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Milo Oct. 30th / 45
My Dear Son I'll begin letter to you for L. to finish notwithstanding Joseph has just written - he has just started this morning for Bangor he has been quiet unwell 2 or 3 weeks apart of the time sick Mrs. Brown gave him lots of Lobelia but I think it was not the thing for him for he was rundown by to close application to business & to little exercise in the open air Charles was down last week and he came home with him he look frail and then dont feel dispos'd to be out quite as much as he might -even while here he would have his letter and pen & paper before him figuring & fussing up some business or other half the time - he wrote to you that he should want that money 26,00 but intended to say something more about it that they can probably get along without it etc. I say dont worry yourself anything about it C. & the other boys are going to build Ann a school house but I guess they can get along without that. I dont see now exactly how they'll do it for they cant find yet a joiner but has 2 or 3 months work engag'd unless Charles lets Gilman go and do it - that is the calculation now but it will make it very late. She is now keeping with 35 scholars in a little small room very inconvenient & is afraid her scholars will quit C. has sold his stears for not so much as he expected to get has a prospect of selling his oxen to pay Joseph got about enough for his steers to pay Mr. Lake & Mosher I do hope we shall have something for you sometime I at least mean to keep trying C means to sell the black colt soon as he can get a chance but he has got a crack in his hoof which will hurt the sale of him at present tho' it does not make him lame C's health is very good now Almeda & her children are very well she is in here every day somedays 2 or 3 times - potatos are all cut off about here we shall have for seed & to eat 2 or 3 barrels full it will make it hard for us . Mr. Lee & his wife are both rather feeble what will the church here do when he is gone. Mr. Furber is no help to the cause of religion I have told you I believe that we have Eben Greenleaf for a neighbor - he said that he nor Moses have any property but for all that Eben is doing a great business Lumbering with 3 ox ox teams furnished by some body for whom he works, I suppose I want to know what you are going to do when you have done your school whether you have got another school & where - and what are you going to try to do when you get thro' College tis certainly time you had decided so as to concentrate