[right side of page] Susan & Phebe Scholes Aug 13th Dear Farther We reseived your welcome letter and was glad to here from yo it seems hard to loose Brigy in the way we did but he was a good boy I wish I could change places with him my life ^is^ very hard here every one seems bent on anoying me Ms Irwin has been write to her Sister here and sayes She fears for her life in Salt Lake City I wish it was ...

[left side of page] hopers have eat up our corn and it will be hard scraching to live this year Eugenia has a beau this after noon and she cannot write Robt cannot sell the farm for one quater of its value every one here are trrying to sell meny are leave- ing with out selling if you could come out and make us A viset the girls are not atending School this fall. We have A few Aples on some of the oldest trees I reseaved the five Dolars you sent and have ...