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To Abby

Maple Grove Warwick Mas. 1858 Sabbath Evening dear absent sister: Abby, Charlie has gone to Samuel's to night and I am here with mother and Mrs. Fiske alone, and I'm coming to your house. Emily wanted I should go home with her, but I thought I had rather come to see you. Guess I am the first sister in your new home. O was'nt you glad to commence house keeping? I'm glad. How much better you, will enjoy yourself! O 'twill be so nice I know. I've imagined almost every-day what you would get for dinner and tea. And I can smell nicely flavored dishes of eatables you prepare for your "dear" with so much care. And I want to be there so much to see it go on, that I can't wait to take a real journey, and I take an imaginary one. So you've kept house all alone a whole week! Why Abby J! I'm astonished ! And now you must show me your rooms and every thing, and tell me all about moving and all about first experiments in house-keeping and "cream-roast" and "custard-pies". We've had a first rate good meeting to-day although we had no minister. Mr. Goldsbury has gone to Boston, but we go to meeting and listen the reading of a sermon &c. Mr. Tyler was our written down left hand side of page Samuel and Charlie have just come, and tell me quantities to tell you, Chandler has just come and as many more messages but I have'nt room, so you must guess what it is all send respect love &c &c Mother has just waked up to see if I've "sealed it with out reading it to her - " Charlie says "this is half his letter because 'tis his ink and he has smelled of the posy" Charles selected the tunes today and led the singing and we had some real good old tunes - I wish you had been here to sing.