John Rice letter to Celestia Colby 7 Oct 1892

1892

Cherry Valley Oct 7

Dear sister it almost chore time but I ag oing to write a few lines to you have [?] all the week an verry ansees to hear from you Flavia Kingsley was brought home from Ills and berried last tuesday and I went down to it She was found dead in the bed on the first morning of oct [he???] suposed to [? ?] her [? ? ? ]

and she had a woman takeing care of her she lay as if sleeping with a smile on her face Eunice with her Julia Ginsley their she enqured after you would to see you she not grow old verry mutch in the last thirty years Linus is broken down and feble Flavia Ida and Ines got run into going hom from the fair bugg smash let up [??] all [? ? ? ] [??]

broken a wonder they ware not all kiled they are about men that will run harses in a crowde out to pay for the damage they do and they have to but cant bare the [afees?] we been verry buszy since I left your house saving seedes making pickle sauce drying appels We pit 5 bushels in the celler took thirty [scraby?] ones to the cider mill did not pay [??] we had in both or [?] finished diging

to day and [? ?] a good suply of large nice one besisides the little ones and we had a hard frost last sunday morn ing for the first and my flowers look sorry got my house plants in [? ? ] but the hous not cleaned got me some double [fuse collen flor nnef?] for the parlor curtens old gold black and gren shant have do up curtens evry year we are [? ? ? ] bed time and [? ? ? ] hear from you love