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  21 Feb '67 My dear Walter

here we are with another awfull snow storm it is awful in the extreme and jeff has just started for the perbasco region matt was going with him and going on to philadelpha to masons to stay till saturday but the storm was so very bad that jeffy thought she had better not go she had her hat and all on ready they were to go yesterday but it stormed so they put it off till to day and its worse yet matt wants to go very much i was willing she should go but i would have had a pretty hard time with dooing the work and davis to cook for with my lame arm duty had the croup last night not very bad but matty thought if she had it and she was gone i would be so frightened she concluded to take her and the storm so bad i thought it was endangering the childs life but they dident go it was bad enoughf for Jeff) i dont think george can come up to day he came up yesterday in the cars it is very bad to get here after you get out of the cars its awful looking place any how i beleeve their is dissatisfaction amongst the commisioners so many men to work   Jeff is pleased with his visit to washington he likes the Oconors very much says he spent a very agreable evening there we are very much pleased with mr Heydes present to you the scenery is beautiful Jeff told me how near you come to upset all the sympathy between you and your brother in law) you speak about sending the papers Walt but i think it would not be worth while once in a while i see the tribune i dont get very much time between georges coming up every day and the children up here nearly all the time but i like so to read the speakery in the house i read Chandlers speech and i generally see the sunday paper davis takes the times every day but he is so queer about it leaves it over to the office Jeff says for to not ask him for it i got your letter walt yesterday with the 5 dollars i feel Walt sometimes as if you was too liberall with me but its all i have except sometimes 15 or 20 cents and i pay the rent too one month Jeff only charged me 5 dollar matty says he has to pay just the same as they did before they took the long room Jeff is very kind to me i wonder sometimes he is for every little thing is told him even to burning a little wood when i ought to burn coal but i let every thing slide along but i think matty gets better) but we get along pretty well my arm is about the same no worse nor much better take all the comfort you can walt

your dear mother

the wind is this side of the house and its almost impossible to keep warm