
i am here yet i feel pretty
well i thought last night i should not stay
here much longer
there was quite a blow out
of coarse i did not participate in the scrap
but walt i felt bad i cant write it perhaps
its better to not the greatest hardship for me
is to be compeled to be pleasant to one you
dislike han
has every thing to live on provitions by the quantaty
and nice place but she has few cloths only what
she fixes over she keeps house very nicely
and is very forbearing puts up with every
thing) i got your letter walt the only one
i have received since i have been here i
got the money too what you sent me before
i came and since i came i have written to matty and george
and jeffy and havent had any letter from
any of them han is much better she says than
she has been and sends her love to you and
wants you to come here very much indeed
she wants to see you and wants you to see
a place for sale across the lake at
Birmingham
½ miles from keesville and 3 miles
from port kent the line of steamboats run
from new york and stops at port Kent and
so to burlington) this place at birmingham
was very active in time of the war with factories
nail and other factories but since the war there
is not much business but a man that lives
there told me very much about it
the house and ground around it
is 400 dollar he said the house and by his tell
the ground must be very cheap he said there
was fruit and the ground very good indeed
and spring of water there is a steam boat
runs from here several times a day
50 cent acrost han says if you will only
come she will doo ever so much to make
you like your visit this place i
speak of is in new york state on the map
i suppose han thinks you must buy it
and settle down and get married
i suppose the lake is very beautiful
this gentleman that spoke to me about it
said they didint feel as if they were very
far from new york i wont write any
more about that) but how i doo want to
see the young ones
dont of course you wont
write any thing about what i say about the
little conceited fool but write about every
thing you can think of if heyde would only
go off schetching i should be very glad
but i suppose i must stand it the best i can
i have got one more envelope besides this
to you walt and then if i stay longer you
must send me one i wish you could
come for a few days dont be worried
about me i will try to stand the gramatical phrases