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2 indeed all over the country. I presume you have heard of Fathers sickness. Mother says she does not think he was ever
so sick in his life, he would not hear of any Doctor coming to see him so that the folks hardly knew what to do, as he seemed
to grow worse every day, but Dan-came to see him and he willingly took his medicine the girls wrote I suppose every day and
they had letters back as often with prescriptions. he seems to be gathering strength very slowly but I trust he will soon
be well again. Dans visit was so short that I did not see him at all, he seems to be getting along un- commonly well, he has
bought a house, and I suppose will have moved into it by this time. Mother says he looks worse and weary having to work so
hard. David Muir has been very sick too, not being able to attend to the store at all, for some time, he has been riding out
in the country a good deal lately which seems to be helping him greatly 3 The Firm, have bought a Horse and Buggy now
and I think will not co illegible them- selves to business as closely as they have done We have had a long, pleasant visit
from Mary the past summer, she was looking much better than she did the summer before, and seems to be enjoying very good
health, she seems to be getting along very nicely at the University, and was looking forward with much pleasure to another
years study, expecting to accomplish much in that time. I also had about a weeks visit from your old Friend Jane Mitchell,
now Mrs Root. she looks very motherly indeed with her two little boy's, we were talking about you, and she said, she never
could think of you as looking any other way, than you did when you run down the side walk in Madison with Jessie on your back
and she and Mimmie after you with their pop- gun's, and they had such good times playing with you. She says she has no particular
curiosity