p.

Plainfield one week, & [Ridder?]
girl from [ds?] who can stay two -
& we have a little hope that Melissa
will come back next week - Hor-
ace & John Putnam have gone to
the centre to a war meeting &
others are passing - H. says Mary
is no better - He is out recruiting
again & wants to go himself -
Denisen Ormsbe & the Pain boys
have returned - say they were sick.
Josiah Town wrote home that
when the Rebels threw the shell
among them, they scattered like young
partridges - [underline]that[/underline] was not included in
the $50 a month - Caleb O. & David F.
have $75 - I hear - & I do not know but
some of the rest do - Horace got
thy letter & Mary thought he would
answer it right off - & I do not know -
but he has - but guess he is too busy -
I think I will direct this only to
the hospital, without adding the
co. & Reg. & see if thee gets it any
more direct - Ann wrote to Henry
when she did to thee, the first time
after she came home & he answered
it very soon - Thy mother R. B. S.