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Everett Homestead Tuesday afternoon Oct 25 - 1887 My dear cousin Jennie Have you ever tried rocking a cradle and writing a letter - if so you can appreciate condition of things just now. Will pardon the pencil as an inkstand & pen would be out of the question. I am in a writing mood have just finished one letter so I want to keep on while the word lasts lest it leave me and you be left without a letter causing you to think of me as "gone or frozen"

Anna is in the kitchen now planning something with Mr. Jones. I tell you she has good executive ability if she only had strength to carry it out. [?] good night for this time. Lovingly Janie