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Perkins family, they took me under their wing and really seemed like old friends, a clever looking old gentleman, he was so polite as to take all the care of my baggage, wait upon me in changing boats & when we got into town to engage a hack and saw me & baggage safe in. I was highly favoured through the whole journey, we had delightful weather I was not sick: I got home as I expected Wednes. morn at 7 1/2 and now I believe I must tell you, what I did Wednes. breakfasted, changed my dress went out and made four calls, one at Mr Fox's, one at Mr Childs shopped on the way, went to Mr Caleb Metcalf's where I arrived about 10, I chatted with her an hour, (she had been very sick with the dysentery then I called at Mr W.Js late and borrowed a book to read at the sewing circle, looked into shops all the way back, and purchased a muslin dress, pink, green & white, but not handsome the whole dress, cutting and all, cost 2,70 well, came home and dined, went again at 1 o clock & had my measure taken for my dress, came home laid down and slept an hour, changed my dress again and went to sewing circle, at 6 I went again to the Marlena's had my dress fitted & brought it home, then swallowed some supper and went to teacher meeting at Mr Eyers - the two next days I was so lame and tied that I could not move without pain, but I finished my dress and wore it Sunday. About a week ago I mentioned to Mrs. Sleeper about my dinners and about the little girl from Salem coming to school; she caught at the proposal & asked me how much she should give me besides the dinners, I told her I was willing to school the little girl for the dinners, so the next day she got me to write a letter to the girl's mother in her (Mrs Sleeper's) name to have her come, I suppose I might have got more but I am not sorry on the whole that I did not, for as she thinks she has a good bargain, she will take pains to please, and I can afford to teach a quiet little girl seven years old for my dinners 4 days & Wednesdays when I wish. I think I shall try to find another boarding place when A. goes out of town, - Mrs. Cook says that if all her sisters lived in town and could take her to board she should prefer going to a strangers says she to me, you would enjoy yourself a great deal better if you were in a larger family, & more society, she had quite a talk about it with me one day, of her own accord, for I said nothing first alluding to the subject she said young married folks are all self, and