WM. b. mershon 



SAGINAW, MICH. 



February 22nd, 1916. 



Mr. Walter Deane, 



§ 29 Brewster St. , 



Cartridge, Mass. 



My dear Mr.Deane;- 



I am very much obliged for the information contained 

 in yours of the 17th and I am sending it to the collector, Mr.wm. 

 Held of this city. He is a German printer •who works a little 

 while, then wanders around out-doors until his money io gone. 

 He has a little shanty down on the river bank four or five miles 

 below Saginaw, ostensibly for shooting and fishing but he does 

 very little of either, but on the marsh he raises the most gorgeous 

 eweet peas, dahlias and other things. He does nothing with then 

 other than bring his friends a bunch now and then. With his gun 

 over his shoulder, pretending to be hunting, he is looking for 

 flowers and new shrubs. He is a natural born Naturalist that 

 never has had any other education than what he has grubbed out 

 and picked up for himself, 



Ey all means come up for the fishing in May. 



I expect Charley Thursday morning to spend a week 

 with me. He is coming over with Osgood. 



Yours truly, 



