Ree. Paris March 20 



St. Louis- February 28,1869 



Lieber Engelmannr,, 



Yöur last letter was frora Bonrr of January 28.1 am glad, , that 

 you experienced there sone Winter after all, it will be easier for 

 you thus to aeclimatise here agaim Our January was gene rally, in 

 contrast to December, , very mild and also the largest part of Febru- 

 ary,so that the bushes have gotten already green, redbud flowered, 

 etc. But the last week of the month was ascain severe cold with snow- 

 storms. The Omaha-Pacif ic Railroad has been interrupted for 2 weeksr 

 through snow, a bad omen for the future#and a good argument for the 

 more southern. Fremont just pushed through Congress one for the 

 32nd latitude. From Mr.Bliss you will have reeeived long ago letters. 

 Mr. Sander is not broke, just in constant money squeeze.and his cre- 

 ditors will give him time to work his way out.* The small sums oF 

 lease-rent come in rather punctuallyvbut absolutely nothing from 

 your medical bills. . Praxi s is middling. Last week I had a few dange- 

 rous cases on my hands,which did not permit me to go to Floriana 

 (the country place of Dr.W. E.D. ), I sa^t Fritz the-e as my deputy.. 

 Mrs. Nisier (from Popstare jka) was 2 weeks with her mother(Mrs. D^stisch) 

 with a little child arain, Mrs. Garpent Hubbard son(THis last sen - 

 tence is so illegible, that the translation may well be icrong.E.D. ) 

 A few days latka? she took sick, most likely through a cold. Her con- 

 dition was for several days very disturbing, but she is now out of 

 danger, though I still see her daily. .Mrs Sternberg in Kimmswick has 

 also had a little girl. In my family things are allright so far,with 

 the exception that Carrie and Lilly had a bout with diptheria, which 

 passed quite well, and my wife suffers from her nervous headaches. 

 When the weather becomes more steady, probably only in April, my wife 

 will go again with the 3 young children in the country,and Fritz and 

 I will Visit her as often as we can. . 



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