
i
have just
got your letter with 2 dol
and the paper
i have not
read it yet but shall this
afternoon i had to write
to tell you what i had
done i couldent feel
contented till i did well
i havent committed any
crime but i have spent
the money order you sent
me for something i have
always wanted but never
was able to get well i have
got a lounge it was quite
cheap and good hair cloth
but after i got it i thought
i hadent ought to spent
the money but now i have
told you i shall feel better
but i have
got a little money left
besides the 2 dolrs you sent
me to day i thought i would
be saving and george
was
gone so i would get it
so walt i can get along
if you send me about
2 dollars next week
i am glad you are going to have new cloths i dont see how you doo to make your cloths last so long georg is getting somethings every month) i gess this is the last peice of furniture i shall get i always wanted a lounge now i have got one i had a letter from Jeff i beleeve i told you Davis was here tuesday evening and he and Baynton his partner in Jersey is to come here this afternoon that is the cause of my not reading the paper

i have been baking some bread and cake as davis goes away to night so i thought he would probably stay to tea i seem to have quite a number call to see me among the number was Ellen vanwyck she says she liked you and would like to see you she is quite out of health she stayed and had a cup of tea) ann vanwyk sister Ester i dont think you ever saw her she married a man by the name of J baylis he had a farm when they were married but drinked and sported it all away and they now live here in great poverty he has been in the hospitall he got drunk and was took to the station house and he tryed to cut his throat but dident succeed

John vanwy helps her i beleeve but so it is every one has their troubles) you go i see walt to mrs Borroughs yet how does mrs Oconor and she get along mrs Oconor thought they would not perhaps i told her she must doo like mrs black when the woman up stairs said she woulden live with children mrs black told her they would get along nicely)
george and i was talking about if the impeachment was carried if it would make any change with you we thought speed would be the one that would take the place of stansbury) doo you know walt i have always felt a kind of sadness when i read the articles of impeac not but what i always thought he was bad but there is so many things to be considered) i sent and got the sun to see how the election went
my love to mrs and mr Oconor and mrs and mr Borroughs