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Charles dont write whether he is glad he went there or not I suspect his chance for sleeping has been some of the time not exactly to his taste he has been particularly partial to a good soft bed. I think that if he had stay this winter he would have been sick most assuredly.

   I guess Sam'l lumbering operations have been extensive this winter as last or more so I think he must have had rather a hard time getting his supplies into the woods - there was a short time before the snow was deep enough for good Sledding he said it cost him 40,00 to get a ton of Hay hauld from Milo to his Camps & that his oxen would it up in three days - while I was at Bangor he mention'd Settling with 3 men with whom he had dealings the amount of which was between 50 & 60 thousand dollars __ I guess Eliab & his wife are esteem'd & valued in Bangor & their society courted i.e. they are envited into the first & best company there is there - members of the Corban etc.. But I fear he has a "hard row to hoe" (Genteel poverty you know) it seems to me however that they are both determin'd to be very economical and keep aloof from the great parties. Lucy wrote me they (E. & wife) were invited to Walter Browns with about 500 others they were not going. Do my Dear Daughter Antoinette be careful of your health & of the dear little one not by keeping too close and being too choise of him I suppose infants grow strong and healthy by being permitted to creep and wallow about the floor to suit themselves provided they are not exposed to dampness or sudden cold. But I know nothing about it his constitution may be very different from our northern children neighbor Ricker for instance who are barefoot out in the snow or any way i.e. the little ones that dont go to school

I suppose it now be too selfish to indulge the wish for you to come here before you see Dunbarton but the time will seem long I hope Isaac can come here too I must stop now or get another sheet of papers.

right-hand side I doubt whether you can read this written so bad & in the evening.