South Abington
Aug 30 1894
Dear Brother
Received your letter some days ago. was glad to hear from you and to hear that the world was going tolerably well with you and to hear that the family were well and prospering. You have not sent me the plan of your house. would like to see it. this is a disastrous year for the farming community in this section. drouth has ruined any prospect [pg 2] of crops so we are feeling pretty blue. pastures are all gone and consequently milk has dropped to near nothing. cows for a month have been fed the same as in winter. water also is nearly dried up and still no signs of rain. if this continues don't know where we will come out. few will make a living. I shall go behind probably three or four hundred at least and at a time when I am not well prepared to. though i am not really poor, I feel so very much so. my [pg 3] property would figure up seven or eight thousand which wouldn't indicate extreme poverty. though the present situation, to say the least, is uncomfortable and aggravating. Don't mind the loss so much if it was done and over with. it's no good to tell you all this; you can't help it but it's something of a relief to tell somebody one's troubles. Well I wont worry you with any more of it. everybody is well as usual. Cordeal has been sick but is now up, around and fast getting alright. [pg 4] Let me hear from you oftener. i am here all alone in the world and fast getting to be an old man and feel older than I really am. Love to all the folks. HC Gorton
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