From: Raleigh, Morton County, ND
26 April 1914
The farmer will always talk about the weather first. So far the weather has been good and is cheering up the farmers in the hope of a good harvest.
My good neighbor, Zachäus Bachmeier, who seems to have lived in Emmons County for some time and had left most of his belongings here on his farm, will not be happy when he gets the Staats-Anzeiger in his hands this week. His tenant lost the pigs, and despite all searching he could not find them.
Well, one day friends came to him for a visit. After looking around at everything in the house, they finally got to the cellar. And what did they find there? Well now, there were the pigs that were believed to be lost! They were enjoying the good food of potatoes, lard, and other good stuff, that happened to be there and are big and fat.
Dear neighbor, if you do not remove the potatoes and lard, etc. from here soon, then don’t bother to come over. Since I am a beginner, I have been thinking about getting me some pigs. Perhaps I also could fatten them up in your cellar. - No offense now!
I send a greeting to Uncle Johannes and Aunt Carolina Kopp in Richardton, North Dakota, and to all active readers of this newspaper.
Emil Joseph Kopp,
Son of Jakob