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158 Norwood, con.

My guest who e'er thou art,
And let no mournful yesterday
Disturb thy peaceful heart.
Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest
with dreams of coming ill.
Thy Maker is thy changeless friend,
His love surrounds thee still.
Forget thyself and all the world
Put out each feverish light
The stars are shining over-head,
Sleep sweet. Good night, good night."

M.B.T. then read, "Optimism Facts" from
The Detroit Free Press, "The majority of men who
borrow money return it. There are more decent
people in the world than all the others combined.
The fact that dishonesty seems to prosper
corrupts only the few. If virtue were as
unusual as vice it would get just as much
publicity." And lastly, a true copy
of the "Free Papers" of our old colored friend
and nurse, Rachel Billows, - it sets forth
that Sarah Warfield of Anne Arundel, whose
will was probated in 1824 did give and bequeath
to her niece, Clarissa Waters, a negro
girl Rachel to serve her 18 yrs. and then be
free. That the bearer thereof, negro Rachel,
whose height is about 5 ft. 3 in., whose age is
about 40 yrs., whos complexion is light brown,
and who became free about 1843, is the identical
person named in the said will, and
that she was raised in A.A. Co. and freed
there. In testimony whereof the Register
of Wills for said Co. subscribes his name,
B.E. Garrett, and affixes the seal of his
office on the 25th day of Jan. 1858." Why
she was so long deprived of the document we have
never heard, but it would appear she served as
a bond-woman after she ought to have belonged to herself.
She never seemed to have aught but kind feelings
toward her two mistresses, so let us hope they did
not do her an injustice.

Adjourned to Plainfield, 2-3-1916
Mary Bentley Thomas,
Sec'y

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