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Woodburn, Jan. 22nd 1867, Dear Son I have to make the same apology that you do. I have delayed to long writing to you. You wrote to me on the 24th Dec. and I wrote to you on the 25th then you wrote to me on the 10th of Jan. I wrote to you on the 11th now I wonder if you wrote yesterday. Our house is so cold we cant keep ink from freezing. Well we are having winter right along the snow is one foot deep on the level. We are having meetings social prayr meetings twice a day afternoon and evening all meet together first at one church and then another. Woodburn has sustained quite a loss our little one eyed Post Master has passed to the angel world one of our best citizens. I do not know who can fill his place; I believe the children John, Mary and Lizzie all have the Whooping cough they keep a terrible coughing and barking. Lizzie is quite sick with it