Rocky Hill 6^th Dec 1858

 

Dear Lizzie, Your pa is giving me some of Sanco's time to day, to work in the garden. My strawberry beds are manured, and well ploughed. I wish to get them ready to plant in the morning and send Hilton up for whatever vines you can spare, or what you so kindly put aside for me. I expect to get some from Sallie. I am going to try to plant 3 beds, something like yours, but the ground is very rough. I don't expect to get it half as well done. am having my asparagus bed fixed a little too. Is Mr. Harris going to Augusta this week? And what are you going to do while he is gone. Can't you come down / here and stay? I will help you all I can. How are you getting on with your work? Mary finished her carpet, and we got it put down very nicely indeed and it is very pretty too. Billy started off to Milledgeville last Friday. Mary has been at Sammy's since Saturday evening. No one went to church yesterday but Sammy. I thought Mary was going, till it was too late for me. Your pa had too bad a cold to go out, he is not sick, but was so hoarse Saturday night, he couldn't speak loud but is up and about to day. Sallie says, if she had your caps she could make them. Has Mr. H. lost any more of his hogs? Several of Billy's are sick, and we fear he will lose them. I wanted to get my carpet down to day, but it is now, really too warm to work what a change in the weather. / It looks, and feels, like gardening truly. we made no stop the day we left your house and got home safely before sunset. It rained a little but none to hurt. I commenced a letter to Mary last night, will try to finish and send it to morrow—have got none from her. Sallie got one from her mother saying George & Lissie had gone to the wedding & Fannie Willcox had arrived. Your aunt Jones, Martha, and John had all been quite sick with bad colds. H. is ready and I will not detain him. Love to Mr. H. I am very well to day. Your Mother, Eliza Wiley /

 

As your pa passed Mrs. Terrell's Saturday she sent a boy out to say to him that if he could get word to Mr. Harris, to tell him, she wished very much to see him, on business.

 

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Mrs. James M. Harris

            Long Cottage

 

By Hilton

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