Letter and envelope from Mary Etta Syphus, Provo, Utah to John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from Mary E. Syphus, Provo, Utah, to John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah, dated May 5, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Mr. John M. Bunker,
Logan City,
Utah.
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Provo, Utah,
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May 5, 1894.
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Mr. John M. Bunker,
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Logan, Utah,
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Dear Friend:-
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I am completely tired
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out to-night so please excuse a
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short letter. I had to go on several
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errands so have been walking ever
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since school was dismissed.
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Your welcome letter was
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duly received and I was very pleased
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to hear from you again.
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I am all alone this evening.
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Annie has actually made an im-
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pression on one of our students and
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has gone to a dance. However, he
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was quite considerate for he gave
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me an invitation, too but I declined
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to go. I thought two would be com-
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pany and three, none. The rest of
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the family have gone to a concert so here I am scribbling away with my eyes half shut. But I have so very much to do that I must do my writing to-night or not at all. I just dread the coming three weeks. Thought we would be through with examinations before the last week but we will have only two, or, at most, three days without them.
"By the by," Mr. Noys) has come home. I mean Mrs. McBride's son; the one
I told you of that was away teaching. His mother has been singing his prais -es in our ears all winter until we were about tired of hearing his name. But now he is here we have concluded that she has just cause to be proud of him for he is a very fine young man. I am sure you would think so too were you to meet him.
We have had a great time in our Academy home since I last wrote you. Our Principal suggested that we make a carpet for the assembly
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room. So school was dismissed at noon on May Day and all the lady students took rags, (with which we all were well provided) and had a genuine old time rag-bee. The gentleman of course were
not allowed. In the evening all the students and teachers had a regular May Day celebration. We had our May Queen, had the May-pole braided and a most excelent program. After that we had a basket party or social. Each gentleman had to pay twenty-five cents for admittance, and that entitled him to a beautiful basket of picnic, and a lady for the evening. I never saw so many pretty baskets and the best of it was we made them ourselves.
Well, it is needless to say that one of the queerest old chaps in the house got my basket. We had all agreed that we would make the best of it and have a good time no matter who we got so I enjoyed myself immensely.
The party was a grand success from beginning to end. We have over a
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hundred pounds of rags sewed and about fifty more ready to sew and for our baskets, we got plenty of money to buy the warp and pay for weaving. We expect the carpet will be made and down by the time school closes. The party was gotten up entirely by the ladies. Don't you think we are quite patriotic?
I don't think I will say again that
I will write only a short letter for I never know when to stop after I begin.
I am sorry I cannot tell you when we will start home. I have no idea when, but hope I can let you know in time. Don't know whether Ronnow's will send a team for us or not. Ann thought they would because Levi brought us up. None of the folks have men- -tioned it yet and I don't suppose we will know until nearly the last day, just when they will be at Milford and I assure you we will be very careful that we do not have to wait there as we did coming up.
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Do you think of staying off here if you leave before school closes? I wish you could come for the last declartive
of commencement week anyway.
But there, I know you will not think of leaving school for that. If you miss commencement exercises I suppose that will be considerable, to say nothing of missing school days.
I am very pleased to know that you think of coming by the time we leave and hope you will not change your plan, only enough so that you will go right home with us.
There's my selfishness again. I forget that you are anxious to see your relatives as well as I.
Oh, I must tell you the latestI
Miss Lyman's best fellow came last night. His school is out and I think he has come up to remain until school closes here.
I assure you there will be a jolly crowd go from here, south if we all happen to start the same day.
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sixteen that will go to Milford. They intend going on the 28th inst. and we hope to go there, but it all depends on when they come for us.
Well, dear friend, I must conclude this and write home.
I am sorry to say Aggie has played off on me) for I never hear from her any more. I bid you good night
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and pleasant dreams. Yours truly Mary.