88-01-02 Green Castle Mo Jan 2, 1888 This letter might be from sister Susi to Martha Ellen Dear Sister I received your letter Saturday night. ____I one for you from Aunt and Uncle which I will Send with this they still want you yet you will see when you read it, well us are_all well. and Julia has not been up yet. her leg is some better. she has Just got so she can raise it Just a little she sleeps at night. they will (piece torn out of page)___________every night_______________and the first__________-the fourth sunday________Davis will begin a Protracted Meeting at this Place. I have not got Celus's pictures yet but will as soon as I can go after them. I washed for Sheress to day. it is not so cold today as it has been. George Cox is very sick with the same fever and Poor Peter Custer is dead was buried tuesday evening and there has been several deaths. seems like hen of late they dont think Mr. Cox will get well he is the only one left of 9 children and every one is dead but him ___ died with tyaphoid fever, Julia got that little Book for Xmas and Candie & Eva & Awena (maybe Anna) there little Dolls and C and they were all very well pleased with them. I got a dimes worth of Candie for __?Hor the ladder are very nice. they were six of the two tall one in the middle and the two on each side. Just furth up like a fence only they stood up right. the presants were Just only tolerably nice. I got that Bible you put on and every body think it is just lovely and cant believe it was got here. they ask me if you did not get it at Kirkv I tell then you got it you did didn't you. and Rose got me that scrap Book that I wanted so bad she ask what I wanted the worst & told her that I wanted lots of things one thing I wanted an album and a scrap Book and so she put that well wills got a letter from Eva. they got home at two o'clock Saturday evening and Marys was just starting out to Johns and Eddie Goodwin over took them bad then come back after them and they took dinner out there. they had turkey for dinner upside down on another page: whether you will go or not and the news us know about Aunts this letter might be from sister Susi to Martha Ellen