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Amenia Union July 25th 1890 Miss Shimm, Dear Friend: Accept many thanks for your long letter, the inclosed benediction, and lastly, but not least, for remembering me while reading the paper. Yes, I think the boys named Johnny are always getting into trouble. However I haventent [[haven't]] eaten any green apples, because there are none, nor capsized while fishing, but we have come very near it a few days ago. The wind was blowing exceedingly hard but we were determined to fish, so we obtained a boat, and had scarcely rowed two rods from the shore when the