Vassar College April 14./66 Sunday morning My Dear Sister I have been thinking of you all this morning and have imagined you busy eating breakfast and preparing to go to Sabbath School I am very glad that there is to be a reformation in the school but it will be so funny to have any one else but Uncle Abaer still I think that he has had the task long enough and that it is perfectly right for some one younger to relieve him I do not doubt Mamie but what thee will do everything in thy power to increase the interest of the school has Mother the same class I wish that we had mere scholars Maria Booth just came in for me 
to look out of her window and see a 
young man one of the girls' brother 
he came to take her to ride do not think 
I am getting depraved but he had a 
splendid horse and buggy and the morning 
is perfectly lovely so altogether it was 
enough to make me wish that I could
go to ride too I am afraid that I shall 
forget how to behave in a carriage

Yesterday morning Prof Tenney invited 
his class to go walking and get some 
spring flowers they do not have the 
trailing arbutus here but we found
a pretty little flower called the Hypatia
I will send you a sample the grass
is quite green and our out door duty 
will soon become a pleasure I think
When are these contrabands coming 
and they do belong inside of the house
or outside, inside I hope though I 
am afraid they will occasion mother 
some trouble at first I think the death of the Atwill brothers 
very sad did you see the notice of their 
death in the Fall River paper taken 
from one of the Boston papers

I am very glad to hear that C. Read is 
recovering our love to them 

It is really pitiable to think people 
will trouble you with so many 
questions but I suppose it can't be 
helped you might make up a short 
sentence that would answer for every 
one never mind only eleve weeks more
We received the two dollars I thought 
I had acknowledged the receipt of It before 
The last time we were in town as we 
knew that we should not be allowed 
to go in again very soon we thought best 
to see about our spring hats we were 
intending to have our turbans whitened 
and pressed but found that it would 
cost us as much as new ones so we 
bought a simple white straw hats 
with a band of black velvet them they cost $3 1/2 apiece. Laura 
has one of the same style we did 
not buy anything else but little 
things which we had to have but 
they always count up we bought some 
tooth brushes, belts, collars, pins, nets,
soap, shoe strings and a dollar for our 
dinners. When is Mother going to 
Boston and what are you going to have 
new this spring. When Is Mary Shove 
coming back this week I suppose.
I should judge that the house cleaning
was progressing very rapidly I hope 
you will not press it so hard that 
you will get sick.

Mary Rodman has not written us 
since we have been here
Give our love down to the next 
house is Aunt Emeline stronger this 
spring Our best love to Father and 
Mother your loving sister
	
Carrie
(Caroline E. Slade)