March the 10^th

 

Dear respected

                        Cousins

I will write a few lines to you we are all well but pap he has the mumps I expect we will all have them us girls does all the feeding I wish you could see marth a slopping around these days with her dress tail / up I bet you would get scared at her girls and mol the old big thing she got waid the other day and the stilliard’s wouldent draw her and they draw at 155 I expect she weighes at 170 we have made about 20 gallons of mollasses we cant make no sugar

 

come up some day and stay all day and we will make some wax I think your dresses is very nice / if you hadent a wrote it was your old dress we woulent a known but what it was a new one I would like to see you all so well and lissa the little toad kiss and hug her for me I was a thinking I would see her minnature in your letter but I did not I hope I will in the next letter I cant hardly wait O come up this spring so I can see her I hope this cruel war will soon be over so the boyes can come home and have peace once more / & the butternuts is a getting ashamed of there selves they dont holler for old mean vallandingham I think it is time they are beginning to get scared a bout it Jule I thought you said in your letter that you was a going to rite more next time I dont believe you did if you did I dident see eny at all I will haft to come to a close fore this time hopeing to remain loveing cozings untill death to all sarrah Jule Em Scott George Cherlottie

                                                                                    taylor                           Orfa Booker

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