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2 and think of the cold being 23 and 25 below zero and still we can keep warm but it requires a good deal of effort to do
so I find my parlor bed room very comfortable at present we are having a visit with John Reid he looks well and comfortable
and seems to enjoy meeting with his many old time friends Miss Curtis called and wished to be kindly remembered to you and
also Mrs Parry. Carrie' has been home for a month and is much improved in apearance she likes Drummond and the people there
very much 3 she has now returned to the scene of her labors On Christmas day we had David and his family to dine with
us, and the day was planned? very pleasantly I received some very pretty Christmas gifts, Annie Muir has been taking lessons
in painting from Lillie Maine and their Parlor is being decorated with her work she paints very nicely You will? if I get
out to church I have been there once in four weeks and dont get down town very often but I am satisfied to stay at home when
the weather is so cold