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1868-10-26 Page 2

Mr Conant of Hebron was intending to preach his farwell sermon yesterday Mr George Bixby and Lyman Spaulding went over Thomas Shute has put a piazza on to the shed and had a kitchen finished off and some change made in the house Mr Glinn has got his grave stones with his age on the Mrs Oliver Flanders is being troubled with her heart Dr Kelly told her breath might stop any time.
Oliver Avery sent his children to school yesterday and as they did not find the school house open they went to John Lords and they told them it was Sunday and Oliver himself got some cattle home and his women folks went to taking and did not find out but that it was Saturday while Agistus Draper told as he went over there Gov Harrison speaks at Plymouth tonight (Lerow?) Blodgett does not carry his woman out anywhere she is not as old as I am
Addie Durgin called here with her children a week ago Friday she asked why you did not come and see them  You wished to know about that Statesman we had  We had one after I cam home for Derry and that is all we had heard nothing from them guess they found it had gone over the (line?) and stopped it  I have not seen any neck tie though there is a neck ribbon that has been cut once and turned  Have you found your gold pen I should not know it from that brass one Betsy sent me if I should see it  (?) Morse has moved to the village Mr Cochran has not foud a place to stay this winter yet and Mr Fletcher is afraid he will want to buy it back again  George (Cumaning) gets as (?) as a moose some of the time and Curt is very fishy Irene Fifield has had another sick time Martha Clark says she thinks they are just all hopes of ever getting married now they are great and & Sarah Woodworth has not gone back south (?) letters are longer than yours I am

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Mr Conant of Hebron was intending to preach his farwell sermon yesterday Mr George Bixby and Lyman Spaulding went over Thomas Shute has put a piazza on to the shed and had a kitchen finished off and some change made in the house Mr Glinn has got his grave stones with his age on the Mrs Oliver Flanders is being troubled with her heart Dr Kelly told her breath might stop any time. Oliver Avery sent his children to school yesterday and as they did not find the school house open they went to John Lords and they told them it was Sunday and Oliver himself got some cattle home and his women folks went to taking and did not find out but that it was Saturday while Agistus Draper told as he went over there Gov Harrison speaks at Plymouth tonight (Lerow?) Blodgett does not carry his woman out anywhere she is not as old as I am Addie Durgin called here with her children a week ago Friday she asked why you did not come and see them You wished to know about that Statesman we had We had one after I cam home for Derry and that is all we had heard nothing from them guess they found it had gone over the (line?) and stopped it I have not seen any neck tie though there is a neck ribbon that has been cut once and turned Have you found your gold pen I should not know it from that brass one Betsy sent me if I should see it (?) Morse has moved to the village Mr Cochran has not foud a place to stay this winter yet and Mr Fletcher is afraid he will want to buy it back again George (Cumaning) gets as (?) as a moose some of the time and Curt is very fishy Irene Fifield has had another sick time Martha Clark says she thinks they are just all hopes of ever getting married now they are great and & Sarah Woodworth has not gone back south (?) letters are longer than yours I am