Dear James,
We received another letter yesterday and the packages have come thru just fine. Am glad you are doing well with the driving. John’s raincoat fits well and is he proud of it. Ruth will need size 12. The shoes are O.K.
I am baking bread today. If you will send things in small paste board boxes I can send you cookies and such when I send the laundry. I’ve been cleaning up the yard and have burned a lot of rubbish. I found the big shears, just a little rusty. I am saving all the grass, it is full of leaves and will be nice for the garden. The hollyhocks are up and the children counted 23 ears of corn. Jenson’s have cut and shocked most of their corn and hauled the rest home. We dug some more potatoes. Mr. Jenson Sr. helped us and we got some fair sized ones. He told John to use the sharp edge of the hoe but John told him his Daddy had showed him the right way to do it.
The children made a harness out of a piece of wood and some clothes line and hauled the grass and leaves away. They took turns being the horse, whose name is Bessie, and the other one gets a nice ride on the hay. They are building a little house out of the dried grass now. It’s beginning to rain and I must gather in more wood. Will write more later. Send some ham and cheese and waxed paper for lunches.
Love, Martha