Odess Sept 16th 1885
Dear Ella & sister
Leib I will try and answer your letter that I recived in July and shant blame you if you feel provoked at me but Ella if you could see all I have to
do I was picking beries all through July and then my other work got all behind and I was tired out and have staid tired ever since
We milk six cows this summer and it makes lots of work for one to do alone I told
Mate
what you said about her coming out
She said she did not know what to tell you I want her to come if she possibly can
I want you and your ma both to come before it gets cold weather so we cant get enywhere
We was over to
Georges
last week
Chloe
has got her carpet move
She has got over fifty yards & it is nice but she never will get it made and down in the world
They have got lots of apples and they had pears & plums
They will have a nice lot of grapes
I bought a half bushel of plums of them
George says he wants to come out there this fall if he can
He works like a dog all of the time
I have not heard a word from
Uncle Arad
since he went away from here
Leib you wanted to know about Min
KELLOGG
She is alive yet but very bad
I have been to see her since I got Ellas letter
Doc
KELLOGG wife was buried yesterday
Mrs WICKHAM
and me went to the funeral
Dora
HAGAR was buried last Sunday
Leib I have got
ma's
tomb stone and got it all sat and fixed up good
I went to see it yesterday
I want you to be sure & come out this fall before it gets to cold to go enywhere
I want you to go up to the grave yard while it is nice weather
I have not heard from
John
in some time
Now dont wait as long as I have for I want to hear from you if you only write a few lines to let me know how you
I was afreid that hot weather would kill you
I shall have to close
My eyes hurt so I cant write eny more this
Now do write soon