[Some paragraph marks added for ease of reading]Templeton
Jan 17/07.Dear Friend Lucy.
I presume you think your picture has not been well recieved [sic] as you have had no letter from me to let you know of its safe arrival, I presume you have had a glowing decription [sic] of our X-mas trip & its end, well I have just begun to recover from the effects of the end so I fell [sic] as if I could undertake to do something. I thank you ever so much for the picture, it is fine, am sorry I could not have thanked you in person.
We are having some dreadful cold weather & I hang round the stove most of the time. I do not think I would do to go with Peary to the North-Pole. I hope your holidays were spent by you pleasently [sic] & of course you had lots of nice things, I was well remember [sic] haveing [sic] had a very handsome Pin set with Rhinestones in the form of a cresent [sic] from Edith a lace corset cover, imagine a Grandmother decked out in such gay things a nice pair of gloves, a picture, handkerchief a dress pattern for a shirt
s-waist suit, Post card, Album 2 vases & a china cream pitcher also a dressing sack there can you beat that.Are you coming home for the Easter holidays? do you attend the Grange meetings & do you still like the order. Mr B says he hopes to see you at some of our meetings here in town. It seems so nice to have the days growing longer, one hopes & looks forward to the lovely summer weather. I hope we will be able to dispose of the farm & live a little nearer the town proper, it seems nice not to have any milk to bother with. I must say I think I have spun quite a yarn & you must be tired by this time of reading it, & as it is late I will wish you all joy & happines[s] for the New Year.
Your sincere friend
Mrs. J. A. Braithwaite