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Mica, June 4, 1851 Dear sisters, brother & friends: You will learn by this, if you do not already know, that I shall not be able to go home till friday. You probably remember that I promised to send a letter today if I did not go myself, I therfore write for the sake of my word though I have almost nothing to say. I hope you get along nicely and are very good children while I am gone. Remember that in order to be happy you must do right, and if each one tries to be good all will go on well. I trust you are endeavoring to learn a good many vverses for next sabbath, you must not calculate on my saying many as I find no time here to get any. Try to get time to study our lesson in Acts too, or I fear we shall have a dull school sunday, for I cannot prepare it much. I suppose you think I mean to send you enough good advice to last till I go home, but do not fear that, I will stop now as I doubt not you will do as well as you can, just as much as though I gave you a hundred directions.__ I had a very pleasant ride in the stage monday, arrived here about 3 1/2 o'clock. Robert was very much surprised to see me as you may well think, but he seemed glad. I told him he must thank Mary for my visit, and I suppose he is willing to do it. I found he was not nearly ady to have the carpet sewed, we probably shall do it tomorrow evening. I went up to Whitestown monday evening to see sister Elizabeth, but met cousin Thomas by the seminary gate and he thought I ought to go over to see Mary. He had just been sending cousin Elizabeth to the sem. I concluded that as I had so good an opportunity to go, I would leave my visit to sister till another time, Thomas turned back and got Sis and us both over to his house. We had a very pleasant time. Mr & Mrs. Lewis moved down to the city last saturday, so Mary had not got settled, I enjoyed it all the more for I did not have to sit still all the time for fear of spiling something. I walked back to Utica yesterday morning, helped Robert during the day and walked