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Jan'y 13/18
Dear Sis:-
Your epistle bearing
date of Nov 30th reached me on the
3rd inst. and was very glad to hear
from you again.
Sorry you are having such a
perfectly awful time attending choir
practice. Endeavor etc what was
the topic? (How to say my gracious
when you mean a good honest damn)?
I always endeavor to go to
Church -- when the parade is
compulsory. It isn't how much
room you occupy in the choir it is
how much noise you can make.
The tobacco came O.K. Thank you
very much for making troubles go
up in smoke. We don't like tobacco
you know and use it solely because
so much would be wasted if it
wasn't used.
I read in the Journal where