to my lot to do it. I have got my Eyes open
to see that it would take me 3 yeasrs to go through
the Enowments of one thousand of my dead, and that
to evry day as I could owy [only] wbe washed and anotd ^washed anointed^ for
ownly 1one person each day, but I will stop talking
about this now, and say I sent a letter to you
by Br Wilcken and a Box with packages to
all of your family and some of the Neighbors
which I expect you will distribute. I am
now expecting to be kept very busy while here
in giving Endowments in the Temple, it
is a great treat to me to get letters from
my family, I look with anxiety evry week
for letters ferom you and am glad to hear
from you (I felt some anxiety about you)
as the mail is about to go out I cannot write
much more now Yours in Love W Woodruff
Dear Nelly. I am glad to get letters from
you I hope you will be able to go to school
some this winter if possible I want to have
you do all you can to help your Mother
and take good care of that Dear little Blanch
I do hope she will not be sick long but will
son get well I sent you and the children a
package of Raisons but I sent your Mother
the most because she would want to have them in
the family I canot write much now for I
want to say sumthing to the other children
Your Affectinate Father W. Woodruff
Dear Clarrie I want you to be a good girl and
help your mother, and mind her, you are a getting
old Enough to lay aside all childish and nauty
ways and begin to be a good young Lady I wish
to hear a good report of you I want to have
you learn what you can this winter I
hear a very bad report of many young people in salt
Lake City I hope my boys and girls will be good
I should feel very bad to have them do wrong to swair
steal and becone wicked I want to have you learn to pray,
Pray the Lord to Bless poor Blanch and mak her well
I love my children when they are good and it makes
me feel bad when they are Naughty I send you some
raisons By Brother Wilckin. Your Affectionate Father W Woodruff
Dear Owen, I hope you are a good Boy, and say your prayers
and are kind to your Ma, Nelly, Asahel & Clarrie and help
take good care of poor Blanch I want to have you be
carefol & not say any words that are Nauty and then the Lord
will love you I sent you a package of raisions and a Brass
top I think Asahel can show you how to ^s^pin it I wat
to say to Asahel that I want to have him excuse my
not writig to him now I will remember him next
time He has done well been a good Boy and He shall
be Blessed and you all have my Blessings
your Affectionate Father
W Woodruff