Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1914 — John Kimble Writes From the Wolverine State. [ARTICLE]

John Kimble Writes From the Wolverine State.

Copemish, Mich, Dec. 15, 1914. Editor Democrat: In response to The Democrats call for ‘the homecoming letters from faraway friends and patrons of The Democrat, 1 take pleasure in answering this call by writing a few lines'that my many friends and relatives in old Jasper may know I am still on terra firma and am enjoying myself, laboring hard every day at the carpenter trade.

The weather has been such that 1 have not lost a day this fall. We certainly have had as beautiful a lall as could be asked for, and everybody is enjoying themselves. Good crops of all kinds were raised this year. Also work seems to be plenty, or at least, I have turned down! several job®, simply because I could not do them. We have a beautiful country and as pleasant to live in as I ever saw, and everybody seems to be prosperous.

We have lived here for about nine years and have seen many improvements since coming to Michigan. In this part of the country lumbering is about played out, and those who used to depend on it cannot now do so and therefore they are paying more attention to farming and fruit raising and are building up their farms. Land is advancing very rapidly and is being settled up by Ohio, Indiana' and Illinois farmers. Still there is room for many more good farmers, for certainly we have got the land and lots of it. In closing, I wish my many friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. For life is the • mirror of the king and slave, just what we are and do? then give to the world the best you have, and the best will come, back to you.

JOHN KIMBLE.