
i have just received
your letter i was very glad to hear
from you it seemed quite long
since i had a letter i am glad you
have got rid of your cold it has
stuck too you pretty long i was glad
to get the letter and glad to have
what it contained to tell the thruth
Edd and i have had to live pretty
saving when george went away
he dident leave me any and i
hadent very much and i had the
washing to pay for out off it so
i told edd last night he should
have bread and coffee to day but
i gess we shant starve every thing
is so dear butter 65 cents per lb i dont
get much of it meat is cheaper and
i like it better i dont know whether georg
will come home this week or not
he thought he would when he went
away if he could leave) i am pretty
well only last sunday morning i
hurt my knee i catched my foot
and struck my knee and it got
so lame in the coarse of the day
i could hardly walk it is a little
better at present but is very stiff
i thought i was glad george was
gone for i couldent hardly doo
any thing when i was entirely still
it dident hurt me much but i tryed
to walk and it hurt me so i had
to sit still but i think it will be
better soon i have been trying to get
things straighened
up a little prepatory
to moving when my knee was so lame
i thought what would i doo if
i was so i couldent walk but
i can walk quite smart to day
if i keep my knee strait it hurts
me so to bend it) i suppose we shall
have to go as soon as the house is
in any kind of condition
if george
comes home i shall get him to have
one of the stoves put up to get the
wall perfectly dry i dont regret
leaving this house when the cellar
is open i can smell the dampness
up stairs if the door is open they
have every kind of stuff down there
and the rats has dug so the water
comes in every rain i told mrs
steers they ought to open the doors
every clear day but she is very
much engaged making money
to think of any thing she is clever to
me but they want the rooms i suppose
its natural enoughf i have the
music marm and the daughter to
practice and all) i have had no
corresspondence at all only your s
dear Walt so i havent heard from
any body only as you say you have
had a letter from jeff
i should think
as matty is so smart they would
keep house)
you remember Walt i always
said if Grant
got to be presedent i hoped
he wouldent disappoint his party
but i dont know i hope he wont but i
suppose time will tell)
i felt sorry to see so many females discharged