
i couldent let the week
pass without writing
a line or two i got your
letter last week with the
money order and the
big book
and wasent
i glad it has so much
to read about it will
keep me quite a long time
i doo so like to have somethg
to read i am alone so
much i have been down
and got the order cashed
and am going to have
something good for the
new year s dinner i
dident make any
preperations for
christmas) O walt aint
it sad about that young
woman perhaps if she
hadent got married she
would have got over it
the excitement probably
aggravated the disease)
it
is sad indeed to read although
strangers) i got the letter
this morning all letters
come first rate) i gave
the carrier a dollar for
his christmas he was much
pleased such things go a
great ways in having him
punctual) i am as well
as usual sleep pretty well
i went down to gill s and
got a stove
for the back room
on georgeys credit i have
some company not very much
i see a short account of the richm
fire but i had no idea it was
so horrible)
with many thanks for
money and books i remain yo
affectionte
mother
Love to mrs and mr Oconer