[Note - letter is written on embossed stationery.]

Oct 29, 1877
Fairfield Texas
Miss Sallie Robinson & Jennie & 
Betty Davidson

Dear Sister and Niece

I resived [received] your 
letter some week or more ago, but
have not had time to turn 
round since then.  But will 
be more puncial [punctual] hereafter.
We are all well at tis time
but both of the chidren have
been sick.  Fannie & Laura have
been over in Easting [Eastern] Texas spent two
weeks they enjoyed themselves
very much and since they 
came home it is chuing wax
all the time & May as big as any
one but May looks like she 
had a chue [chew] of tobacco in her mouth
But the cars like to skered [scared] 
May to death she never got over it

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for two days after.  Jetty 
Jones is going to start to Tennessee 
next week  I do not know how long
she intends staying.  Carrie Tom 
has gone to Dallas to the fair.
Lizzie & Sallie Bell went to Mexia
last week and came home rejoicing
with what they had got & seen 
Wirt folks are all sick the last
news we go[t].  To Jannie & Billie, Your
Daddy has his house up but not finished and intends
to have it ready to move into 
by Christmas.  Young Bonner
is studying very hard he will 
be there next year with you
all.  They say [th]at Brice has a new
pardner, Young dose the fiting & 
Brice the laughing.  I went up
the rail road last week to corlet [collect]
Some taxes out of them and the 
conducktor [conductor] would not stop and
jumped on the train and they

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carried me down to Mexia
But I got the taxes before I let 
them go.  They were head strong 
and so was I.

I have turned out all the 
cows but two and May have 
to go every evening with me to 
feed them.  Bonner is speaking
of coming down here after Christm-
as and going to school.  Big excite-
ment here about the new rail 
road but I do not think it will 
be yet awhile.  John went down
to see the Dunbars Sunday
and Willie is up here every 
week.  Walter Bonner has gone
back to Briant [Bryan].

Paper [Papa] started around the 
county to collect taxes
Give my love to Hatty
Young and I have something
to remember her by and that

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is a lock of her hair.  I will
never forget my stay in 
Due West I would like to visit
it once more and see my old 
friends again.  Where is Macie 
Lee now is she going to school
or not.  Sturds [Stewards] Mill was
burned up this morning
do not know how it caught a
fire; there was twenty bales
of cotton lorst [lost]  (ten 10) of them
was old Mr. Stewards the rest
we have not learned.
   
Excuse mistakes as I am in
hurry  love to all.  Boddy to
write to me.  Fannie & Laura 
sends love to you all.

Your brother
J. P. Robinson