To Wm
Andrews
from Eli Johnston
Sept 22 1855
Good
Morning Bill We are away out in the
Indiana got to Fort Wayne
that
same day and took the Packet [?] in the evening went down the Canal
40 miles
to Lagro got there the next morning
about daylight was then 28
miles
from James got conveyance immediately
and arrived at James in the
evening Wasn’t that going it? Started Wednesday morning got to James
Thursday
evening found James family all well but
the youngest child had
the ague
a little not bad. I am now at Horace’s Eliza has the
ague a
little too not bad however. I have not seen any of the rest
but
suppose they are all well. It is not as
sickly here as it is in Richland
County I have nothing interesting to write. Your Mother was a little
tired
when she got to James but not as much a if she had gone by way of
Warsaw. We made it pay [?] going the route we
did. Write soon. Direct
to
Beaver Damm, Kosciusko Co., Indiana
Yours, Eli Johnston
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