The Patent Metallic Tip Company.

Office, No. 20 Pearl Street.

Boston, Oct 7^th 1860

 

Dear Brother Ro^s

                                    Your welcome letter arrived here about a week ago. It is Sunday I will answer it. So you are at home enjoying life. That is about as good a place as I can find to enjoy myself. Though I never cared much about digging the potatoes or picking the stones especially when it snowed.

 

Do you remember the time we picked below the little brook? It snowed then I believe. I should like to help you pick the apples. I hope that freeze didn't spoil them. Mr Walker of Turner told me they froze hard at his place I don't wonder you dislike selling trees. A man can't sleep well while in that business. Ugly dreams / trouble him I should think.

 

Uncle Will has a little [faded] He got [faded] for the work I sent his shirt by Isaac who has been here this

 

My shirts arrived all right tell Mother. Today I have been to meeting at the old place, [faded, paper fold] since I came from home I found a new house. They have painted newly carpeted and made it new all over. I received a letter from Abbie a few days since. She was well and enjoying herself was looking for a barrel of apples from home. I sent her a nice pair of boots Friday last. I said I had been away every Sabbath till this. The first one went to So. Boston with you. The next Saturday I was so homesick I couldn't stay here so went to So. Braintree I had a good visit. Martha wasn't a bit cross Will was away so there was / nothing to prevent my having a good time. Last Sabbath I spent at So. Danvers. Hattie was there & had a good visit. We went to church in the morning and in the afternoon took a walk in the grove, ate grapes lots of them and soon I got an invitation to spend Thanksgiving there. I should a great deal rather spend it at home. Politics rages here just now. Hardly an evening passes but we have either a meeting a wide awake parade or something else. The wide awakes have to go [?] to save their lives. The Irish democracy have attacted them a number of times throwing bricks, clubs and mud. Seven of them got arrested the other night and are now in jail.

 

Last night a great fire occurred in So. Boston doing damage to the amount of 180,000 dollars and leaving some three hundred persons without / employment. A machine shop and a factory was burnt. I was in the house reading when the alarm was given and continued doing so thinking nothing more than usual had happened but the second alarm which always means trouble caused me to look out when I found there was a heavy fire. I have been over to see the ruins today.

 

We have had very cold weather the past week. It was cold enough to damage the grapes badly in some places Today it is quite pleasant. Tell Jed when he can't get anything else to do he may write to [faded, paper fold] Lucy [faded, paper fold] the other day I will answer it some time.

 

George don't know how to write so I shan't expect a letter from him. Howard I expect to hear from some day. Will and Homer must be good boys and string the apples. Mark will go to N.Y. with you if his wife is willing. Write soon A word to all the good folk Charles

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