4 Dear Friends I would be much gratified to haer often from any of you Shall we have the pleasure of seeing any of you
in Portage this coming summer I hope you are all well My kindest wishes are with you and Danl, and each of the children
With affection Mother 1 portage April 19th 1888 Dear Emma Your letter of Jan came to hand, I have been much longer
in replaying than I intended but I hope you will not follow my esample in that We have had a very long severe winter but
at last the snow has disappeared Mr. Mrs Goodyear of our city has spent the winter in California and returned home a week
ago. I called on them