July 25, 1907.Dear friend Carrie:-
Was very glad to receive your letter last evening, although I must confess, I dislike to write letters I am always very glad to receive one.
Those sings which you enjoy every Sunday evening, are altogether to [sic] much for Harry for every week he comes home with the blues, and does not recover from them, until he can see Saturday afternoon in view again.
You spoke of what a very fine day it was last Sunday, I was in Westminster Mass. visiting my mother's only sister, and I really thought the day was just made for my outting, [sic] it was so nice and cool and the air was so clear it was certainly enough to make one feel very happy.
Westminster is a beautiful little town in the western part of Massachusetts, just at the foot of Wachussett Mountain, and the town itself is on very high land and there seemes [sic] to be a chain of beautiful little lakes which almost surround it. The town is very small but is mostly residental [sic] with lovely broad well kept lawns and altogether it is the prettiest village I ever visited. A small town adjoining Westminster is the town of P[r]inceton here my mother was born, and lived until she was married, her home was only about half a mile from the foot of the mountain, and only a few yards from Lake Wachussett, these towns are connected with all the large cities by electric roads and the rides, among the mountains and lakes are magnificient [sic]. While I was in Westminster I read Longfellow's Poem Pricilla [sic] I had read this poem before, but with the peaceful village and the glorious surroundings it seemed as though I had never read anything half so beautiful as that poem.
You asked what Chester is doing this summer, he is head waiter at a summer resort, a very short distance from Old Orchard, he has three hours off duty in the morning, and three in the afternoon, besides his evenings, and from his letters you would almost think he was living in Paradise, the hotel is situate [sic] on the beach and at the rear of the hotel he says that there is a beautiful grove and near that there is a beautiful fresh water lake. He has given up planning on attending B. U. Law School and goes back to Hanover as an assistant to the Dean of the College, a position which was offered him when he refused the position as assistant instructor. It must be very gratifying after finishing his course to be flattered by the offer of a second position, after having refused one. Incidentally he is going to do some more studying in the Tuck School and will receive the degree of Master of Commercial Science. He is to have a few days at home before he returns to Hanover, and I think we can plan some kind of a reunion during that thime. [sic]
Yes par [?] and myself are planning on a trip to Jamestown about the twelfth or fifteenth on [sic] August, we are going on an excursion, it seemes [sic] to me that is the most pleasant way, and you know when you go that way you are sure of a room and will have a certain plan to follow made out by those who know the most interesting places to visit, and the best way to see them.
It seems as though I have more business every day, any way I have all that I possibly can do, and I am afraid I shall be obliged to higher [sic] a stenographer since there is a great deal of writing to do in the insurance business, as well as a large amount of correspondence, and I find that I have to do considerable studying in order to keep my law business streight. [sic]
Miss Richardson must have a very fine position next year, you doubtless know Kimball Union Academy is in Meridith [sic] a town only a short distance from Hanover, and that Mr. Bingham graduated from there.
You and Mary must have delightful times reading, when one has the time I think there is no better entertainment than reading good books, and I do hope when you have finished this, you will not be too weary to resume literature again.
Your friend,
Lester W. Russell.