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This is a sunny day, much warmer, all well Mrs Ballard last night, had a sudden hoarsness come on, but this morning seems much better. We are all at home, at three o'clock we expect Mr & Mrs. T.W. Harvey Sr. to dine and stay all night, tomorrow Mr A.G. Badger will come out to stay all night this Lake Forest, is a very beautiful, and fashionable, suburb about an blank from Chicago by steam unclear at six O.clock, Turlington Harvey brought his Father, and Mother to Mrs. Bland Ballards to dinner we had a delightful dinner, and spent a pleasant evening, they left Mrs Ballards at eleven, O.clock and went to her son, Turlington's house to stay all night, and go to Chicago, at noon. Rev Dr McClure and wife called on Mrs. Ballard, I sat and talked with them, for sometime, they are charming people. They love my daughter Mrs. Harvey Sr. and talked of her all the sweet things, one could say. and thanked me, for giving to the world such a rare and lovely character. then they complimented me on my youth.