A. BOURBONNIERE, ESQUIRE, DEAR SIR

[regret exceedingly that I will not be able to be present next Sunday evening to pay honor to Reverend Father Garin, one of the most noble and saintly men in the city.

[thank you for your invitation and wish Father Garin many happy returns of his anniversary.

Yours respectfully,

LAWRENCE CARMICHAEIL.

LOWELL, Mass, October 31st, 1892.

| A. BOURBONNIERE, ÉSQUIRE, DEAR SIR,

Your kind invitation to attend the reception to the Reverend Father Garin is received and T hasten to reply that it will give me much pleasure to be present.

l shall therefore attend unless unavoidably detained.

Yours respectfully, HERBERT P. JEFFERSON.

LOWELL, Mass, November 1st, 1892.