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Staunton Ills April 1st 1861 Dear Son yours of the 26 is here and I embrace the leisure of sunday afternoon to write to you again your letter came just in time to [save?] me much uneasyness it had been so long since we had heard from you my mind is experiencing what I have never known before perhaps it is the natural consequence of a Mothers love any thought of your unhappyness disturbs me very much your letters seem short and spiritless has any thing happened to disturb your peace of mind or is your health not good are you lonely or what you dont say anything about the medicine you took from here write as soon as you can and tell me how it is with you if I have not asked you too much remember a Mothers keen perceptions are ever awake to the welfare and happiness of her children her bosom sympathezing receiver of their troubles, now I tell of other things I have heard nothing from Fathers since the former letter we are all well we think bub improving under Olives treatment, we are now talking of going on a farm some 4 miles south of staunton the farm belongs to Riley Pierce our [Shambra?] healing medium he says there is fifty acres to farm this year next year there will be more he say if we can get feed he has two yoke of cattle we can have to break ground with and if we can raise the harness a horse team and when we get on the farm we may have all the cows we want to milk if it is ten 10 all the renumeration he wants is the feed they will need during the winter season dont you think it would be