers had just been taken that afternoon and were
not ready yet --- I think the beaux must be rather careless, over there,
for miss Florence and Mattie both asked Tate to go with them to the
methodist church last night -- Tate went and found Captain Jhonson there
-- Mattie said she was very glad to have Tate, for she dislikes to be
dependent upon Forence's beaux.
Mr Alfred johns' health continues to improve, therefore I think they
will not go farther north.
Dr. Johnson,
the one who lived on Mr. Watson's place below St. Charles, died the
day before yesterday of congestion of the brain -- there is a report
that Willie Yosti is very ill at St. Paul -- all join me in love to
you -- do take good care of yourself, and write as often as you can.
Your Mother
There is a package here from Columbia, which Father will
send by express.
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