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good manners are said to be the blossoms of good sense, and it may be added, of good feeling too, for if the law of kindness be written in the heart it will lead to that disinterestedness in little as well as great things- that desire to oblige, and attention to the gratification of others, which is the foundation of good manners-
Bowing under the [illegible]
The stove [fell?] in
[illegible] written by
Made 20 pillow cases for self and 3 winter sheets- sent eight pillow Cases and 2 sheets to Ann-made 7 shirts one suit for the babe and ten squares I received 16 skeins of cotton yarn from [Cowing?]
Recipe for a Cancer humour-
1 pailfull of the roots of Prince of Pine-
and tops add [3] pails of water boil it down to
3 quarts; of Hollands Gin add 1 quart- take
1 pound of the [illegible] of Brimstone take 1 glass
full 3 times a day.