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Correspondence to Ellen Mowrer Miller in Boone County, Iowa from family in Pennsylvania, Iowa and South Dakota, 1865-1890

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I think we shall escape it at least this winter. And now Cousin Ellie I expect the next things we will hear, will be that cupid has wound his silken cords around our cousin, and she will have changed her name to Mrs Ellie _. I will give you a short description of my Ideal. He must be possessed with a reasonable share of intelligence and good common sense. He must abstain from the use of intoxicating drinks, as well as the use of tobacco. And above all should be religious. Cousin Ellie you must not think me odd in my fancies. And when I have found such a one I may perhaps, compromise the real for the Ideal. Should
 
Iowa Women’s Lives: Letters and Diaries