of almost unbred len wilderness to the next house, that I am sitting; 
as r Trite this in a log house beneath a good eliotric light gener¬ 
ate! iii our ) irn and that by turning a crank I can talk Tith Seat¬ 
tle, Portland, perhaps in a pinch even with 29 rrewster St? w h,-,t 
changes have seen in the past SO years, r spent the bursar! 
of March 10, 1888 m Poster, and Cambridge and. - r ent out to the latter 
by horse car* we have ha! a hard struggle to gi>-e the boys their 
education, but there is but one year no re for the two older ones 
an! they are all helping. One has a class to teach in Dairy Labor¬ 
atory anl the other washes iish.es an! it is a curious cm ; ant ary 
on our civilisation that the latter gets more for less tine than 
the former. However, Fill thinks that next year he Till have a 
real class ' 7, hich will !o letter by him. 
For ourselves, ~e are getting older but enjoy goo! health, 
though at present I an suffering from an attack of -"hat seei s to 
be macular rheumatism which has left ne nearly helpless for several 
days. I an in hopes it rav soon pass cli . 
^he entire lake shore has been logged and it is not a 
pretty thing to look at. However, the i rush is coning up and. cov¬ 
ering the 1 irnt logs an! it Till not look so la! for long.Thank 
you very much for your kind remembrance of us. 
Very sincerely yours, 
