Coomer Apr. 8th 1863
	"Dear Cousin Agness"
			           I will improve the
Present opportunity of answering your letter. recd
[illegible due to tear in paper] ago. Father & Mother have been [illegible]; to 
[illegible due to tear in paper] Clinton Counties. Since I wrote you They
were go[illegible due to tear in paper] nearly four weeks. I kept house, father health
is not very good. all though, he works most of the time
Now I have some unexpected news. to tell you. prepar
for it: Jane is married. She was married, the 26th of
March. to Mr [Shattors?]. came home and staid over
night. Started the next morning for her new home
which is in Johnson's Creek. her husband is a widowr
with five children, only one at home & he is [fourtin?]
two sons in the army. & two daughters married. He only
went to see her twice, we have not heard what kind
of a man he is. She had a new dress, bonnet, gloves.
and head. dress. I think if I had waited as long. as she
has. I never would have married. Minerva has ben home
She came home. the day Jane came home. She is going
to [Carly’s?] again. Ellen has gone to Fergesons. So Aunt Betsy
is [illegible due to tear in paper]. She is going to have her likeness taken

when she goes to Lockport: It is very muddy now and
has been for a long time. She is well. Mr [illegible]
was buried the first day of April. he was sick. only
ten days. of Typhoid fever. [It?] is very sickly.
Mary is well. and doing well. Cora is quite [a?] girl.
I have knit a collar. and send you [illegible due to tear in paper] [is?]
[marron?] ribband, in the washes. if [illegible due to tear in paper] thought
I could send it. better. without washing. [I have?] a new
dress. when I make it; will send you a piece.
Cotton goods is very high. and in fact: everything
Calico is 28cts; etc. Butter is 25 cts; Potato, 30 cts; what
will poor people do. we think. Amy & I have got the
whooping cough. Oh: dear, what will I do, I am chrocheting
me a [net?]; my hair is so thin. I cant do anything
with it; Aunt Eunice. came from the west yesterday
she has been to Horace Rockwoods. Old Mr [Woodruff?]
is alive. and engoying good health, we have got
most out of work and things are so high. Dont
know as we will ever get any thing again. we have
made over 100 lbs of Maple Sugar, it is 20 cts, [Charlie?]
is full of mischief, he is quite a boy. How is your ma,
Are you going to stay at home this summer [etc.?]
Our love to all. Write soon. Good [illegible due to tear in paper] 8c