1859 12 25 John G. Andrews to David Andrews

                                                Sevastipol

                                                                        December the 25^th 1859

Dear Brother

                        these are to inform you that

 we are all well at present  hoping these

 will find you all the same  the health

 is good in generall   winter has set in for good

 we have had about two weeks sleding and

 verry cold   we saw James and family last

 week  they was all well   he has begun that

 house that he was talkng of    has not got his

 corn all husked yet   John the Pitcher (?) is

 married to miss Smith   they are moveing

 in with James this winter  Mr Tuckers

 family is all well   the man at the bridge is

 teaching school this winter at the new house

 South of him    he has sold a part of them hogs

  the balance he turned out to keep over

  Peter has some other Stalk that he would

 part with if the right sort of a man

 would come along   i saw miss B yester

day in town she looked as sweet as ever

     the hogs is all killed and sold at $4 ½

 to $5 ½  pr hundred   Mr Hays sold 23 hogs

 that wayed  5000  32 lbs at $5 and 25 cts pr

 hundred so you must count it yourself

    him and i hauld them to warsaw last

 thursday    i hauld 12 hogs that wayd

 2876 lbs on a wagon  Stalk hogs is verry scares

 here  they are asking 5 and 6 cents pr

 lb for them              Daniel and MJ

was here to day   they are all well

Second page

Daniell and James is verry much

 pleased with their wagons and i was

 as much pleased to see my old hat again

   we have built a new house since you left

 here and moved in to it   we had 60 bus

potatoes  50 bushels turnips   i had so much

 to do that i did not get my corn all husked

  yet i have not tilled the south field

    you wanted to know about our election

  our independent candidates was beeten

by a large majority   we killed our big hog

 a few days ago  it wayd 232 lbs  the other one is not

 fat enough yet  i bought a beef cow three weeks

 ago  i pay $20 for her   good Judges say she will

 way 600 lbs net   our boys is going to school

 to old Jacob Weirick this winter out north

 in the woods where we went a hunting

  that new school house that was to be built

 on the road will be ready for a summer

 school if no bad luck     Susannah

 Weirick is teaching South East of this  She

 is getting $12 pr month

Nothing more  give my respect to

 mother and all the rest   write soon

  and don’t forget  excuse bad spelling

 and bad writing

                                                                        John G Andrews

                                                to David Andrews