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�the frosty windows -- Fass is in the cattle business isn't he? and George has as much as he can do to take care of the pigs while Herbert feeds the chickens --

It has been two years since I have seen snow -- so that I have almost forgotten almost [struck thru] what is going in the winter season. We have had some very pleasant weather here this winter though on the whole it is much colder than last winter -- But we have fire places to evening [?] and so get along very comfortably --

I have just as good fire as I would in a house --

It has been very stormy for the last week - rainy and windy

You probably have heard of Oscar Fletcher's death before this -- I was on picket when he died --

Hoping soon to hear from you, I will close E.A. True [flourish]