Brooklyn. Jan 21^st 1884

           

Dear Sister Ida.

                        I am tired this evening but I will write and let this do for you all. We attended church last evening and Bishop Tuttle (Bishop of Idaho & Utah) was there and talked of the west and we got quite home sick listening to him. Well Alice has been very sick (I presume Mother has dreamed it before now) she has a very hard cold and settled all over her we were afraid of pneumonia one day but we had a Dr. right away and broke the fever up and she is doing nicely now. Gracie is not well this winter at all she has a very bad sore behind one of her ears that runs badly but I have all the hopes in the world that they will help her at the Hospital where she is now. She enjoys going too so much. We go by the same way we went to the Brooklyn bridge then we take the elevated road up to the Hospital and we always have a good time for I always see something to laugh at you know where ever I go.

 

            We went to a millitary Ball I will send you a paper about it and that night when we were going to the horse cars (we had a quite a walk) I got tired and sat down and Geo sat on me I never saw ice like that night in my life there were another couple of young people with us. I was walking along so nice and fine (2 oclock A.M.) and I slipped and grabbed an iron fence and came very near sliping slipping down to steps into a basement and as it was my feet stuck right straight out within 6 in of the window and I laughing and well you and Mother can guess what happened next and my pants were froze onto me and then when we got home I just begin to make up my mind I was hurt. my back hurt me and my sides hurt me but my back side hurt me more nor all the rest. Well I guess I will try to improve my composition a little I should be ashamed to have Mother see this but I dont supose but what if you didn't see me for ten years, I should wet my pants if I thought of old Aunt Eliza Kingsby and her muff or any of thoes young people. 

 

Those pictures were very pretty indeed you sent, Ida Gracie & Alice and the poetry too. We have some snow in the ground now and have had some very cold weather indeed here. I would like to see you all this eve. Have you seen any of Mr Kiers people yet when you do see Anie give my love to her and tell me what they say when they here of Little Georgie death I know they used to think a good deal of him. Well I have washed to day and am tired George is reading and Jule has just gone to bed she sends her best regards to you all and all of the folks do always and you know we both do Give my very best love to my dear Mother and be a good girl to her. My best love to yourself and to Father I am glad he did not cut his fingers off and that you all "all right now"

 

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Write soon you and Mother too Good night Your loving Sister Addie Libby.

 

We have got Georgie cradle up a long time and Alice has been in it and her cradle Frank has for his new boy They have called it after [?] other one Fred, the baby, I mean, not the cradle.

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