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nearly all of them, I trust to some profit. I had a small ice 

 house made last fall, and day before yesterday had it filled. 

 Our love to you, Affectionately, A. A. Johnson. 



(S.W.J. TO A. A. J.) 



New Haven, Jan. 22/58. 



Dear Father, — I have been working rather closely for a 

 month back, and am still very busy but trying to take it easier. 

 In business matters I flourish pretty tolerably. Last year 

 my income was : 



$1160 



But I have to work it like a beaver, and keeping up my 

 library, — so as to be able to work to advantage, — costs me 

 considerable, so that my surplus is only about $300. Doubt- 

 less within this year I shall be provided with a salary from 

 college of $1200 and then the extras will count up. So much 

 I have written to show how the bread and beef are furnished. 

 The State Ag. Soc. at their annual meeting two weeks ago 

 reelected me chemist at the same salary as last year, and Gen. 

 Pratt declared he was not my enemy but voted for me as did 

 everyone else. The Lab'ty flourishes, being as full as ever 

 before, we have 12 paying students. . . . 



Professor Johnson, with those of his brothers and 

 sisters who lived near, was in attendance the next 

 July, when the citizens of Lowville nnanimously 

 extended the hospitalities of tlie village to former 

 students and teachers who returned in large numbers 



