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thousand dollars this Summer, which will help finely about building next Summer. He has worked very hard for it Though. The house frame is all on the ground & much of the other lumber - The lot is almost paid for, considerable part of the hard ware, the brick, and part of the joiner work - Samuel sent Almeda a barrel of four, some lard and herring last week. She is poor - but She has things provided comfortable this winter. Hector Sargent gave her considerable wood. I suppose you hear from Eliab as often as we do. What do you think of his studying Euclid? I am somewhat fearful That his love and aptness for Mathematics may lead him to attend to that branch, to the neglect of others. Mother will finish This I guess. I am ? fast. I really do a good deal of work. We rode out a few days before Sam'l went away had a lively, coltish horse, which got frightened, tipped us over. Threw me head over heels a rod or two, dragged Samuel farther, and hurt neither of us, only tore the crown off my bonnet! Eliab writes that his health is better - In haste good by Sis Lucy What a fuss Lute makes about Gen. Hodson, when there is nothing in it all worth repeating, much less worth writing. The Lawsuit you enquire about is nothing only the "boy was dull & lazy, not trustworthy, moreover went away without letting C. know but what he was coming back again, he had paid him about what he thought he had earn'd, his father came after more pay, was Saucy, mad & unreasonable C wouldn't pay any more So Chase Sue'd him & it so turn'd out that rather than have a long lawsuit about such a trifle he did pay 7 or so dollars wholly in consequence of Lawyer Robinson's duplicity & downright dishonesty he is a very mean Rascal ---- when do you expect to come home --- what do you mean by --- that you are in want of a wife? have you not already got one engag'd I am Lucy "Maid,, now with Jane to help & get along pretty well but you must not expect quite as much letters from me as when I am at home but Lucy is a good substitute you know you'll be a gainer by it