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Wm. Andrews is getting ready to go with Capt Horton [?] to California, + there, probably, will lay his bones. Miss Isabel Cummings called here last evening with Mr. Johnson from Boston. Mother is at work on your shirts. She suffers from a cold she took in Worcester that has settled on her lungs. Persis is saying that Hellen [?] (Mrs. Gregg) is more unwell, + is coming home to stay with her mother. Mr. Wm. Child will move into Mr. Parris's house next week. John says the itch [underlined] has got into the School. He carries a bag of sulphur in his pocket to ward it off. He studies very hard. He is so much engaged, he hardly notices us on our return. I should rather do what you do, that is not so trying to the brain, than what he does. He is confined to his chamber, with his door shut, early + late. I will write you no more now. Give my best regards to your good friend [underlined], John Addison. Take good care of your health. Be cheerful. Attend faithfully to your business. But don't be fidgety [underlined]. Keep perfectly cool, + self possessed; + when you have done as well as you could, if there be any mistake, worry not at all [underlined], but think of better luck next time [underlined]. Attend to one thing at a time [underlined], exercising some discretion to attend to what is more important first [underlined]. In the midst of the confusion of many customers, + many calls, be calm as a summer morning [underlined], + firm as one of your granite pillars, applying your mind [underlined] + your hand diligently to the part assigned to you. And when you go out of the store, at night, dismiss from your mind, all anxiety. It is enough that you do the best you can, while you are in the store. Affec. yours [?] Z. Long