And your going to dress up, that's all right, I can afford it, but I think its too bad that I can't get to see in your blue, for when your out of the service I don't want you to wear army clothes, if you could have managed to have worn out all your clothes befor you come home, and then get a nice suit, I want you to dress better when you come home, than you used to.  But we can arrange that when you come home. Thursday afternoon 9th.  This is a day that rivals midwinter for severe cold; it was 16 deg. below zero this morning, and a sharp wind from the west.  Stuart moved up to Nevada Monday, Austin went with him, to take one load, it got so warm Sunday that Stuart got frightened for fear Skunk would get up, and hinder him from going soon, so they bundled up Monday and started about two o'clock; I never saw it thaw faster than it did that day.  Austins branch was runing over the bridge shoe mouth deep by evening.  That night it froze, and was cold, wind from the North, and yesterday, it snowed with a driving wind from the northeast, very disagreeable.  The boys came to Brazeltons and staid all night.  I though while I was milking this morning it was about as cold as we had had, but the wind is working 'round to the south, it will be
