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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 eatable you prepare for your "dear" with so much care. And I want to be there so much to see it go on, tat 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,