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were none on the market he said he was not going to pay forty or fifty dollars for one, if he never had one as it was so cold he came home after buying a couple of shirts. We both feel that Lena acted very queer at the time of going away. and neither of us wish to pry into any of her affairs. she is with friend of her own choosing and we both hope she is doing as well as she can under the circumstances. Ira Burnham is still lingering, he has not come to, just a matter of hours the Dr. says. I hope you are getting rested & will escape the cold. lots of it in this town. Ewen has more than he can attend to. We had a paper like yours sent by Beals with his history of the Drake family very much Charles Beals style, it was also in the Sentinel. Talbot last week had his 61st birthday so the house keeper made him a cake full of fruit & frosted with 61 candles stuck into the top, he brought over to Pa a hunk pleased as a twelve year old boy. well the sun is most out so I guess it is not going to snow today. Ma