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01240 Your kind letter of Sympathy was received; accept of my heartfelt thanks for your kind words of consolation, encouragement.
I never supposed it would be my lot of bear such a severe loss, to drink such a bitter cupt, to endure such anguish. The scene
is still reproduced before me every day with undeminished sorrow. Poor Johnnie the pleasant mirthful dutiful many boy, gone
nothing left of him but a pleasant memory, but we shall meet again. He told his playmates repeatedly that as soon as he
graduated he was going right to Cal to his Uncle John sooner if Pa would let him. We are all quite well. Mother is real
well seems happy contented. letterhead 2d Sarah is much better stronger than when you were there but still is not
strong has bad spells. My family ahs been all together at home since June. Carrie has gone to Bogfield Co? with Miss Rosencross
to assist her in conduting county school examinations but will return in a week or two. Annie I will have gone to the town
of Buffalo for a visit while I am here. Will attend stricken word examination of teachers got a good certificate to teach.
as he is not eighteen yet I think it will do him good to teach stricken word school for a few years