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Jan. 21. '74
My dear Papa,
Your letters come quite regularly now, and at a very nice
time, Saturday night. Saturday is the only day in the week when we have
an evening mail, but in order to have no letters waiting in Po'keepsie over
Sunday, they kindly bring them out about six or seven o'clock, and among
them is yours. Carrie's letters, however, are generally longer in reach-
ing me: one received today was over seven days in coming.
I see by the papers that you are having quite a time at home in getting
rid of your would-be Governor, Davis. He dies hard, and it seems will
The snow had nearly disappeared but It Is again renewed. I see It
Is snowing quite hard now. Every one is wishing for cold weather, leering
a late spring and severe summer, if this warm weather continues. And Ice
is quite scarce, and likely to become more so. Wouldn't
Last Saturday our class sociable took place, and was a masquerade
and fancy dress affair. I went as "red, white and blue". Fannie Buffington
was a Queen and a very nice looking one she made. Our resident, Miss Rice, was a Ring. One girl was "Captain Jack": of course there was "Night" and "Morning" who was very pretty, but about the best costume was one made entirely of newspapers.
My former roommate, Alice
It is almost time for the mail to go out, so with very much love to
all, including Mrs. Hunt,
Your daughter,
Julie M. Pease