Jan 20 1856 Dear, Brother it is alonge time sense I have heard from you buy pen our family health at presente is generly good at presente we have [hale] 7 children we have but 3 liveinge 2 girls and but one buoy aliveinge the ceasons are very cingular at presente the summer very wet the winter very stormy with snow and very cold iff I should conclud to leave this cection off cuntury I wish you to give me ...

I wood like to know what luck you had in makeinge your cions live laste year it was the worste ceason I ever grafted cions moste all failed threw oute the holecuntry in concequence off the hard winter iff I coulde sea you one momente I coulde learn you to grafte splise grafteinge which is beste for younge trees which is called roote graftinge I calculatede to learn Mr Saveier how to grafte whilste He was here for your goal but I forgotit you muste excuse me for not lettinge him preach ...

I wool like to sea you or here from you much there has been a report there that your people have sufered much the ceason paste buy grasshoppers which was like to cause allmoste a fammin which I shoulde like to know the truth off it I shoulde like to here off your well fare ande prosperity and how you get alonge as to your temperal affaires ande how Father gets along in his old age he is quite an aged person his strength has held ...

Asmon bou[gh]t the farm and gave it to his to sons Asmon is now in low circumstances but then you nead not reportit I wish him now harm ithink Aphek will range business for him when he gets backs [bobem] when you receive this letter please to write all the nuse aboute your cuntry and people please to direct your letters to Southe Richland Holemsvill give my respetcs to all who enquiere after my wellfare OT Woodruff ...