Oct 25^th

Coluba Marion Co Iowa

 

Dear son and Daughter I will this Sunday morning as we are alone try to answer your letter which we received last week and was glad onst more to get a letter from under your hand your excuses was very reasonable ones but I would like to get a letter onst in a while. I have been writing to Gim and Meda because we have got all the letters from them. my health is good this fall I have been weeveing some, we raised a barn last week and have fixed a greanry in it, in something of a hurry so we can get our trashing done. we will have a big job of it we will have one hundred bushels of potatoes they are in good demand the boys / Frank and Zane calculates to take a lode to Jefferson Co to trade for aples as there was no potatoes raised in that part of the country Hugh Nombs is up and is building a house on his land but he boards at Brums lucky for us. Gim and sally is visiting among us now they are now at pa Walkers I expect them here to day if pa's folks will let them off. so you know we do not look much for them, they are moveing up to Wain Co Gim has been doing better sally that she has [?] this time he has bought forty acres of land and has a team of his own. tom has been up this summer and his wife was sick all the time that they was here Tom says that he recons that he will never see Ene again he three children the yongest is a girl his Mother in law is dead and he has fel heir to a little money / Mrs. Walker has been to jefferson this fall I have not seen her sence Conny and Eveline are liveing in the Vandoler house the friends are all well as far as I know; well I suppose you are one girl better off then you was six months ago, but if it had been a boy you would have been worth a goodeal more. well Oly what will you call your meat baby is it as pretty as you are: this is the name that granma Walker was to wate for. well Loo raise your girls to be of some use to you I hope that this one is not as cross as Oly was Meda said that you was doing your work much better then I would expect for I would suppose your leg would hurt you again I think I could in joy myself two weeks / among you. we come verry near selling this fall all that differ was the payments I think if we sell we will see that contry befor we buy our family has got up out of the way Zane is going to try to get a school this winter and I want Bell to try to get one next sumer she is as tall as I am Eliza grows tall but slim flora is a long if she lives will make a big woman they say that Brum looks like you and Zane like Harve

 

I suppose that that contry looks like white people lived there to what it did when you went there I hope that you all injoy your selves there and we will try to the best we can if I live verry long I think I will see you; write as often as you can I am allways glad to hear from you I ever remain your affectionate Mother Asenath Long

                                                                                    Enos and Loo Reed

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