[Some paragraph marks added for ease of reading]Templeton, Mass.
Sept. 27, 1905.Dear Lucy:-
At last I have a few minutes to spare in which I will try to recount to you all of my adventures since seeing you last. Wether I shall be able to finish this in the course of a fortnight I know not. It lies entirely in the hands of my youngest daughter.
Well of course to celebrate moving Jessie thought she would have
colhereacohlerea infantum and we just pulled her out of it[.] The Dr. came every day last week. I don't believe the child weighs 10 lbs. For several days she had to take this list, colic cure, hydrocloric [sic] acid, and powders & [fuel & questing?] medicine. We had to change her food again and I use Eskay's which seems to agree with her just now. I also have to put into each feeding half teaspoon beef peptanoids[.] Well in the midst of the babys sickness, of course i had to be sick. You see since the baby was born I haven't been unwell. So of course that started in and at such a rate that I fainted away and finally had to have the dr. give me something to check. I was as white as a sheet.Well as to
bebeing settled I don't know. The bed-room, kitchen pantry and sitting-room are habitable and thats about all.I send to Boston for a set of dishes - 112 pieces. They are very pretty haveing [sic] a green design on them. I only paid $3.00. Of course they are not very elaborate, but they serve the purpose.
I haven't done much cooking. All I get hot is breakfast. Andrew is working at Bourn's in the post-office dep-tment. One day last week I didn't get my breakfast dishes done until the next day.
I wasn't much excited over the fair. Prehaps [sic] I was too tired. I didn't go to the dance and I was glad for they had an awful rough crowd. There were four fellows up from E. Templeton who were selling liquor all the time. Mr. Maynard had to put one man
ougout of the hall. So I wasn't sorry I stayed at home.I suppose you have added another year to the member which belong to you. I send a combing towel to use when you are combing your sun-lit hair.
I should judge from your letter you have plenty of country air. Also that there is plenty of elbow room at least. I should imagine rivalry in the classes is rather an unheard of quantity. Well there is plenty of variety and variety is the spice of life, you know.
Helen Maynard has become Mrs. Thomas. I do hope she is satisfied, now. He is a Philadelphia man. Blanche Dudley is also going to be married to a Mr. Gerry of Gardner. She is to be married this fall I beleive. [sic] Mary Valiton is also married. She has married a Mr. Campbell. Edna Dudley has named her youngest daughter Ruth.
Waldo P. Newton has bought the Douglas place on the Otter River Road.
Delly Brown and her mother are living in Mrs. Angell's tenement.
The Taylors' have a house-keeper and are boarding six Dagoes. I wonder what Mrs T- was [sic] say to that.
The Coxe's are going to move into the house where the Inn girls room, and Mrs. Hackett is going to have there [sic] tenement[.]
Well I won't write much more as it is getting bed-time. Please take no heed of queerly spelt words but my brain refuses to work to-night.
With love,
Edie.