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[written u[side down across the top] How do Isaac and Mayo get along? Isaac is as old not as Father was when me beg [body of letter] meeting as they call it of Mr. Tenney's Bible Class as the Free Church he (Mr Tenney) has a class of more than 30 females, 11 or 12 of whom have been hopefully converted during the year; they, together with a male bible class, have meeting once in a while for social, free religious conversation the object being, to become acquainted, & to converse with the impenitent members of the class. I have attended several of these meetings and have found them interesting & improving. I distribute [unclear] to about 20 families every month & attend a female prayer meeting every Saturday afternoon so you see I have not a great deal of leisure. I went to Lowell last summer in vacation, & was much pleased with my visit; Mrs. M. has a beautiful boy, looks much like Caleb, Isaac is really a fine enterprising young man, & [unclear] strives to be all he can; Caleb was in town a few weeks ago, but I [unclear ] [unclear] , he has improved much, he intends to enter colledge next [unclear] [upside down words] having a [unclear] with those children we have heard. ]body of letter] & means to be a very thorough scholar. Mrs C. Metcalf visited Almeda last {unclear] [upside down] [unclear] has a fine daughter & is in pretty good health. Olive [unclear] is going [body of letter] I wrote a letter to Uncle Joseph a month or two since, but we have heard nothing [upside down] returned to Winchendon, I believe to engage with Mr. Reed in his Store. Caroline [body of letter] from Warwick for a long time, except by Mrs Russell i Oct. Henry Conant [upside down] Mayo Hoseltine is a wholesale merchant here, L Richardson has [body of letter] has a son Hannah Stevens is engaged to a Mr. Parsons of Northfield. Jan 14th Ruh Gale [upside down] a fortnight there; just called upon A. Weds not calls upon Mrs Child very often. [body of letter] called up on Almeda to day & brought a letter from Aunt Conant & one from H.