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Box 1, Folder 3, Item 1- Letter to Dick T. and Ora Morgan from A.R. Heath (1902 Jan 14)

Covington Indiana
Jan 14 1902
Hon D.T. and Ora H. Morgan

Dear Children,
We have just received your box of beautiful and highly prized Christmas Presents. All are greatly
pleased with our own, think it prettier than the others. Presents we can see every day and think
of you if we keep them in use daily, and sharply. They will last long as we last on Earth. Before
Christmas I had a violent attack of Pneumonia with severe Typhoid commencing. Folks wanted
a Doctor, I said no they’ll be too slow to save me by putting poison in my stomach that will be 4
to 8 days killing disease germs. So i stalled 1/2 Teaspoonful of Heath's liniment Fountain of
Youth every 2 hours, and bathed whole person with same every 3 hours (wetting each part 3
times for one bath and inhaled it as constant as possible and was well in 30 hours, but much
reduced, am just able to go to town nice warmest days after 4 weeks, Weather 2 weeks about
zero and below. So we thought nut little of Holidays or sending gifts to children or others. We
got shaft curbed 60 ft. 30 of it hardest hardpan roof over our 21 ft. strata of (I think) Egg-Shell
Porcelain Clay of 40 to 60 acres, have sent off to St geologist, and Potteries, but they never saw
such fine paltry clay and don't know what it is neither does your bros. Who drilled and their
father before them in all 60 years all overland to London England not time to report are yet.
Chicago men ask if I will leave for 99 years, for what royalty if clays worth $3 per ton for 30 its
per.

If I get 20 etc.. 175 ton in rod square = $150.00 X 160 rod to acre = $2400.00 per acre. Or 10
ets= $1200 X 40. acres = $48000.00 Darville Men (ill) are to be here Today to see G. Chicago
men later. I want out of debt. and send Worlds Crisis over the world before I die. Glad you, Bro
and Chester are doing well. Has it been cold their as here past 4 weeks is soil good at El Reno,
as at Guthrie and Perry? Does or will Alfalfa grow well there as at Garden City Hay. If so, get
land in Alfalfa and hogs 15 to acre= $50.00 acre $10 off for mill or ground feed in self-feeders
on Concrete block near water $40 x 160 a = $6400.00 annual income from [[?]] see and scarce
any work. one man $200 to care for Hogs the tax is $200 $6000 clear annually, or $3000 will do.
Will be good in old age. See? ye.
Hope you’re having good Christian meetings. [[Seen]] Churches fail more and more every yearuntil they will not be known. "In vain to worship Jesus teaching for doctrine the creeds of men"
Jesus says, But D.D.s dispute Jesus word, "Let god be true if it does make every man a lie." The
heavens religiously, and The Earth Politically are washing away, with a great noise" Corrosion
and Reform. The most glorious time to live and Do Good by helping Jesus build [[underlined]]
his church not our church, our religion, our plea; it not in the Bible words. only our opinion that
it means our credo belief.
Let everyone gain join only thousand pray and be good and meat in Heaven your father A.R.
HEATH.