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careful, and thankful too, as I doubt not you are: I feared your unfortunate excursion had put you back instead of being a benefit.

 I think your plan of doing without a girl next winter a pleasant one certainly, and a good one, if Mother will do just what her strength will allow, but we know that she is prone to go beyond it. I wish I could be there too, how we would all enjoy it and to be at Milo too all together - our time together there last winter so much anticipated was short indeed, yet a time not to be forgotten.  I'm glad Samuel is going to have a house of his own it will enable you to feel so much independent and save so much inconvenience in moving. but do not be in a hurry about it, have a good one. I should think much of home or house not only convenient for work, but well done, completed before living in it, and pretty handsome too, for there is not a little happiness in having one's idea of symmetry, beauty and good taste gratified and worth taking a little pains for, since it is about as easy for the smart and enterprising to reach a high standard as a low one. That really nice house at Hampden is spoiled by being cut up into little rooms. 
   If you promise to make me 'a chamber in the wall,' to come home to, when I am 'aweary', I will engage to furnish it. have already got a little white pitcher, some bookshelves, and a pretty little glass fluid lamp! Your communicative companion of the boat, Miss Fiske is known to Miss Woodbury, my chum, who is well acquainted with her friends says she has the reputation of being deranged. Though not so much as to be raving at all or very wild: her beau

[left side] Mond morn - just received a letter from Lizzie Doe. She has been spending the weeks at Lamoine visiting an uncle of Mrs. Tasker and they have persuaded to stay and take a little private school for the winter.of which I am glad: she is looking forward to return with me next summer She says don't make cancellation about next year. I think of sending for a letter of dismission from the church, for if I should return there before long. I should prefer being in the other church I think: you of course have not been at a meeting for a long time. I have felt a little worried about Elias for some time, hope he may have wisdom given him at this important time in his life. If you will write me once in two weeks I will answer as often, as I can. every particular I want to hear. How is and where is Jane? Are the children learning this summer. [right side] I have just received 3 quires of paper like this sent to Buffalo at .11 a quire.