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Letter from Charles Powell [Henry, Ill] to Nina Powell, [Winchester, Va.]

20 January 1861  (envelope in folder)

Powell Papers - 65 P875, Box II, Folder 5

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                                                            Henry Ills Jan 20th 61

                        Dear Nina

                                                This is Sunday morning, I have just come from church where heard a very good sermon from Mr. Winn, and now I feel as if I would  like to have a little talk with “home folks.”? 

It has been a long time my dear Nina since I have written to you and I expect you have gotten out of patience with me long ago.  I recived a very kind letter

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from Mr Walker the other day.  He was in Alexandria and said that he had seen Sister Bec the day before and that she was going to start to Winchester that day, so I suppose she is with you now though I have not heard of her arrival yet.  Tell her that I expect to write to her soon.  Here comes Brother Lloyd and Harry from their usual Sunday walk so I expect I will have to stop for a little while to help to get our Sunday lunch for you know we only have two meals on Sunday.

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Well Nina lunch is over which consisted of toasted crackers, good butter, and milk, which to one that is right hungry is very nice indeed.

Just think in ten minutes, we got dinner eat it and cleaned up the dishes!  Verily this is a fast country.  I think I have got the greatest dog in the country, I told you in one of my other letters I think that I had gotten one when I was in Fulton County from Cousin James Russell.  He is a pure setter and hunts very well for so young a dog, I keep

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him up at Andrew’s (Uncle Richard’s man) and only bring him down to the store on Sundays, and when I go to Church and the Boys off to walk I tie him to the desk.  About  a month ago when I came from Church he had the pillow from my bed which was near him, and the way he was making the feathers fly it was a caution, at another time he got deeply Interested in Websters Dictionary, but instead of devouring the contents he seemed perfectly satisfied in devouring the back which he did most effectually. 

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This Sunday he amused himself tearing Harry’s cap all to pieces and pulling the blankets off of my bed and laying on them.  We are well supplied with dogs now as Brother Lloyd has a fine pointer.  We have been very busy this last week buying Corn for Uncle Fred and Uncle Richard.

Yesterday we came near having a row down at the warehouse.  There were a great many wagons in and each one was in such a hurry to get unloaded that they were continually guarreling

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as to when their time came to be weighed.  Several times I thought that there would be a general free fight.  One or two were from Spoon River and were drunk and made more noise than all the rest together.  You may imagine that I was not in the best humor in the world myself.

Monday night.  I must try to finish this letter to night so as to send it tomorrow or it will get too stale and I will have to throw it away and wait till something turns up so that

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I could find something interesting to write about.  How do you get along acting the part of a grown up young lady as you said you should be shortly in your last letter to me?  Indeed I can hardly realize that we are getting so old, one reason though is I expect, that I do not want to.  All are very well at Uncle Richards.  Min is going to school at the College now, she told me to tell you that she was going to write to you soon.  Very little is going on in Henry now and I

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see very little of your old friends.  I do not know when I saw Mary Baker last certainly a long while ago.  see Emma Janney now and then.  Mr. Winn had a donation party about a week ago, but I did not go so cannot tell you anything about it.  Now Nina I have written you a right long letter and hope you will answer it soon.  Give a great deal of love to all at home and any enquiring friends.  Brother Lloyd sends his love to all

                        Your affectionate

                                    Brother           

                                                C L Powell Jr