My Dear Sister

I now take the pleasure of wrighting these few lines hopeing to find you and family all well as it leaves us now thank God I have been very ill since I rote to you last but thank God I am quite well now I received your letter the 14^th of February and was very glad to hear from you dear sister you must excuse my not writeing before as I had to write to Hannah and she was some time before she sent her likeness but she have sent it now with her kind love to you all she is quite well but her husband has not got of his lameness the son knocted him down and hurt his knee the forpart of the winter I dear say you think it unkind of me to have them sending you another likeness but I cannot get them to have them taking they keep promising that’s all I took my husbands to have one taken from it and that was there 3 or 4 months and they did not take it so I took it away I do not like to part from that till I get another we have had a very long cold winter last Sunday March 11 it was snowing all the day it would have been a deep snow if it had not melted as it came down and it is very cold and stormy now we have had a great deal of rain all winter as well as snow so that some places have been flooded that they have been obliged to have boats to take prevision about and people were obliged to live upstears and trains could not run on some lines turnip crops have been all under water they could not be got up flour have been reasenable but everything else have been dear butter 2 and 4 per pint and 2 and 6 meet very dear I could not understand your prises I have not been to Frettenham there is such alterations that I cannot pluck up the hart to go Charles have left the shop and house he was stript out where he is living now I do not know his son is caring on Williams business wether for her or himself I do not know for they never write Charlot have very poor health she is still at Hockring she send her kind love to you all now I must conclude with kind love to you all & if I could see you I could tell you a lot good buy God bless you all I hope one day to meet you in heaven I remain your loving

Sister Mary Burton