A rainy day. Papers sold fairly well. received and wrote two letters to Mama. Mama again sent us 10 dollars. I deposited the money in the Northampton National bank, subject to check. Paid off my papers and worked a little. Martha was in the shop most all day. I hope she’ll get acustomed to do the selling, so I can do my work in the shop, that I dont need to stop the paper sale, that paper business was the onliest means for our living. Talk about the starving Cubans. We must starve here, if we dont go begging, and this is harder work, than hard labor. Had Potato cake for diner. Paid the rent to day with check.
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