Likeaways would our siks children, wich I ave ad twelve, but siks on em
dide, as the doctor sed of my asthma, tho I carnt see ow that cood a
been, as I never wos asmatic, but think their deths was caused by the
bad hare in our place, and the smells, an bein nussed so low, an put to
slepe on Daffy for twelve hours wen I wos out a charin at hateen pence a
day an my kepe wich if u ever wants any charin done, I can ave the best
of karacters. An its hall werry well for them as as their cup of tee an
their butturd tostes bifor their hup in the mornin, an their cold shiken
an briled bones at breakfast, and a bit o cake an a glass o jellee
atween breakfast an lunch, an a lunch of ot mete and pertaties, wich it
is called the children's dinner, but the parents jines in it, an a snack
o suffin between lunch an dinner, just to kepe hoff the sinkin from
their pore weke stommicks, an a dinner of thre coarses an a dissurt, an
toste an muffins at tee, an maybe a little kneegus or sperrits at bed
time to kepe it hall down, and then a crust o bred in their bed rooms
lest they shood feel faint in the nite--hits werry well for them to
fast, if they likes it, for they've plenty of food to fall bak on, and
wood honely go to their wittles fresher nex day, like sum I wuns lived
with but wonte name, as made hup in Heester for wot they didnt hete in
Lent. But if we wos to fast, hose lives is little better than a
perpetiwal fast, I donte think the hempty stummicks of our pore littel
babes would ever cum to again. An has for hewmilliashun, if MISSUS
REVEREND SLOCUM SMITH'S coold honely go hout a charin for a month, and
be put upon by servants, (as I wos wuns the hequal hof,) an be snubbed
by Missusses, an sumtimes ave her litel earnins stood hover from
Saturday nite till Monday mornin, or longer wich it haint oncommon, an
not a bit of bred in the house, nor nothin to spout, she wooldunt want
no more humilliashun. An has for fastin bein a Christian hact, I no as
JON an me an our siks children, have been a fastin hever so long an
donte feel no better Christens for that, but quite the contrairy wich
hany one as will try it long will find the same. So I do ope Meddam,
that ure husban will tell them as wants to fast an thinks they'll be the
better for it to give their soup or fluities (wotever they be) to hus as
donte want to fast no more, and would be more in charity with hour
speshus, if we wosn't halways so huncommon hungry. I ham with 'umbel
dooty to