Cora Rice letter to Cordelia Davis 5 Mar 1893

Cherry Valley Ohio March 5 / 1893.

Dear Aunt Cordelia Your letter came last eve and we were very glad to receive it as Fathers eyes a quite poor. it troubles him to read in the evening - so I read it out loud and we all enjoyed it very much.

I have thinking for a long time I would write to you when Sunday came, but many Sundays have come and gone since the thought came to my mind and today I will make my first attempt -

I came home one week ago Yesterday and glad indeed was I to see home

and the dear ones. I was home only once that was New Years. although I never get homesick yet I am always glad to get home

I go back the 14th for three months I enjoy school very much and am getting along nicely in my studies.

I like Latin the best of any of my books we commence Caesar this spring my class standing was 97% last fall this winter 99%

We have a very nice class of 12. 4 boys and 8 girls

School was quite full this winter about 200 were enrolled I think Prof Tuckerman although his hair is as white as snow still teaches nearly all day.

He teaches the sciences Prof. Morford languages: Prof Hubbard Commercial Besides there are three lady teachers

Miss Tuckerman, Caughy and Booth

I boarded at Mrs. Loucks a widow lady and will board with her again this spring.

She will go to Chicago as soon as the spring term is out to spend the summer with her son and only child Frank Loucks who is a Druggist there

We have had a very severe winter and much snow It was so warm and spring like Thursday the boys opened the maple trees around the house

And Friday we all had a saucer of warm sugar

Yesterday a cold wave again struck us and it still continues very

cold today

The roads are still badly drifted in some places It has been a very hard winter on old people.

It has been so slippery much of the time that it has been unsafe for even young people to try to walk much.

However I only met with one accident and that did not hurt me very badly

I was coming back from the Post Office one morning quite early the walk runs along a bank for some distance but there is two wires stretched to make if safe for people I was walking along quite rapidly and before I was aware that I was wa slipping I went over the bank.

I went down about six ft but owning to there being so much snow at the

bottom I was not hurt only my feelings to think that some people that were coming down the walk took it all in for I did not cut a very graceful figure.

I also met with another accident but of a different nature.

I lost my Gold watch it was found however after three days

The boys are all getting to be nearly young men Joel and Leo are both taller than I So I can no longer say I am the tallest one in the family

Little Roy is growing nicely and is getting to be a bright little boy and no doubt will be a spoiled child as there are so many to hlep spoil him