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ever saw &, I don't want he should get to a bad boy, & I do not believe he will be. Has he given any attention to reading. The objections I have to your flannels are that they do not come up around your neck, or cover your arms. In my mind these are very serious objections & as no principle is at stake on your part I think you ought to comply with my wishes, as I have told you & now repeat that I am very anxious upon the subject believing as I do that it will have a great effect upon your health. If you have my desire for me to express my wishes to you upon any subject you certainly will comply with them at least when I have so earnestly & repeatedly expressed them as I have upon this subject. I think if you would comply with my wishes in regard to the use of mustard upon your beings your health would improve. I have rented the farm so that it will not be necessary for me to be there much till July. I do not know how long my job will last here but I think it may last till that time. I shall be very glad indeed to have you & the children near me but I do not see how I can for the present as I do not know where I can get board for the children, except at the hotel & you would be very homesick there. If you were at the farm I should visit you as often as possible but it would not be pleasant for you there. If you & Lydia see fit to try it before I get through here, bill & the buggy are at your service & I will try & have the house pointed outside & in so as to make it look homelike. I told you