I take the present

as a favorable time

to write a few lines to you in answer

to your very welcome letter which

I Recd. in a few days ago, bearing

date of Oct 15th   You cannot imagine

how glad I was to hear from you,

after looking long and anxiously

for a letter I almost concluded

that you were not going to write

at all.   I have not been very well

for a few days, I have taken cold

but am about over it, again.

The weather has been very pleasant

here all along, until yesterday, it

clouded up & commenced raining

and is rather cool this morning