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difference with the occupation of our time to some extent, although I am making constant effort not to be overborne by the demands of society. I have been very busy preparing winter clothing for my children, cleaning house ScSc. and Gertrude has been sick again though not so seriously sick as she was in Idaho. She was confined to her bed a week, the Dr. attending her every day, but she has quite recovered as we hope, though still taking medicine. The Dr. thinks her liver, is the cause of her trouble, and you know what an obstinate organ that is, when out of order. She does not attend school this winter, but is attending to her music, and taking lessons in home duties, learning to make herself useful in domestic matters, which I hold to be ever more important than "book learning" don't you? I cannot bear the thought that my girls