much as usual. We had reas* be soupe, roast beef, boiled potatoes, hominy with bread etc.' We did not have any desert but we almost always do. The warning bell has just rung and I must prepare for bed. So good night.-— I am already for bed and while waiting for the last bell to ring will add a few more words. About supper. We have brown and white bread and every once in a while nice biscuits like those we used to have occasionally at the Clinton House, not soda. You need not be afraid we will suffer from poor living The only trouble the girls are beginning to complain that they are getting too fat. We had ice-cream for dinner last Sunday and as much as we could eat It is the third time. There Is the last bell. ——— It is about six o'clock and all the girls are up (in this room) in order to study. We have had one of the girls in another room who always rises early come and wake us at five every morning this week. Was not the accident on the steamer St. John terriable I did not hear of it until Tuesday night. See what the effect of not having papers is. I was delighted to hear about my room and especially that you have that cunning little stove. I think it will be very nice. I was surprised to hear you do not expect to keep Jennie but I hope you will succeed in finding another to suit you. I must stop writing now for I have a hard Zoology lesson to learn. We recite to-day and he is to lecture again to-morrow. Please write as often as possible and tell me all you are doing. I wish I could be with you to read that work by the Schonjfberg Gatter Family. You must write me how you like it. Give my love to all my friends and believe

Ever your loving daughter
Ellen.

There is a Miss Butler here, a relation of the Butlers and Conrads in
Ithaca.