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Tugarden House when you was at La Porte. I got me some coffee before I left La Porte & Mrs. Fox browned it for me, so when I get down to the farm I can have some good coffee. I have also got me some black tea. So you see I am provided with good tea and coffee & you know that will help me very much. I will write you again soon & will let you know how I am getting along & how I find things at the farm. How glad I should be to find you & the children there to welcome me home. I don't suppose it will seem much like home to me without the presence of my dear good wife & our children. I shall make the best of it however. Just before I left La Porte the parties who hold the first mortgage on the mill sent word to Judge Niles to foreclose the mortgages this Spring court. In order to foreclose the mortgage held by the Meriden Bank it will be necessary to get service on me. If I were at La Porte service could be got on me anytime within ten days before court. The spring court sets the 18th of April. My being a non resident of the state & being here in Ill. it s necessary to get service on me 30 days before court & you see it is too late now & I shall not return to La Porte before the 10th of April.