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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 316, 16 October 1875, Page 2

Here is a letter from a wife to her husband in California ; we should fancy a sister of the Dickens’ celebrated Alark Tapley:—“ My dear husband —As it is now some time since you left for California I suppose you would be glad to hear how we are getting along in your absence. lam happy to say that we are enjoying very good health on the whole. Just at present two of the boys have got the small pox. With trifling exceptions we are all well, and getting along nicely. You needn’t be at all anxious about us. I almost forgot to say that Sarah Matilda eloped last week. Poor girl! She’s been waiting for the last ten years for a chance and lam glad she’s married at last. She need’nt have taken the trouble to elope, though ; for I am sure I was glad to let her go. She was a great eater, and I find that baked beans don’t go off so fast as they did. The way that girl would dip into pork and beans was a caution to the rest of the family. The cow took it into her head yesterday to run away, which was very fortunate, I’m sure, for the barn caught fire last night and was consumed. I was in hopes the house would go too, for its very inconvenient, but the wind was the wrong way, so it did’nt receive much injury. Some hoys broke into the orchard the other day, and stripped all fruit trees. lam very glad of ii, for if they hadn’t I presume the children would have made themselves ill by eating too much fruit. Hoping you enjoy yourself in California as well as we do at home I remain your affectionate wife."