Bergland, Mich.
Nov 13, 1925.

Dear Lillian—

Excuse the paper an I think you will be surprised at the nice long letter you will get, telling you the news of the city of Bergland.

I don’t remember just how much news I told you last time so that if I forget and tell you anything old for give me. To start with I’ll tell you about the Halloween dance. The high School gave the dance and my room sold candy and fortunes. We made about $7.00. Not so bad! I was dressed as a bride but of course the bride-groom failed to show up. Sad but true. I danced several dances with some men that were masked. The best dressed man in my estimation was a man dressed in a Night shirt, bedroom slippers, a nightcap, and with a masked face carrying a candle. On his back hung this sign;

”Has anybody seen my wife.”

Of course, I was the unlucky girl whom he cliamed as his wife. I went home about 10:30 dead tired.

It so happens that a section crew are in town this week. Two of us girls have succeeded in trapping three of them the other night and did we every have a good time. These were the fastest fellows I ever saw. Last nite the two of us stepped out with two others. Oh! Yes! Now I’m a fast worker.

I have you beat this year by miles. I have been skating twice this year all ready. I have gone with the High School boys & girls. The ice is just fine and all the boys are good skaters. If the ice doesn’t melt to much we are going to have a weenie roast soon. I am the only one of the teachers that knows how to skate, so that I am very popular. To say the lest I have gotten so many boxes of candy lately that I can’t eat them so that I send them home. Wednesday I sent two boxes home.

Here’s a good joke. “Who was it that went on the best ride in the world? and how did he go? (ans) When Jacob whent from Jerusalem to Jericho on his ass.—Ha! Ha!

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Here’s one that is true. We were talking about the different business forms the other day, such as check, bill, invoice, etc. We had discussed most of them when I asked one of the boys what an invoice was. He answered, “The voice in a person that never speaks.” Pretty good Hey!

Here’s another! Yesterday the superintendent walked in my room and I sat at my desk writing a letter. He stayed a few minutes and went out. He came back a little later, and I was beating up the biggest boy in the room. He turned around as I walked out and them came back a third time and gthen I was halling, the second largest boy to perfection. Did he ever laugh at me after school.

Don’t you think that I am some letter writer? But the best is yet to come. You see there is a lot of drunk men in this town and we know just how they walk and act. Last nite after we got home from our date everybody was feeling rather happy so that we all drank water and then acted drunk. Did we ever laugh till we were sick. I won in fel bring the one that could act drunk the best. Two fellows on the outside of the house thought that we were really drunk and came in to see. Did they ever laugh? I never had so much fun in all my born days as I did last nite. We [illegible] to about 12:30 and went to bed. In the bargian I had my fortune told. “I am to marry a tall bright man who will be true to me through life. We are to have four children two boys and two girls.” I had it told twice and both times it came out exactly the same. I do not know who the man is but I am sure of this, it is not Frank Smith. He tried to step around with me last summer but failed because I lied to him every time I saw him.

Do you remember way back in the days when we use to skip school and then get the dickens? The Seniors skipped here last Wednesday to go skating. Thursday they were all expelled for an indefinite time. If that isn’t the limit. I’d like to know what would be better.

My blue eyed man has left me but his brother is still in town parking on y trail quite a bit. He has a Ford Coupe but isn’t very generous about using it. We have a show “barn” here and have shows twice a week. They are all about a year old or else are Wild Western stories due to the fact, I stay home.

There is no place to go for excitement only to walk the block of main Stand see what you can pick up in the street which is usually nothing but a drunk.

I hope you have your coat by this time. I am going to get one too but don’t know to get. I have gotten about 4 pair of shoes lately so that my packetbook is some what decreased.

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I better stop write this in school or the boss will come in.

Love for now

Evelyn.

Later—

My kids thought that today was their birthday so that they started to celebrate so I am celebrating by keeping the whole room after school to work. We’re going to see who is boss, me or them. I’ll win or know the reason why.

I fail to think of anything more of interest to tell you so I guess I better close and try to think of something exciting to do to nite—

Tell every boy you meet Hello for me.

How’s your old man?

Love and all

Evelyn.

P.S. I guess I better send this parcel post.

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