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in but no one else does. she is afraid of putting him out but he dont feel ashamed to ride in it & thinks no one else should. he is a funny Bill. honest as they make them.

Mrs Barry sang a solo yesterday in church as it was it was a difficult one to sing & every one said it sounded beautiful, but she said he played it well & she got through it all right. his playing as a rule is very hard to sing to, but this time he followed the singing. she says no more soloes will she sing this is the last & she means it. Anthems are all she intends singing to help them out. as she is getting too old for anything else. 

I am thankful the chimney is all solid in this blow, otherwise it might be something to worry about

Lottie Crane called me up yesterday to know if any one had moved into the Blake house as she saw some one down stairs & I said the family wanted to move into the down stairs tenement & she said she guessed that was what it was. I told her Sidney said he did not intend to lay out another cent on them & she said I dont blame him. Elizabeth Southworth said that the Mansfields were related to their family & they were poor as poverty. she didnt see what they had to buy a house with, they moved last week opposite the factory Ma