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By the way I must tell you what a time I have been having today. I was in one of the ladies room laughing and talking and all at once one of those spasms came on. she went down and called one of the bath gals, and she gave me a warm foot and hand bath, then about twelve they gave me a warm sitz bath (as warm as I could take) and warm foot bath, and I drank warm water, well asfer I got nicely fixed in in my bath the Dr came in and gave me six cups full of warm water I thought when I had drank three I could not possibly drink and more but he insisted on drinking more, after I had got down six I had a spasm, and he poured cold water on my head and washed my hands and feet in cold water, but that did not make any difference when I got over it they helped me up to my room, and then I had another, The dr thought when I first came that they were not anything anything, and he used to laugh at me for getting frighend at a mouse but he thinks rather more serious about them now.

Would you like to know how we live? in the morning we have graham pudding. Graham bread white bread molasses baked potatoes with salt on them, soda cracker unleaven bread, and sometimes a little gruel to drink he will not let us drink and water while we are eating. for dinner we have mashed potatoes meat or fish, some kind of pudding and free we also have graham pudding. bread & we have breakfast at half past seen and dinner at three, then we have nothing until the next morning. I can get along very well with everything except going without butter. the first morning I was here I thought I could not eat any thing, "but we have to live and learn. Oh. I must tell you what a delightful time I had on the lake yesterday. Mr. Richmond Mifs Marten and myself went out about half past three and stayed untill five. and we had a glorious time I assure you. the wind blew just enough to rock the boat. I was some frightened when I first got in the boat, but we