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had her to support a long time now. she is terrible fat and acts as though it were a burden to move. she ought to lose flesh. she seems a pretty good subject for a shock. but I dont know who would take care of [[underline]] her [[/underline]. her folks are all poor & unable to care for themselves. Roy took the care of Wallace till he died. Alice had a picture of George's oldest boy on the desk I saw it there & said thats a good picture of George, they laughed & said thats his oldest boy.

We have had this cool weather all this week. & this morning I turned on the heat to warm up the house Pa made such a fuss I finally shut it off & have had a good warm fire all day in the stove. 

I had my bran griddle cakes for supper tonight. we both are fond of them & they are good for us I think. I have got most all my garden ready for tomatoes. I do a little at a time + then it does not lame me up + it saves hiring. its fun to do it. I must get some paint & dress over my steps. for they need it badly. well I will now carry this letter down to the corner box. Ma.