p.

exhibitions. Geo. W. Foster is going to
get up a concert in about three
weeks. I hardly know what to do
wheather to stay at home, or go to
So Hardwick and have a writing school
The principal sent word out to me
last week that if I would come he
would get me a class. I think I
shall go out this morning and see
about it. Did you go to Waterbury
to the teachers association the 15th and
16th of Feb. I would like to gone, but
perhaps I should not have enjoyed
myself as well as I did at Montpelier
for I should not have found so many
friends and acquaintances

Ed. Ainsworth is puting up lightning
rods now in Illinois.

Give my very respects to all
enquiring friends

Yours &c
A. P. Town

To W. B. Stevens

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Woodbury
Roxbury, Vt,
Mar 9 1861

Dear Friend and School Mate Willie

I received your kind
letter in due season, and was very much
pleased to hear from you, and of your
general good health. I have been
very negligent since I received your
letter, and have no excuse for not
having written before, that would
look at all reasonable so I will not
make any. At the time I received
your letter we (My scholars and my-
self) were engaged in getting up an
exhibition for the close of school

We had two long plays one to com-
mence with and for a closing piece
The time for representation of the first
was forty minutes and of the last