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Betsy Anns helth [sic] has been very poor for this sometime she is some better so she takes most of the care of her Children they hav [sic] had a [? girl most of the time for [?] months and some of the time too, but they are getting along tollerable [sic] well they [?] a pretty good stock of Cattle and Shepe [sic] and hav [sic] something of a derry they sell there Chees [sic] for 4 cents a pound green Butter allem he has about twenty acres of Corn and it will average about 50 bushels to the acre he has some whete [sic] and oats, potatoes hav[sic] the aperence [sic] of not being much of a crop his boys are nearly men grone, [sic] Betsey sais [sic] she intends writing to you as soon as she is able and has time for she has hur [sic] hands and hur [sic] hart [sic] ful [sic] they send there respects We hav [sic] rented the Farm that was Fathers our crops look well we hav [sic] about ten acres of corn and considerable of a crop of oats and grass our potatoes will be tite we only come here last Spring and had not time to put in which his wheat will hav [sic] to come by Shumakink this faul [sic] and winter if he has his helth [sic] our boys are concederable [sic] help Edmund is most as taul [sic] as I am, Samuel makes his home with Bonny B Still holds the office [sic] of Sherrif [sic] he has one, convict in jail under the sentence of death, I suppose he will hav [sic] him to hang they ware to Brothers by the name of Hodges hung in Burl ngton last week, they ware the most hardened wretches that ever lived, they spent thare [sic] last breths [sic] in cursing and sware ing, they ware [sic] from the Mormon town, the Mormons had giv [sic] out threts [sic] that they should not be hung and come a Steam boat lode, but was not in time to execute thare [sic] desines [sic] for the Crimenals [sic] ware hung afue [sic] moments before they landed which pu [sic] and end to thare [sic] wicked desines [sic] for that time, but no dout [sic] but they will take revenge, in some way perhaps by again takeing [sic] innocent blod [sic] There has been quite a number of people emegranted [sic] from this territory this Spring to oregon [sic] about three hundred wagons and three thousand Cattle I don't know the exact number oe people their ware to baptist preachers went out as missionarys [sic] one the Rev H Jonson from here it creatid [sic] quite an exitement [sic] for awhile Br Anible has talked pretty strong of going next Spring but hardly think they will git of