Dear Childern
I will try and answer your wellcome letter that I resieverd last friday night  Was glad to hear from you and to hear that you was coming back hear  helen When are you coming  Will you go on your place or come and stay with me this winter  That is if I have eny place to stay  I am not staying to Mrs Knoltons now  My goods ar thair yett  I can gett the Ripley house at Lambs Creek  What do you think about it  I have tryed to gett a house to Mansfield but donte yet  Rent is so hight hear  I am at Mrs. Rundles now  Mrs. Knolton wente out to lews and brought the baby back with her and he was so noisy i wonte stay thair and she makes more than he does  She wantes me to board with her all the time or pay more rent  My bord rent and washing come to three dolars a week  It was the money she is after  She dont wante me to do my washing  If I cant have the priveledg of doing that when I feeal like it I can go some whair els  I shante leave my goods thair eny longer than this month eny hough  I wante you to write as soone as you can and lett me no when you intend to moove  I think I will gett a hole house insted off mooveing in with someone so if you wante to stay with me this winter you can if I live to town  Edy will stay with me and go to school  I think I shal go up to herbs this week if nothing hapens  Edy and I went to Mrs Darlings  Of corse you no that for she wrote you while we was thair  I wente to Tioga last week and made Em Rundle a visit but I donte take eny comfort  my head goes so disey all the time  sometimes worse than others  I am getting fleshier than I was  I have been down to Matee Ripleys and stayed most a week  Freem Dykes wif is going to have another baby  I dont no what to do  I wish you could tell me  Mate and Ade wantes me to move down thair awful bad  I donte no as I can think of eny mor to write now  I presume I shal think of something after this is gone  Donte bring your stove  It is so hevy  I think I will go to the borough after awhile if I donte gett a chance to send it before  Goodby  Love to you all from your Mother
This is a pice of Edys dress  15 scents per yard  Mrs Rundle just came in and gave me this pansy and said send it to Helen