well dier wife I one time more drop you a fiew lins this eavning to let you no that we are generely well to day and I am thankful to God for those blessings I am in tolerbel helth and I truley hop when those scrablings lins comes to hand tha will find you all well I hav nothing strang to rite at this time and I cant rite much but how ever I will endevor to rite som we hav had som coald wether hear but we hav not hav coald hear only for 5 or 6 days at a time the wether is is vary changebel every fiew days we hav rane and plentey of mud hear we had a littel snow hear a bout two inches and a half deep it is vary mudey now to day and has the a pearnc of wrane /

 

well Rittey Ann I som times get out of hart but then O when I think back I then turn my attention other things which enterests mee Oh I think of one that is dear to me I can reflect back and view them dear children that is dear to us I can only hop to see them tho we no we are many milds a part but I still hav som hops of seeing you and the children tho if I never see you eney more on this earth let me ask you to meet me in heven let us try to meet thare and if we will try and do all that God requiers us to we can shurely be one of Gods littel famely Oh then let us endever to do God will and may we liv to see each other face to face and liv to gether with our littel children Oh If I can hav my helth to be abl to wirk so I can help rase our beloved littel children /

 

            Wee look for the male this eavning and I think I will get a letter from you I hav not heard from you sinc the 16 of last month and I am oneasy a bout you we heard that the snow was three feet deep and then I heard that it was a bout too feet deep the old man Turner rote to Gorge that the snow was three feet deep a bout 10 milds south of Trinton and too feet at his hous and I am oneasy a bout you all if I dont get a letter from you this eavning I will think vary strang rite soon and tell mee all a bout your wintter and how you are a getting along

            J. W. Sanders

            R. A. Sanders

 

I am botherd to day and cant rite /

 

I rote to you in one letter for you to sell the stears I studed a bout and I thought if you had not solde them that you had better keep them for to hall your woode with I may get home after while and if I do I will to do a rite smart of halling and will want a teem I will now close fare well

 

tell the children I send my love to them and want them to remember mee

 

when you rite let me no how Emeleys eyes is a getting pleas rite soon I will send this by its self if I dont get a letter and if I do I will rite a nother to you

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