From: Ijuhy, Brazil
20 April 1927
Dear Editor Brandt:
I knew for a long time that payment was due. However, I could not fulfill my duty because my billfold was always empty. I was afraid that the “Old Man” from the Staats-Anzeiger would cancel my name off the list, but he still had mercy. Now I went ahead and gathered everything together, but it still was not enough; therefore, I borrowed a milreis from my “Old Lady”, who was reluctant to hand it over. Consequently, I accumulated 8 milreis, which I forwarded today. (*Editor: The correct amount was received and your subscription credited. The calendar was also forwarded to you. Thank you and greetings.) I do not regret paying the 8 milreis, because the paper more than makes up for it. Once you get used to the Staats-Anzeiger, you cannot do without it.
Now I also would like to sincerely greet my friends in North America, such as Lorenz, Joseph, and Johannes Fenrich along with their wives. Greetings also to Anton and Margaretha Seifert, and Magnus and wife Simferosa Seifert. I would like to nudge them in the ribs, so that we will hear from them again.
In my mind, I now would like to go back to Krasna in Bessarabia and speak a few words with my brother Michael, and brother-in-law Eusebius Hermann and his wife Margaretha. We are still healthy. Well, where are you with your letters? We have not heard anything from you in a long time and worry that you may be dead already. We send all of you friendly greetings.
Recently, I read a report by Joseph Föth from Brazil in the Staats-Anzeiger, in which he tries to slander a man who lives there, has the initials A. F. and who is from Krasna. Joseph Föth has no scruples about spreading lies about this man. But Mr. Föth does not mention anything about his own hidden pranks in the woods, when he had one too many drinks. Hey, you innocent lamb, come into view from behind the coffee plant and bring evidence for what you have written about this man. Do not forget, however, to tell the people that you cheated the manager by 400.50 milreis. Your wife and children do not even have cornmeal on hand over night and have to suffer, while you do not sober up. I shall get more detailed if you do not stop spreading lies about other people.
In closing, I greet the entire reader family and also the editor, Mr.Brandt.
Alexius F. Fenrich