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letter 23 December 1888, Ceres- from Eva Finch Benson, wife of Bryce Briggs Benson (3rd great uncle) to Harriett BENSON HALL, 2nd great grandmother & wife of Alvah HALL- p2

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Letter- 23 December 1888, Ceres (PA?), from Eva Finch Benson (wife of 3rd great uncle, Bryce Briggs Benson) to her sister-in-law, Harriet BENSON HALL (3rd great grandmother, wife of Alva HALL)

Ceres, Dec 23, 1888
Dear Sister-
Another week has passed and your letter is not answered yet. Will try now to write some. Think of you every day and wonder how you all get along. Lib(?) was up today and she let me read a letter from Mrs. Spring written to Mary. She said she had made you a weeks visit. She spoke of your having some one in the house to help work for you , hope they will suit you. Walker is up here on their old place. Brice has seen him once or twice.
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They did no better than I would expect of them. I did not feel satisfied when they were there. We have a new milch (German!) cow and make quite a good deal of butter, get 23 and 25 cts for it. Evening. I began to write this afternoon but the children wanted to help me too much. They are in bed now and it is a relief from their chatter. Glenn is getting to be a real chatterbox. He never tried to talk till about two weeks ago and now he says most everything. He and Anna are both well this winter. Anna weighs 34 lbs and Glenn weighs 33 ½ lbs. We are getting rather queer weather for winter. Yesterday
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Morning mercury was down to 14° below zero and today has been very warm and has taken the snow all out of the roads. You know we had two nice pigs when you were here, well we got them fat and Brice thought one day he would kill ours the next morning and at night he went out to feed them and it was dead in the pen. Don’t know anything about it what was the matter.
Father is no better and I don’t know as he is much worse tho I think he fails slowly all the time. His mind is failing too he don’t remember anything more than two minutes. It is very strange how he lingers. Do you want to hear some news? Mr. Babbitt has lost his wife
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or rather she left him the other day. There was no trouble only she said she was not contented to stay down here. Her mind was at Shingle House with her children and she was gone there and he has hired Jessie to do his work. How is Alva? Does he get better under Listons treatment? I wish I could go down there and see you all, but don’t know when it will be so I can go. What are you going to do for Christmas, anything? We are not well Brice is coming with the milk and I will close wishing you all a merry, merry Xmas. Please write soon and I will try
__ to do better next time. Are the girls well this winter? Give them my love. Respects to Alva and love to your self. Ever yours, Eva
__ Anna talks about Anna a good deal and wants her to come. Wish you could come up all of you.

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