ADDRESSED TO: Mr. A.J. Stage, Mt Sterling, Madison Co., Ohio
FROM: M. E. Wood
Mansfield Sept the 22 1889

Dear Childern
I will wright you a fiew lines to lett you no that I am alive and hope you ar I havent had a letter from you since the once you wrote Augst the 2 I wrote you one when I was to Herbs I gess I have had all the letters you have wrote now less you have wrote since that I had a letter from Mate I will send it to you I think of going out thair after the faier O how I wish you could be out hear through the faier I look for Ed up then I have got my rooms all settled I live over the tea store Maby you havent got my letter I have ben sewing some for Mrs Bur Baily I shant worke for enyone through the fair as I no of Uncle Arad was hear yesterday He is not fealing very well He had had a doisentary He looked quite bad Helen donte lett the moths eat your sack up Daisey hasent hatch but one bird this summar and that died She mated with Mrs Mans bird She sings all most as good as Fred did Em Taylor has gon to Rundles to live and the old folds have gone to Annie Mrs Talor came and stayed all day and all night with me before she went away How is your potatoes and corn or havent you got eny You dont say whether you have a good garden or not Do you have eny fruit thair or not Thair hainte mutch hear I have got some imbrorday for the bottoms of Tess dress I will send it sometime in a little box I thought it mite be prety short now Gramma wantes to see her so bad she cant hardly stand it I dident go to the ofice last night Thair may be a letter thair I am looking for one from Packer evry day He said that I would gett a pension He would try as hard as he could for one He sent those letters that your pa wrote me when he was in Elmira He said that thay were good I donte no what I shal do if I donte gett one Enyone can doe a goodeal if thay hafto When I am sick I hafto gett along the best I can I have no one to do enything for me My head was real bad when I was over to Herbs It is better now than it has ben in some time I havent done enything with those black dresses yet Maby you will gett yours sometime I will put a pice of my dresses in the letter The litest one is a rapor The other one is a polnais to wair with skirts I have had your pin fixed I will send it as soon as i can I have made me an apron of that clth you lef for Tess a dress It wasent good enough to put that triming on I will gett her another one She wonte neede it this sumar and it will be nice next sumar I cante thinke of eny more to wright now You can hear all the news in the paper Daytons folks have got a boy It was borned July 4 Sade and Ede was hear last weeak to see me Helen why dont you wright oftner Cant you gett time or what is it Do you hear enything from Will Faney said she wrote to him last spring and had no answer yet She wrote again when I was thair I wish you would right soon as you get this How is Birts mother

Goodby to you all
from your mother
M. E. Wood