Letter 57 — Dec. 3, 1876

It is with pleasure that I seat myself to answer you kind letter that came to hand a few days ago. We are sorry to hear of your not being well. We are all well but myself, I suffer so with the rheumatism that I have no peace and Lon is suffering everything with his feet. He is feeding the stock so I thought I would write a few lines. Elva is just telling me that she is Pa's boy and our baby is so big you would not know her. Well you spoke about coming up at Christmas, you can not do anything to please us better and when you write be sure and tell us when you will come and Lon will meet you in town. If you can't come to stay, come and spend Holidays with us and we will have a roast. As it is too bad for you to be out much in the winter, you had better come to stay. I know Mr King would come once and a while. We have not any place yet, they want us to stay here but Lon has not said he would yet. John wants to sell out his share in the place as him and Charley don't get along. Cal Nicklin is married and Lide Wallace lives at Enon and Mrs Mary Ernst and John Ernst is married. We are going to butcher week, Lon says tell you to come. I will close asking you to write soon,