I have been having a little holiday. I went Tues evn'g to OQ 

 Winona to Gen Assem. Your papa was there. I met the 

 Everetts & many old friends. Mr Everett said that Elise was 

 engaged to some young man who is in his first year in the 

 Sem at Allegheny. He put his foot on the affair & told them 

 they were not to have any correspondence for a year — then 

 if they both felt the same, all right. He thinks she is too young 

 to be engaged yet. She has very poor health, too. Prof Wilson 

 of Allegheny told me that Jamie was to be his assistant next 

 year. He says Jamie is a scholar but no preacher. Mr Pollock 

 was at the Assem, also Mr Alexander & Mr Gohun. 



Winona is a bluff on Eagle Lake, near Warsaw, Indiana. 

 There are a large hotel & a good many private cottages & a 

 woman's building. All were nearly full during the Assem. 

 There must have been 3000 people there, though there were 

 only about 700 delegates. Many of their wives came along & 

 others were visitors. It cost us 1.00 per day for room & board. 

 The lake is 2 ms. long & 1 broad. A steam tug takes people out. 

 There are row boats too, but they were not in demand — it was 

 so cold. Your papa is at Hyde Park church today on Tract 

 Soc business. He is to go someplace this evn'g & is to hear Dr 

 Barrows speak at the University. 



The relatives could not stand by when William Buchanan 

 Wherry was declared a bachelor of arts in June of 1 897 — that 

 would have cost too much. 



