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The Grove May 3^rd 1857 Sunday morning Dear Bob We have not had a letter from you in sevral days, but I suppose you are too busy to write. It is a beautiful morning. The grass looks very green; we have sevral lonely bouquets in the house Do you see many flowers "down there"? Our wild flowers are just coming out. We do think of you very often and miss you a great deal - more than you think. I guess it would be a good thing for us all to hear that woman schold. I shall be happy to hear that you are cured of your loud talking. Uncle Flint is truly a diamond

in the rough: and one that can never be polished Uncle Flint is almost too good, he is always too ready to sacrifice his own pleasures to those of others. I skined a snipe and a blackbird, yesterday, I suppose you will say why don't you skin silvias, for a very good reason, I skin all the birds I can get, and that is not very many - also the mice, are few, The little boy are not to be had, that is they are always doing something els, I shall get what I can of all animals, but you must not expect much - and then you will not be disappointed if I do not get them. I am afraid that we shall not have any school

this summer - I begin to think we never shall know any thing. We never shall study at home, unless we have a teacher, there is always so much work to do - and it seems wrong to read and write when I see Mother working all the time. You must not think any thing of Majors not writing, you know he never writs to any one - H work very hard - and is improving in his temper very much: He relieves Charlie from a great deal of care. We expect Uncle Hirams folks down to day - they always come sundays - after potatoes, ore something of that sort, Uncle Hiram - has got into such a habit of haveing his

boys work on sundy - that he can never be satisfied unless they do work - allday sunday - All the folks are talking so I can not think. With much love Sister Alice [the next paragraph is upside down:] If I manage to get away from home, at all, it will not be under two weeks, from now, I should think. All, of course, will depend upon the business at home - in case my health should remain, as now! Having a free pass the expense would not be great [page turned over again:] Evening Mrs Updike is here - they and the Shermans will move out in June.