and now you both feel that you have got to the promised land as every thing grows more luxuriantly than we can imagine here
I hope you have both got well rested by this time and I think you will be the better for this visit for the rest of your life
time How fortunate it is that you have each good reliable house keepers to attend to home affairs-while you are absent After
this long trip you will surely not think any thing of coming to Portage at times All are as well as usual I hope to hear from
you soon with love to all Affectionately Mother