Family letters are abuzz as George comes to the end of his
apprenticeship and Sill wants him to read the marriage advertisements.
Overton
Gower
May 4th 1880
Dear
Brother
I
received your letter duly but cannot comply with your request as I never
attempted anything of the sort, and do not know what form you would
require it in, please send me a copy of yours and then I shall see, and may try
at some future one, such a plan has been proposed in Horton Sunday School, for
some of the big scholars to prepare papers on the lessons, but I do not think
it ever will be practised.
Pitton
tea meeting will be held on Thursday next & some two or three of us are
thinking to go, if all is well. I expect
to spend the Whit Sunday & Monday in Swansea with Jane to rest a bit
after working so hard sowing barley etc.
The crops are looking very promising about here & the dry
fine weather, with yesterdays rain has done not a little to cheer the drooping
hearts of the Gowerian Farmers. Uncle
George has had a misfortune, in losing one of his horses (Boxer) on Saturday
night, they have one young one 3 years old, besides old Pedlar he is
very feeble & I think Uncle is going to Swansea fair on Saturday to buy
another.
Our
Lyster & Bright are in foal this year, & Boxer is very quiet in saddle,
harness being free from vice. We
are well in advance with out work.
I
shall like to know whether you & Uncle have made any arrangements, and from
what date you receive wages and the amount.
Father
and Mother are gone up to Castle this afternoon, as the school board meets at
Oxwich this evening & Father is an Hon: Member,
Hoping
you & all are quite well again, with kindest love
I remain
Your
loving Brother
Silvanus
Bevan
P.S.
Don’t forget to look over the marriage advertisements in the Camb after the
sixth time of asking
N.G.
The letters you send to me that you don’t wish Father to see please address to
_ _ Jun without which of coarse I cannot open them.
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