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WRITTEN FOR
CARRIE CHAPMAN CONKLIN
OF
THERESA & BROWNVILLE, N. Y.
Presented to Carrie By Herbert D. Conklin Dec 25th 1893 Carrie Over our hearts and into our eyes Shadows will sometimes fall. Yet the Sunshine is never wholly dead And heaven is shadowless over head And God is over all. Watertown, Jan. 24th, 1894 Watson Wiltsie May 9 -- 97 Dear Cara: When you are over the mountains and me you no more see. Will you be so kind as to sometimes think of me? from your Cousin, Ella Wallace Chaumont, N. Y. To Carrie -- When the golden sun is setting And your mind from care is free When of absent ones your thinking Will you some times think of me. Dec 28th 1893 Herbert D. Conklin Brownville, N. Y. �Remember me� written on the upper lefthand corner. To Aunt Carrie: -- The best wishes of your neice. Nellie E. Parker Clayton June 15, 1894 N. Y. To Carrie May he who clothes the lillies And makes the sparrows fall Protect and save you Carrie And guide you safe through all. is the wishes of your Cousin Delia Favry Burrs Mills Feb. 17 - 1896 N. Y. Along the binding, perpendicular to the following text was written: Remember the collission (sic) - two beaus in one day. Carrie Heaven is not reached by a single bound: But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lovely earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to the summit round by round. Your affectionate Cousin, Annabel Sheley, June 6th 1894 Theresa, New York Annie E. Scott Junetown Ontario June 1, 1894 Cousin Carrie: Oysters when your hungry, Coffeen when your dry, Green backs when you are hard up Heaven when you die. From your cousin Eva Wallace August 4, 1898 Chaumont, N. Y. Compliments of your friend G. T. Ball Watertown June 17, 1894 To Carrie When we are many miles apart. And these few lines you see If I am worthy of a thought. Will you remember me. Lelia Walker Brownville May 17th 1897 To Carrie -- : Compliments of a Friend William A. Thompson Point Traverse Ontario Feb. 21 1898 To Carrie Complements of your Cousin E. C. Hall Aug. 22, 1900 Chaumont, N. Y. Long may you live Happy may you be, Blest with content And to think of me. Sarah Fleming Theresa, N. Y. June 2. 1893. Anna M. Lawton Watertown, New York Remember June 1, 1894 Effie Thompson Point Traverse Ontario -- April 25. 1898 -- Carrie -- . May you always be Happy May you always be free As the dancing waves Of the dark blue sea from a friend Miss Edna Rose Aug 22nd Brownville 1895 N. Y. Sarah G. Rogers Philadelphia N. Y. January 9, 1900 Remember going to Brownville last May -- God is the giver of every perfect gift. From loving sister Lou Chapman Clayton, N. Y. June 6, 1894 Compliments and best wishes of Persis J. Earl Watertown April 30th 1897. Best wishes of your friend Gertrude M. Hamburg, East Hounsfield N. Y. June 10, 1894. W. R. Gladwyn Dexter, N. Y. February 15, 1898 (Town meeting day) Tis hard to part, when friends are dear Perhaps twill cause, a sigh, a tear Then steal away, give little warning Say not good night; but in some brighter clime Bid us good-morning. Your Friend Arthur Kennedy July 26th/1900. To Carrie, -- Remember me for pleasure Remember me for love. Remember me -- dear Carrie When we both meet above. Your loving friend Blanche C. Avery (The day you and I went to B.) Carrie Your Album is a garden spot, In which I write for get me not. Your loveing Husband Dec. 28th 1893 Jennie E. Potter. Brownville, N. Y. April 11, 1894 Carrie: -- Scatter seeds of kindness In the reaping by and by With loving wishes, Your cousin Minnie A. Gladwyn Dexter, N. Y. Jan. 30th 1894 Alice E. Carter Dexter, New York July 26, 1894 Carrie: -- Your Friend Hattie Carter Dexter, N. Y. July 25, 1894. The 24th of June 1905 will long be remembered by all those who were present -- But as the world goes round and round All must think of the little ones Far away! on the shores of Puget Sound W. J. Chapman July 9th 1905 Everett Wash Snobonish Co. Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven. Ever Your friend Henrietta Simons Theresa June 4, 1894 July 15th - 94 - Compliments of -- A Wiltsie Watertown, N. Y. Carrie Remember me Let your life be like a Snow flake which leaves a mark but not a stain From your True friend May Potter June the 3 1898 (a butterfly atop the text) �O wad some power the giftie gieves. To see ourselves as others see us.� Your Cousin Winnifred Simons Theresa �Yesterday� (a small fish was drawn in the corner) Do your best and trust the rest. Your friend. Elsie Sargent Dexter, N. Y. In the Book of Life, �God�s Albumn,� May your name be penned with care. And may those who here have written Find their names forever there. Your friend Elvie M. Sargent To Carrie A wish for a friend is often given But my wish for you Is a home in heaven. Mrs. J. Walker. May 17th 1897 Brownville Count that day lost whose low descending sun, Views by thy hand no worthy action done. Your Cousin, Nina James Watertown, N. Y. Aug. 16, /898 Dear Carrie Always be as good to yourself As you are to others. Your true friend Mrs. C. G. Hart Nov. 13th 1899 Brownville (small sketch of a man walking) Complements of Henry S. Ball Watertown N. Y. June 4, 1894 Compliments of your friend Eddie Evans Muscalongue, N. Y. March 6th. 1894 Compliments of Rollin H. Potter. Brownville, N. Y. March 29, 1894. Dear Carrie Think of me in the hour of leasure Think of me in the hour of Care Think of me in the hour of Pleasure Spare me one thought in the hour of Prayer. Your ever Friend Ida M. Blan Nov 13th, 1899 Brownville In life prepare for death. J. G. Seeber July 14, 1894 Miss Mable Rosseau Milford Ontario Canada Dec the 6, 1897 Carrie: Remember me ever as your friend and Cousin. Madaline Simons Theresa, N. Y. Sincerely your friend, Almon J. Sargent, Dexter, Feb. 26, 1894 N. Y. When on this page You Chance to Look Think of Me and close the book. Mrs. L. W. Lindsey Nov 11 1899 May thy voyage through life Be as happy and free As the dancing waves on the deep blue sea L. W. Lindsey Your friend W. F. Lee Dexter, N. Y. Mar 6, 1894 God pity them both and pity us all Who vainly (incomplete, undated, unsigned; a later attempt appears on a subsequent page written by Katie Lindsey) Compliments of George Doughton Watertown New York March 25/1900 Yours Truly Miss Faith R. James Watertown N. Y. Mr. J. Collier South Bay Ontario Canada Dec 6th 1897 Remember me as your friend. Fred E. Knapp Watertown. N. Y. Jan. 28 �94. Carrie C. (written across the top, left corner) God pity them both! and pity us all Who vainly The Dreams of Youth recall, For of all sad words of tongue or pen. The saddest are these. I might have been.� Katie Lindsey Brownville, N. Y. (in top corner is a drawing - not discernible) A line is enough for memory. E. May Cumming Kingston, Can. Aug. 20th 94 i have no wife to pester my life no lover to cal mye one i will padle mye one coune Herbert Chapman redawood For those needing a translation, let me try: I have no wife to pester my life No lover to call my own I will paddle my own canoe. Herbert Chapman Redwood Jan 29th 1894 As ripples follow the Waves at sea so may God�s blessing follow thee from a friend. Miss Etta Getman Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hamburg East Hounsfield N. Y. Feb. 13. 98. Carrie: When you get old And cannot see. Put on your specks And think of me. Your Friend Susie Seeber Nov. 12th 99 Watertown Carrie -- A beautiful life Ends not in death. Your cousin Rena Wiltsie Feb 25, 1894. (drawing of a turtle and a fish) W. C. Reeves, Black River, N. Y. Respectfully Yours. F. M. Ball, Watertown, N. Y. June 17, 1894
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