Transcribe Ward, Charles Howell. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1880-02-03)

Can you find any for her; I think she would like them soon. I am in a dilemma about my shoes; they need mending badly, and in the mean time I have nothing to wear. I can get measured here and send the figures to Johny Hart who can make them as before, calfskin and kid uppers. There are no good shoemakers here, and I want a good fit for comfort. Will Henry send me tobacco to the amount of $1.50 or so, when the supply on hand is exhausted?

The weather has become abominably cold and disagreeable. I find no real mental companions but I find a relief in the thought that here no one knows or ever will know me. Mrs. Allen says that I can get my material for the art class much cheaper in Rochester than here and has made a list of