
i write
again to let you know we
are all in the land of
the living had a pretty
hard squeese to worry through
but we have got along
so far all pretty well
considering this awful
weather we have had) these
rooms is quite cool if there
is any air at all but monday
night we had to keep shut up
all the front part of the house
on sunday there was one
of the car horses died and
he laid just acrost the
street and he laid there
till tuesday and the whole
neighborhood was distressed
with the smell the horses dropt
from the cars in several other
routs
well walt i got the
letter tuesday this week
it dont make any very
material difference only
i get figgety for fear its
stolen there dont seem to
be quite so much complaint
of loosing letters as there was
at one time) i hope you will
keep well walter you
are very carefull i know
i think its so nessary to
be i wish george was half
as carefull they havent done
much on the main till to
day they have been raising
the stone from where the old
tunnel was filled up so
they havent laid much
pipe till to day so it was
well for george
as it
wouldent take much
to get him to feel the effects
of the heat

georges house
is
raised was raised
last saturday three
story and cellar with
stone under smith is
in a hurry to get it
done as he is going
to oversee frenches
buildings) i seldom
hear from the st lou is
folks they are very
slow to write i wrote
a letter to matty telling
her i just wrote to let
her know mamma
lived in brooklyn
yet i think matti might
write oftener
as for han
i dont know as i shall
ever hear from her
it seems so strange
if they was old and
lame like me i
shouldent think so
strange well i suppose
they all have enoughf
to doo) o walter the
nomanation aint it
great i wish you
could see the eagle
it is worse than ever
all the respectable
radicals is in favor
of seymore
the eagle
says they are nearly
all copperheads around
here
but they are kinly
put aback if chase
had only been the one they
would have carried
everything before them