March 4 Thursday –Orion Clemens wrote to Sam about $100 sent to their Ma:

I told her you had sent her $100, and now she might get her lower teeth. But she said no. She has a badly fitting metal set, for which she lately paid $15, and the idea of so soon paying $20 to a better dentist for a rubber set is not to be entertained, though she mostly carries her lower teeth in her pocket.

Mollie Clemens included a letter with Orion’s, telling about their mother’s ups and downs:

Twas charming to hear that Clara was getting over her accident so well. … [MTP] Sam wrote on the envelope, probably about Ma, “Very Funny.”