We are all in usual health, except Jennie, her neck is very much swollen, she is blistering it, and it is growing worse the more she doctors it; I don't believe in that way of making sick to make well, but as you are a heretic on the "little pill" subject so my opinion may as well be kept to myself. One of Jennie's friends Mrs. Kellogg is down spending the winter, she is a case, you can not probably understand what I mean by that, well she don't care what she says to any body, just as she thinks she speaks; I like plain folks; but she more than pleases me. Yesterday we had a great visit, or a great many to visit us; there were fifteen in all.  Mrs. Reicheneker and three children, Mrs Roach and two children Mrs Coplan & three children, Mr & Mrs Bansman & two children, we did have a jolly time you may imagine, we gave the little girls the sitting room to enjoy themselves in with their dolls; the boys five of them took the barn and premises generally.  I enjoyed their visit very much indeed and so did all the rest of our folks.  Mother liked Mrs Roach so much. There is to be a Soldiers dinner in Des Moines tomorrow; together with a donation of everything that their families can consume, indeed the day, the last in the year, is set apart by the Gov. as a day for contributing to the comfort of our brave men's families all over the State, tomorrow is also the day of our monthly meeting,.  I think
