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February Wednesday 25. 1873 Ash Wednesday that is tomorrow will be Dooley calendared in our little chapel. And as in our chapel so over the whole world. Surely the world needs a season of prayer and fasting for this year has been it’s more wicked more gay than ever before. Today is the celebration of the battle of Freuton in 1776. One of the few things little New Jersey is that some of the first display of bravery in the whole of the Revolution we’re done with in the narrow confines truly of all attires this battle of newton and the wcideuts before and after it’s Occurrence or among the most glorious collections of her citizens

Wednesday,26 Last night we had pancakes. Oh what pancakes those pancakes were thick pancakes are disagreeable even if warm. Thin pancakes are more disagreeable than think warm pancakes if they are cold. But when you have set down pancakes thick and cold——! And yet such was the case last night.

Thursday, 27th Long fellows birthday tabitha minneha and old hocom is once more play their savage part. The acadian village is revived and we view it and its happy villagers. Long fellow led of living poels. The envious may laughs at what they call your plagiarisms. The fastidious may fluid faucet with your humbleness of heart pickings of nature the critics may say you are simple and childlike we your witting and all may come to the conclusion that as a poet you were never more than passable nevertheless the whole world of leaders regard you as one of the worlds most pleasing poets. Do it not the poets part to sooclie the weary to gladers the legal hearted to recreate the weary to smooth down the over andeut. Fluis thou had done and still continued to do. Old long fellow! The envious the fastidious and the critics may still hang on but in the fresh sores of the wreath of poets not one gives forth more framauce not one has a sweet look than was worth long fellow.

Friday,28 The last day of feb it is a long time old month since i had the pleasure of seeing you. Your company has not proved disappeared. It has ever been most pleasant. Twenty eight days have you had a short live and yet so agreeable that it. Seems twice that time quince i looked into your regret weather beaulieu face for you had traveled marry a day before you introduced yourself to my peraud paper la-be proves me therefore when you are going to tell you that you have been all the time it at could be expected. You have been a sniff and your face was seldom ill unwind write a smile nevertheless your grieffness was on a wall and your heart was humor. Goodbye old fellow! Once wore yourself our in research of another year. May you when your search is crowned write success once wore appear such aged by time and may we once more spend a happy twenty eight days.