Columbus Jan 27^th/62

 

            Dear Friend Will,

                                    You may think me in a hurry to answer your letter but owing to my changing plase of residence, I thought it best to reply soon. Your letter went to Newark, and Sister Jane got it and sent it to Columbus, where I have been since the sixt of Jan. I am living on town St. at Mr Sparrow, number 598. I think it is the last hous on this street

 

This is Monday eve. and I have had all the work to do up stairs, and down, so that I am a little tierd. I am doing chamber work and &c. and when that is done I sew the rest of the time. So my work has been very easy so far Mary the kitchen girl has gon to bed for she to is tierd, after washing.

 

I came over expecting to find Sam here but he had left for the country before I came, so they do not know that I am here / Your letter was very interesting. If I can make this half as much so I will be glad. So you have apples this year, have you. It must be quite a treat. I have seen but very few this year. I have not hird from home for some time. I have writen to B—David and shall look for an answer soon What I have seen of Columbus I like very much but I miss S—Jane so much and if I stay here I will get her a plase as soon as I can so I can have her with me. I think I can have some influence over her as I am the oldest, perhaps for the better. She is my Sister and I love her as one. I should judg you spent the holidays very pleasant I should like to have been to help you eat your goos I shall try and come there when Dan & Mag does if they come. I think I should enjoy the fruit season best. It seams to trouble the folks very much to know what you are a going to do with lumber. It does look a little suspishus, I am thinking. Unless you / are going to try batchler's life or marry one of those young ladies which I suppose is worthey of attention

 

I shall be pleased to come and visit you when you get settled the reports had not as yet got to my hearing. I must now leave the rest till a nuther time as the room is cold and the old clock is a keeping up a terible ticking. I am glad you are geting over the war feaver It is well to be ready to fight of Liberty and Union, but there is soldiers enough I think for the present and I think that there is so much wickednes in camp I think and still there is much to be learned in travling from place to plase. I still here from Mr Stones familey and they are giving me a pressing invitation to come back to live with them but it seams so far from Mother and home that I do not know that I shall except. I suppose you have not furgot / our chesnut and grape hunt yet have you. well I must hurry I have got to the last page and do not know that I have said any thing that will interest you We have had some very unpleasant Sundayes since I came over and a week ago a young lady from Newark and my self went to Church in the eve. and got the best ducking that I have had for a long time, but yesterday was better and I went to the Methodist Ch. the Minister watched me and when it was over he came to me and wished to know where I lived. they are making the Ch. larger, so I guess he will give me a call, so as to get some money. It is now late and the folks are all in bed and asleep and I must go there to. so good night and pleasant dreams I hope those few lines will find you in good enjoying health, and happyness, and all the rest of my acquintance. give my love to all your folks and pleas except the same your self. In hast, write soon Let me know when Sam will be back

 

From your cincere friend Lib                              

Direct to Columbus.                                                  

Eliza R Lewis

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