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yum Needless to say, you will be well received, but think about it and take your time. He who mnreirKTirXYiniTKK comes to America must intend to work and if he has a fault in friends he must b(giving lots of advice about how hard you have to work here) he has to be ready to work and if you are lazy it is better you stay home. For someone who is a drunkard or gambler the same saying would be true, As long as one enjoys good health you must think that one could be sick at any time I know that myself. If 1 am not able to work, ther are two years that I can't work since I have been sick. XXXIf I will tell you this year you will have to believe more than 3,000 frank s in the bank. (giving Joseph advice) At this time Joseph pou intend to be willing to work to be good and I advise you to come.
You should come in July it's the season to earn something. I have two months free joseph and you will take letter which is in mind. You willtake it to Bardou and you will give it to the person and he will arrange for you to leave by the first boat. You tell him that you want to ap?n3 pass
You don t need to JreAue a-peefw \hejLe__pix)viding that you have money to get to Bardou. What you need, and in order not to run the risk of staying a long time in	Bardou, you can	write to Mr. DuCloe, who would be	happy to take the trouble
to	look for a boat	. Will go	to New Orleans as fast	as possible and to write
to you, I'm going to write to him too when you get the letter he will have a letter from me too and you can go see him right away. Direction, you have to have on the boat, a plate, a tin^.plate, fork, spoon, knife, napkin or two, a little mattress,	which will	cost you five cents in	bardou, bed sheet,
in	case you're sick on board,	some sugar, well baked	bread from 12 to 15 pounds
xb fruit that can be kept a long time. They will feed you on board but all these things in case you're sick. Clothes, you don't need much, 3 shirts, 2 or 3
trousers, something to change into so that you will be clean when you arrive
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in New Orleans. You don't need	afraid	of	the	water	there	is
no more danger than on earth. My wife writes that xhkx she also inviteSyou