Letter and envelope from Aggie Herrick, Ogden, Utah to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from Aggie Herrick, Ogden, Utah, to Mary E. Syphus, Panaca, Nevada, dated October 20, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary Syphus - Panaca, Nev.
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2666 Washington Ave.
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Ogden, Utah -
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Oct-20-94-
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Miss Mary Syphus -
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Panaca, Nev.
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My Dearest Mary -
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At last, I take
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"time by the forelock" and get
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at my writing. It is after
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ten o’clock, but for all that I
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am going to discharge my
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obligation to you - For ever
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so long I have been trying
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to answer your letter, but as
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you are well aware, I have
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not succeeded. I have doubts
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about finishing this to-night,
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for Lettie has a spell and she
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is teasing me to death - It is
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almost impossible to do any
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thing while she is "cutting up" as she is to-night.
Well, Mary, I was quite surprized when I heard you were teaching. I do hope that the winter will be a pleasant one. I fedl that you will enjoy it much more than you did last winter for you will be home. I hope that your chilblains will be less troublesome.
Two weeks ago to-morrow I went down to Salt Lake. I went to church in the morning and I saw Annie Ronnow (that is not the way to spell her name, is it?) and several other friends. I spent the afternoon with Ollie verbridge and then we went to the Sunday School meeting in the evening. after it was out we came home, so that is the history of that day.
We have had the pleasure of seeing some of our Southern relatives, Bro. Earl from Bunker- -ville spent one night with us -
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I was very favorably impressed with him, he seems such a good man. Cousin Rob. McQuarrie and wife also visited us, and we had a pleasant time together - I cannot tell you how surprized I was to learn that Cousin Johnie was not going to attend the College this winter. I wonder if we will soon have the pleasure of welcoming you in the family as Cousin Mary. Haste the day: I am sure that Johnie could not do a wiser thing than "take unto himself a wife."
I am working in the office now, but have worked very little this summer, as a result my finances are very low, so I appreciate my present opportunity -
Alice Findlay is still in Odgen, but she is not employed in any way. I see but very little of her so I do not know how she employs her time. I understand that Mr. Sam. Russell is the attraction in Ogden, but he is going East
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you this winter - Lovingly Yours Aggie -
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to attend school, and what will
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poor Alice do then?
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This is such a dreary night -
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It is cold and dark and rainy -
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and you know how I dislike
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such weather.
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The Political campaign is
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in running order now. My em-
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-ployer is running for office
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again and I hope he will be
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elected. If there is any work
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to do I will have a chance to
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do it -
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My brother and his wife are
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well and apparently happy. I
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was down there a little while
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Tuesday evening. Well, my dear,
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I must close now. All send love
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to you. I wish we were going to see
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