Letter from Mrs. Ida Tinsley to Husband Mr R. J. Tinsley (Undated)

My dear husband, It is through the mercies of a well directed providence that I am again permitted to address you through the medium of pen and ink Tis the greatest pleasure within my grasp to write to one I know will read with the same interest Tis written with ... may think its neglect on my part your not hearing from me last week but dont make rong accusations if you could see an opened letter that is lying before me now you would forgive my seeming neglect I wrote you on Wednesday night last but did not have an opportunity of sending it so this being Sunday at here yet I will write a new one Yesterday Pa Ma Sophie and I were going up on Clifty(?) and to Newborn today to hear Bro Richard preach but to yesterday We got up and found there was a change in the weather twas raining very hard rained until four oclock then hailed awhile then snow and has been snowing and hard wind ever since very cold this morning (Inverted script reads: The Dr wishes to be remembered by Sister