
i got your letter all safe to day wensday it was rather late but it come yesterday was a tremendous rain the water has been a foot deep in the cellar they say the rats has undermined it but it has dried away some its a low place the water settles in the yard it is better george sold it they are much pleased with it say they wouldent take 1000 dols for their bargain
mrs Steers gets along
very well with her
bakery)
we have had
mrs Black here she has
just gone and quite
a releif it is too
she come she said
to tell me of a sure
cure for the rheumatis
i asked her what it
was she said put a
potato in each pocket
and wear them in
your pocket till they
are hard and the
rheumatis will i supos
go in the potato
she asked me when she went away if i would doo it i told her i would carry half a dozen if they would do me any good
well walt i am
glad you are bettr
of your distress
in your head very
many people is
complaining of colds
well the president
cant pardon very
many more rouges
you know i suppose
Devlin is pardoned
the papers say peirpont
is to be the attorney
genrall
but i suppose
you will know soon
i hear from Jeff and
mat once in a while
Jeff has or has had
great anxiety about
the works the river
rises so much higher
than usual that
there is fear of the
overflowing of
their works poo Jeff
i expect he is in
lots of trouble
but as we understood
Davis it wouldent
doo such an amount
of damage if it did
overflow but Jeff is
so nervous)
walter dear if you can as well as not i wish you would send me the draft next week) George had to make a payment the other day and had to take all he had to make it out)
give my love to the oconors and love to yourself)
Louisa Whitman