Dear James,
We received your letters yesterday telling about the picnic. Mrs. Shaw called on us in the afternoon and said there had been a big picnic at Stony Lake. She didn’t go because her husband was working. We heard the fireworks in the evening but couldn’t see anything.
It is a hot day and I am baking bread. I bake every Friday. I used the last of my flour but I can buy it cheaper here than you can send it by mail. There are a dozen Northern and White Pine trees in the pasture near the house and we found a nice blueberry patch but no berries. I think a fire spoiled them tho they will bear again in time.
The children will write a long letter over Sunday. They have trouble thinking what to write about but I will help them. I must close now,
Love from Martha and the Kiddies.