The writer wishes McMaster the season's greetings. Speaking of the disputed election for president he calls the preceding 15 years a period of misgovernment. Trahin expresses the need to return to first principles again and belief in God. No matter who becomes President it will make little difference. Trahin's friends like to keep old copies of the Freeman's Journal but find that it is printed on brittle paper which readily falls apart. He requests for neighboring farmers that stock market reports on grain and cattle be published in fall and winter because they are needed and because farmers do not wish to take secular country papers into their homes. :: I-2-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.