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shall have a train skirt on my new dress, so arranged as to be shortened for street wear. Wont it be nice? I will enclose a piece. It was $.2.50 per yard, double width, very wide. Have bought me a felt hat for a dollar, a very nice one too. Will bind it with a strip of velvet, then with ribbon & silk from my summer bonnet. My feather from last winter a little velvet if I can scrape some up. I spect it will do. O, I have a buckle from my last winter's cloak which will go on somewhere. Buckles are very fashionable. We had the least wee

in margin: What is John Eddie studying this winter? My regards to Evan. You will miss Kate very much. ought to get some one else right away. I am very glad May is doing so well. A pretty good job that was with her arm. So Dr. James Owens is going to practice in Steuben. I hope he will do splendidly only wish his weapons were Homeopathic. My kind regards to him when you see him. Good bye again dearie