Transcribe Fenn, S. P. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1852)

help looking at, once in awhile, a Miss Fitch from Albany one of the handsomest females I ever saw in my life, she has been here about four months and sits a little way in front of us at church. Bill went over to see your </s mother > Mother a few days ago and found her engaged in weighing letters with those </u patent deserving scales >, she said they worked admirably, by the way. Dort Bristol has taken half of Dort Kelseys furnace store on state st and Dort H has taken </s haf > half of the other Dort's foundry. Not long since I received an answer to that letter I addressed to </u my fair Cousin> in Ohio, a long one too, to be </s st > sure it was only four pages but of course t contained </u volumns > of you </u know what >. Davis has left our house and employs his spare time in reading law with "Uncle Moses" > Condron has taken his place and fills it finely, he is a real clever fellow a member of the Baptist church. he and I while visiting for dinner generally amuse ourselves by </s far shoot > shooting at a mark with your pistol. I mean that </u used to was yours >. do you not think that is great business for Sophomors. Poor Josey is well and as noisy as ever, Father has just been giving him some chloroform, he likes it very much he breaths it without any hesitation, when under its influence he smiles and looks so happy and pleased. Poor fellow! I do not think he will ^ever^ be much better than he is now although his </s value > condition can without doubt be mad much pleasanter for himself and all around him. It is sad to think what he will do if God permits him to live ten or more years longer. Father is quite discouraged on his account. he thinks some of sending him to Albany, to his old teacher Dort Wilber.