Aaron Leland GALUSHA
Sarah ARMSTRONG

Husband:  Aaron Leland GALUSHA
Birth:  14 Sep 1832, Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont
Death:  16 Jun 1906, Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont
Burial:  Jun 1906, East Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont
Father:  William GALUSHA
Mother:  Polly LARABEE

Marriage:     8 Nov 1864, Berkshire, Franklin Co., Vermont     

Wife:  Sarah ARMSTRONG
Birth:  16 Aug 1832, Abbott's Corner, Quebec, Canada 
Death:  10 Mar 1910, Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont
Burial:  Mar 1910, East Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont
Father:  Robert ARMSTRONG
Mother:  Ann BOOTH

Children:   
None 
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Notes:  
From The Lowell National Historical Park
Galusha Family Collection;  Written by Amy Melinda Galusha to her brother Aaron Leland Galusha

Lowell April 3, 1849

Dear Brother,
      I do not know but you will blame me for not answering youre kind letter sooner but I think you will excuse me when I tell you the reason which is this  I have been very sick with the vere Loyd I do not know as you will know what that is so I will tell you  it is the same as the small pox only it does not go quite so hard on account of being evaxionated I was at the Hospital one week and I was sick enough I can tell you  my face was swolen so that if you had seen me you would not have known me from Adam but I am getting pretty smart again  I am not sorry that I have had it now it is over for I shall not fear the small pox any more but I had a pretty hard time  I think I shall go to work again next week  I expect my sickness will cost me about 15 dollers time and all which is quite a sum as low as wages are now  you wanted I should write about mens wages in the mill mens wages are good but boys wages very low  I do not think it will be best for you to try to work in the mill  you will have to work a good many years before you will be a capable overseer and none but such can get good wages  if you go into the mill now you will have to be very steady and I know that youre disposition will not admit of youre being confined from 5 in the morning till 7 at night in a noisey factory and luging around a great basket of bobbins  you would soon get tired of that fun I will promise you and then you must put up with a great many things which you never had to put up with before  you would probably get scolded sometimes and that you know that you would not bear very patiently which would make it all the worse for you you would soom get weary and discontented and then you would not be much better off for what you had done  a boy canot get along so easy in the mill with their work as the girls do with theirs for it is harder to learn it  the girls have nothing to do but tend the work after it is all fixed and set to going  the men have to keep the looms and machinery in order and put in the webs [----] and fix them all in order for weaving before the girls have anything to do with it which makes the mens work more trying and more particular a great deal than the girls when I come home I will tell you all about it more than I can write  I should be very glad to have you here whare I can see you but I know in all reason Lele⁶ it will not be for your best interest  I think the best thing that you can do will be to go into some country town and learn a good trade 
get into some respectable shop and be steady and industrious and do what you think is perfectly right  take youre bible keep it by you where you can get at it handy read a portion of it every day and follow its precepts every day  be considerate in everything  if any one asks you to do a thing stop and think if it is right  you can easely tell whether a thing is right or wrong by stopping to to think  if you think it is wrong tell them at once that it is not right and that you will not do it and let that be the last of it  do not stop to argue the point at all for they may be better skilled in argument then you are and by that I means you may weaken a strong point  if you think it is wrong say so and that will be enough  be independent  do not be persuaded by any one however smart or rich or influential to do a wrong action  you have a good mind enough for anybody if you will be guided by that  do not let the evil spirit get the uper hand at any time  if you cant decide upon any question yourself go to someone that you know to be good for advise do not associate with any whose character is the least doubtful of either sex especialy the oposite Lealand for heavens sake let no fancy get the uper hands of reason  do not be too ardent an admirer of outside apearances if you are attracted by a beautiful form or face stop and consider watch the actions and words with a jealous eye  see if retiring modesty reigns there  see if [torn area] place of all [torn area] of folly and frivalous actions there is anything like common sense to guide the bark or if its frail and delicate form is left pilotless upon the vast ocean of time to be driven by the winds of pride and folly to the gulf of distruction Leland I think of you a great deal and tremble for youre welfare for many a boy has been ruined when young by keeping bad company  but my sheet (is almost full or I might say quite full  you must answer my letter as soon as you receive it  give my love to [JC] and  [----ll] write to them soon  write soon)

 (Write as soon as you receive this I heard from Canada last night Jane Westover come down and Mrs Stark)
                                                         Amy L. Galusha

(dear Lele be kind to pa an ma do not do any thing to greive or hurt their feelings for you do not know how much they feel for youre welfare Lele the world is cold pitiless and miserliy what I have suffered no one knows but I have lived to find a calm a blessed calm in a land of strangers I know that youre feelings are tender like as mine  were and capable of believing the insinuations of heartless wretches who will deceive you and then expose every little word and action and egreavate it to the highest pitch  put no confidence in any one however friendly they may appear until you have thoroughly proved them)

(give my love to [----] enquiring friends  give my love to Aunt I and L and J and all uncle Bens folks)

(you must not show this letter to any body except ma or pa  it is written from the fountain of an overflowing and affectionate heart and must not be exposed to the scorn of an unfeeling world)

[on cover]   Aaron L. Galusha
                     West Berkshire, VT

1870 Federal Census Data (M593_1620, Page 251B), Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont,
                                                                                                                  Enumeration Date: 18-Jul-1870, Family #207

1880 Federal Census Data (T9_1344, Page 115B), Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont,
                                                                                  Enumeration Dist: 105, Enumeration Date: 14-Jun-1880, Family #106

1900 Federal Census Data (T623_1692, Page 114A), Franklin, Franklin Co., Vermont,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 110, Enumeration Date: 13-Jun-1900, Family #172

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