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  Osawatomie Feb 25 80 

My Dear Sister,

  Last evening we marked and gave eggs to the two sitting hens, the   first-this year. I used the ink and put the bottle on the bed and forgot-all about it. When we got to bed something fell off in the dark - spilling all the ink, hence pencil has to do for writing today, Saturday German came home from Paola where he is attending school (the normal). He was feeling quite poorly having second attack of the grippe. When in town before coming up he saw George Lessenden's people and arranged with them to stay at their house Sunday

in margin but what a happy company in gathering over there! How many of our friends have been called since we left home! God help us all to be ready! We are thinking a great deal about Robbie and family going away from you all. How you will miss them If only they were coming somewhere near to us we would hope to get you out here too perhaps or we will return to you. Osawatomie grows like magic. I think I never saw so many new building built and