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Page 1st Bangor May 2d 1839 Dear Mother, Brother, Sister, When I got home from school to day, I perceived a pr. of shoes being by the door which looked as if they would fit me pretty well, so the girl told me that a man left them for me, a little while before. Well after supper, Charles came in, he gave me a rule [?] good letter! I went down town with him. I did not hardly have time to speak to him was not with him half an hour hardly. Ergo, I now sit down to answer your letters, as I had nothing written when C. was here, and did not have time to tell him 1/2 as Joe said. First, I guess that there is not much danger of my hurting my health to work as I am used to it and good for it "to boot." As for work I guess I am to work as early in the morn as you are. Play, caught not fish! Lambs, I was not there to take care of them. As for jobs all I have done is to split up a little wood for C. Harris, next neighbor, about 1 1/2 hours. Mr. W and I had a talk about board etc. last week and he concluded that as he had go the shrimp price bush hole [?] as Joe says, that he should have enough for me to do, to pay for my board spell at least. I get up between 4 & 4 1/2, make fire, milk & go out to work 5, breakfast 7 or little after. It does not agree with me very well to work so long before breakfast. I don't go out at noon, or after breakfast commonly 3 or 4. I take care cow, get water, wood, do errand, et cetera &c etc. So I study most of the time at noon, in eve, and morn sometimes. I get along well in Virgil, Algebra, &c. I have not [unclear] Greek yet as there is no class and I could not get along do anything alone.