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[[beginning in mid-page, horizontal writing] As it rains today and is so unpleasant I think mother may not go home till tomorrow- so I write you the first letter. Lewis probably has told you how we were just too late for the train we expected to take- but he could not tell you that we did not leave Utica till 2-30 and in the mean time enjoyed ourselves and rested nicely so that we almost forgot we had been at all disappointed- when mother, Ella and Lewis left us we expected to take

beginning at bottom left corner of page, and around to top again, top half of writing superimposed over Address: 335 W 34 St, New York, Apr 18, 1895 chilly wet day so I have not been to see Mrs. Jones, - tell Mary Jane the nut-cakes are just what John Eddie likes and I only wish we had made some cookies too - it seems that the fame of Steuben cookies has reached the great city- that wrapper which Mary Jane took so much pains to wash and iron got nicely soaked with vinegar - the first jar Anna filled was inside of it- I believe the other did not leak- Mary is very much obliged to Anna and all - she wishes Sara and Wm could could come and stay with her a while and try the air - Hope Wm is better than when we left - How did Frank get home? Much love from and to all-Jennie & Co.