Mollie Wright to Frankie Plant from Forest Home, 1885-03-19

The children have "Hooping Cough" [sic] "I have not had a night's sleep in ten days." The author claims the kids caught it from their black cook. The author exclaims, "Oh how often I have wished since they took it, there was not a negro in America." The school is to close. "School closed Monday. Mr. Plumb health got so bad he had to close." Consumption. He and Miss Elia were to marry in June. Now this is in doubt. Mrs. Ansley is back from an Atlanta visit, "Oh, my what a flaming, flashing widow, enough to make a dog vomit." The church and Sabbath school are doing well. Mrs. Ansley elected "Organess" again. Shows off. Children have organized a missionary society called "The Rosebud Society." Johnnie Wright is president. Several families vacationing at Butler Springs.