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                                                                                                                     Oct 11th

My very Dear Sons J & E You must know that Mrs. Sargent & Almeda & others have with considerable labor & anxiety & exertion collected together money & wool enough or nearly to purchase some broad cloth for a "tall cloth, they think of sending to request you go get it for us if they do - do your best & get that which will not fade - Charles's wedding coat which should have been a handsome coat thus 5 years is so faded that it is all one spoil'd. C. has sold his oxen or rather bargained them away to a Mr. Doe of Ormville - lives near Mr. Keane's - for 75'00 next April - has heard since that the man is not worth anything do you know anything about him. He talked of going to H & Bangor this week but there is always some bad luck you know - Nelly is very lame one leg smelled very bad & broke out in sores can't go a step, i.e don't take her out of the barn yesterday got in the last of his corn how much rainy weather we have had - I guess he will hire a house and go in about 10 days or week after next will if he goes at - Mr H. Sargent is very much pleased with his Barrel of flour says it is a little the best that ever he had. C&A sold sheep to Eddie Lord for money & sent the money by him to get each a Barrel of flour corns was no better than common scratch'd flour Almeda's is so bad that she wont use it - Eliah I have had my right arm lame a little most all the time since I was last in Boston never expect to perform just such a feat again ha! ha! Wasn't you lame with having such a weight hanging on you - I felt so stiffness I forgot to enquire after your feelings at the time - Tell Lucy - very much obligd for the dress it was just what I needed what a blessing it is to have good children.