Dear Son and Daughter.

Albert Jackson "Bert" STAGE, my great-grandfather.
Helen Augusta (WOOD) STAGE, my great-grandmother.

  i take this opertunity this morning to anser your letter that i reseved yesterday.  i was glad to hear From you and Was glad to Hear you Was all Well.  Whe Are all Well at present and i hop When theas fu lines Reach you thay Will find you All Well and Doing Well.  you Wanted to no What i Was Doing this Winter.  i Havent Don enything Sense the Caning factory got thru caning, only one Days Work.  Whe got thru About the middle of november But i are agoing to run Welches engine to the saw mill Soon.  Whe are ago to SaW on henry HOGLEGORSE place.  i expect to Run in the Factory again When tha Start to can.  i Was glad to hear that

Father Was Well and helthy.

Isaac STAGE, John's father.

  you and him don Well SaWing Wood for

2 old men lik you And him.

Humor: Isaac and Bert would have been 90 and 37, respectively.

 

the girls iS hear.

Ida Mae STAGE WILLOUGHBY and Viola Estella "Stella" STAGE BARBEE. Bert's currently unmarried sisters.

  thay Stay with me.  thay have bin with

Clary

Clara Angeline (STAGE) WILLOUGHBY, Bert's sister.

aBout 3 Weaks.  Whe havent had much Snow hear this Winter.  the Deapes Whe has Was 4 or 5 inches.  it Dident lay Long.  that is aBout 1 inch noW and the Sun is Shining Brit noW.  it has Bin cold hear.  the Berometor Stood 5 Below zero.  tell

Charly

Charles Emmett STAGE, John's brother.

i Would like to Have him to anser my leter that i Wrot to him a year ago last September.  Did you ever got your Dead yet or not? 

Ed

Edward T. STAGE, John's brother.

has moved in the hous Wher Ken CLARK lived.  Ken moved in the saWmil house.  Eds Son-en-law moved in Jims HARPERs house Wher HARPER lived and HARPER moved hear.  We Did Talk of trading property for erven crest property.  Whe Was oferd 4 lots and a nise Big neW house that cost 5 hundred Dollars.  he oferd to give it even for ours.  Whe have got 10 hundred and 5 feat mor land in our 1 lot then he has in 4.  the next time i Writ i Will Send you one of my pictors that

took the prise at the Worlds Fair.

The 1893 World's Fair was in Chicago.
Would love to see that photo and/or know what the category/prize was.

  Whell i Will Stop Writing for this tim, in hopes of hearing from you Soon.  Whe all Send our love to you all.  giv out lov to Father and Charlys folks.  Anser Soon.  no mor from John a and Mahala STAGE to A.J. and helan STAGE. 

kiss the Children

Tessie Viola (STAGE) DARCY and Nellie Avis (STAGE) RUPPEL.
Nellie was my maternal grandmother.

for grandpa.  goodBy.