Dear Lem: The folks up to your house want to lay out money on it
and don't dass for fear you'll turn em out and pocket their
improvements. If you haint got any better use for the propety
I advise you to hold on to this bunch of tennants as they are
O.K. wash goods, all wool, and a yard wide. I woodent like
Mrs. Harmon _to know how I feel about the lady_, who is
hansome as a picture and the children are a first class crop and
no mistake. They will not lay out much at first as they are
short of cash but if ever good luck comes along they will fit
up the house like a pallis and your granchildren will reep the
proffit. I'll look out for your interest and see they don't do
nothing outlandish. They'd have hard work to beat that
fool-job your boys did on the old barn, fixin it up so't
nobody could keep critters in it, so no more from your old
school frend