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4 The boundaries of Portage are enlarged year by year so we now have quite a city and we think it is a very beautiful city
The children of the Baptist Sunday School have a Pic Nick today, they have a sail on the River to a piece of land some miles
from home, Anne of course is with them We are all in usual health and hope the time will come when we will meet again. I close
with kindest regards to Emma and the children yourself Affectionately Mother 1 Portage Augt. 17th 1893 Dear Danl.
Your letter of July 10th was gladly received I would have written to you sooner, but thought I would wait until Sarah came
home, she is now a grandma and has been many weeks in the country, as our home has been like a ship without a Rudder driven
with the wind and tossed