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4 flowers as she desired. Sarah Young came this morning to thank me, and she talked with so much tender feeling about her
mother. She is a gentle lovely girl I think Yesterday good old Parson Yager came to see us: the one who preached at my little
brother's funeral 31 years ago. How vividly that sorrowful time was brought back to our minds. Oh the weary pioneer days that
were talked of Mr. Yager told how his wife died of cholera in the Indian Territory, leaving a helpless baby. Soon afterward
with his seven motherless children he went on his way over the deserts to 1 Martinez, Calif. July 8, 1889. Dear John,
We are all very well, and enjoying a most comfortable climate, but have been quite unsettled in location. Miss Kendall cannot
come till tomorrow or next day. Old Mrs. Bush has her son's family from Sacramento for a week. Cousin Fannie went to the city
Friday, returned Sunday evening but is making a dress for Grandma and so must stay over there consequently the children and
I stay at home during the day but go to