8 to go to California and he wants to travel I wish you could take him on one of your travels he has got lots of sand? and
can stand hardship as well as you and I and is a good boy I do not work as hard as I have in the past I could of been a partner
but id not want it although he has made money all the time but I did not have the courage you know John my education was lacking
and I thought I had better be free although he would go away for months at a time and I had full charge and everything would
be all right when he would return. he has seven stores here in Worcester and I am at the head and as I say I get good pay
own my house and a farm I keep a driving horse and we get about all there is to live for 5 How plain I can see all of
those faces as I read them in your letter but it seems sad about illegible poor girl I used to feel sorry for her she would
beg so hard for me to give her something to eat and she would open her mouth and I would milk into it and somehow her mother
would find it out I would like to see G illegible Keney and have often thought I would take a trip out there and see you all
J M H? has best you and I go? and with the 4th wife. but I am not surprised to learn that his first wife (Al illegible a)
got a divorce from him for they were ill mated I always liked her only that laws of health that she practiced on herself and
on Casy illegible oy I never liked to see anything hungry and you know they were often 02960