
i have got your letter with the 5 dollars and am oblige to you Walter dear for the same Jeffy arrived here this morning just as i got up he left st louis sunday night he is very well and looks fat matty had got a place and went down yesterday afternoon she got it last week but they have staid here all through the cold weather and you may be shure i have had a pretty busy time of it and yesterday afternoon they took up their quarters at their new abode but are back again to day so i aint had much grace they got all their things and carpets down before they went it is carlton ave between fulton ave and green walking distance from here matty is very sorry she has taken the house as Jeff talks of her going to st louis

i cant write much this time
walter as i have to get tea
against jeff and matt comes up
from down town i liked your
letter walt
all but one thing
and that was about your
coming you dident say any
thing about that dont you think
you can come Walt i doo so wish
you can i know you will if
you can get away) the weather
is quite moderate now but we
got through the cold quite well
considering it was so cold matt
could not stay next door so they
moved in with me till yesterday
i feel quite smart i am taking
the medicine yet it makes me
have a better appetite and i think
helps me as a general thing
i received mr Oconor present
with the letter and am very
gratified to him and shall
read it with much pleasure
i make no doubt as the evening
is so tedious as i cant work
much if i doo my arm will
pain me and i dont have
much to read now george
is gone he used to get the
papers i take the old eagle
mr Oconor is very kind in
remembering me if he takes
as much pleasure and i have
reason to think he does in sending
them as i doo in reading them
we are both well paid
i have not heard from george
since he went away but
shall expect him home next
week)