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7 willingly put up with the poor board & other inconveniences I shall necessarily have there without my family this spring & summer. The bright visions I have cherished about that spot have vanished. I was a poor boy & had poor health from my infancy up. When I was quite young my father failed & we lost our home & a pleasant one it was. I remember how my good mother longed for some spot we could call home, some place that was really ours. I remember too how I all through my boyhood looked eagerly forward to the time I might own some spot however honorable that would be to me a home, with wife & children contended & happy there. For this object I labored cheerfully & energetically although my health was such that most men with such health would have made no effort. God blessed