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Friday Morning Dear Cynthia A little while before receiving your letter saying you would not be down that week, I thought I should be glad to hear you were not coming. When it came I was oh so disapointed for I cirtainly thought you were coming but I must tell you why I hoped you would not come, soon after my letter was mailed David came home and told us that there was two other cases of small-pox in Whitestown I should have writen to you of it, by the next mail but were afraid you had started, and it would make your folk worry good deal without doing any good, we all went but ma. (Pa waint? at home) the exercises were very good, I think as good if not better then any that they have had. Chapin lecture before the D. P. and Y? was very good, his subject woman, and her work he divided into three parts, 1st woman as she is [sideways] almost every one I know is eigher killed or wounded Elige Woodward and Walter Robbins are home wounded Linie Whotmore is reported wounded, last sunday week I was to Whitesboro and went to see a young girl who had the communion she told me I should never see her alive again but she was not afraid to die as she was going home, a year ago you could not find a healther looking girl than Hattie Boston but she is gone, for 14 weeks before her death she could not sleep more than 2 or 3 minutes at a time and suffered a great deal, pa came home week last saturday morning he talks of going to Albany to day, David is spending a few days at new Herefford he don't seem strong at all this summer I hope the visit will do him good, we all feel badly to see him so weak, are the folks all well up there, how is your mother Eddie? Mary and every one of you I hope you can make us a visit during the summer sometime, don't hear of much of small pox now write soon love to all, we were so sorry you could not come down Annie