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

Letter and envelope (with stamp) from John M. Bunker, Logan, Utah, to Mary E. Syphus, Provo, Utah, dated March 7, 1894.
Envelope addressed:
Miss Mary E. Syphus.
B.Y. Academy.
Provo Utah.
Postmarked Logan, March 8, 1894, 6 a.m.
seven sheets of it, not sheets, pages
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Logan City,
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March 7^, 1894.
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Miss. Mary'E. Syphus:
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Provo Utah.
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Dear Friend Mary;
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I trust you will not
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think that I have forgotten
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you or forgotten to write.
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My tardiness will of course
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show against me; but trusting
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you will excuse me this time
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I will try and be more prompt
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in the future.
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Sunday and Monday I
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was tugging away at my
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composition, as if it was my
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last show. I will say I did
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not get it finished untill
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last night. There was almost
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and they were large pages
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After I got it completed,, it
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looked like so many chicken
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tracks in the mud and sou-
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nded like the sweet melodious
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voice of a long-eard!- mule.
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I do not mean that the appe-
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'-arance of it sounded, but the
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sense of the critter would make
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the heart strings of a lion grind
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heavily to gether. I will not
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tire you by rehearsing the quat-
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ities of my composition. Suffice
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it to say, I expect to get a good
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raking tomorrow. If there
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isn't a serious thought in
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what I have said please let
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me know and I will try
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and acccomidate you
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Last week weX had a few
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real warm days, it melted
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almost all the snow; but since
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then it has been snowing
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almost every day and night.
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There is from six to eigh
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inches at present.
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Another term of school
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is drawing to a close. We will
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soon be having examinations,
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already, the teachers have begun
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to threaten us.
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I have been thinking
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that I would not stay untill
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school closes this year. As
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there will be but two studies
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and I think I can get an
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invite into them so I can
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Study during the summer
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and make up for leaving.
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There is nothing certain
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about it. I may change
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my mind before that time
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comes. I will have to con-
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-elude for this time as
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my algebra is waiting for
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me. I trust these few lines
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will find you well and
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happy.
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Ohl Yes! I was going to mention
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something else. In my last
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letter from home, Mother said
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Harry had been up there, did
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not say what for; but said
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he was still freighting for a
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lively-hood. She also said,
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he read a letter that he had
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received from you, while at
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Ogden, or at least that
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is the understanding I got
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of it. I guess she will be
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partly acquainted with you
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if she has heard a letter that
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you wrote.
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Write soon and often,
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With love and best wishes,
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I remain as ever, Yours Truly,
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Written across fold line
J.M.B
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