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Wise-Clark family papers, December 1864-February 1865

1865-02-27-Page 04

already taken, every body & their babies, want schools this summer. I never heard of so many pedadoges. Mag has the promise of Grimes Seminary, at $18 dollars a month. Ara has applied for that one near Uncle Ables, Lewis Springers Teaching, was a perfect failure the scholars and parents say they did'nt learn a bit of any thing but mischief. "Sic transit Gloria - amundi", so passeth the Glory of the Springers. Walter & I are going to Wenona tomorrow Em & Ara are coming Home with us. by the way Em is going to Teach if she can get a school. Uncle talked of moving out on their farm, but have given it up again Mother is making a new Table Cloth, Mags is writing to her man, Jessie is assleep, so is your son Tom by the bye! I squeezed him pretty hard yesterday 
wrote this with papas goose quill.

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already taken, every body & their babies, want schools this summer. I never heard of so many pedadoges. Mag has the promise of Grimes Seminary, at $18 dollars a month. Ara has applied for that one near Uncle Ables, Lewis Springers Teaching, was a perfect failure the scholars and parents say they did'nt learn a bit of any thing but mischief. "Sic transit Gloria - amundi", so passeth the Glory of the Springers. Walter & I are going to Wenona tomorrow Em & Ara are coming Home with us. by the way Em is going to Teach if she can get a school. Uncle talked of moving out on their farm, but have given it up again Mother is making a new Table Cloth, Mags is writing to her man, Jessie is assleep, so is your son Tom by the bye! I squeezed him pretty hard yesterday wrote this with papas goose quill.