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in the fact that coming now, I could not obtain another leave in a year
or so and for certain reasons, which you know nothing about,26 I would
greatly prefer to be with you then. I am going to get a Mexican bit such
as they use for wild horses for you. It is a cruel apparatus but you can
hold an Elephant with one. It is different from any you have ever seen.
Take good care of the potatoes. Please gather some at the proper time
and leave one or two plants well hilled in the garden all winter, to see
if they will stand the frost, or if this is too severe expose them as much
as you do any potato. Keep the rest for seed. Notice if they have in-
creased in size by this years culture. I want all the statistics on the sub-
ject. I intend to report upon the matter. You will be likely to hear the
result. If printed I will send you a copy.
Present my regards to your Mother and believe me ever,
Your friend
Albert J. Myer
Fort Davis. Sept. 26th. 1855.
My dear James:
I am still in fine health though a little wearied today. I have been up
two nights in succession. I am sorry to hear that you have been ill, but
the same letter brought me cheering acc[oun]ts of your convalescence.
I have but one advice, avoid Doctors and Medicine! Both well enough
in their way but not to be trifled with. There is another Medical officer
at the post now.27 I think I shall get out into the woods soon again.
Perhaps be ordered with the Rifles. We have a fine post now. Things
are getting comfortable[;] we expect to have a fine store, a library, read-
ing room, billiard room and bowling alley. We can surely amuse our-
selves with such opportunities! However[,] about the time this place
becomes desirable I shall[,] I expect[,] be satisfying my longings for
active service by marching in the field with the Rifles. Returning to this
place about once a month, then off again, "over the hills 8cc"[.] I am in
good spirits now and after a fashion contented. I can imagine however
26Myer's betrothal to Catherine Walden had not yet produced a formal announcement
of the date of the wedding. In June, 1856, he wrote to himself, "My dear dear love has
appointed this month a year hence as all she will ask. I love her dearly. I will try to be
worthy of her." Myer, "Diary," Myer Collection.
27Myer, "Journal," Myer Collection, identifies him as Dr. George Taylor. He was prob-
ably on contract (as an "Acting Assistant Surgeon"-a common practice owing to statutorial-
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