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2 - and Sarah and Mabel are following up to the others I hope they will all be spared to be a comfort to both Emma and you
Emma will have many cares and anxieties both by day and by night concerning her little ones but how quickly times and seasons
pass away almost before we are aware Portage is a very busy place this summer unusually so all kinds of business seem to be
prospering prices generally are much higher than usual except dry good They remain about the same as they have been 3
I have just been to see Davids home since it was finished, it seems very comfortable and convenient, they are all well as
usual, Carrie expects to graduate along with 18 others tomorrow evening Where our old house was sold I did not anticipate
there would be so much difficulty in finding a suitable location nearer the business part of the city but one has not been
found yet I like the house I am now in, although we are rather crowded. The location suits me very well A letter from Joanna
tells us they are all well but father thinks he would like to go back to Hamilton