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Bob would give 25 dollars for
him if he knew him as well
as he does. He can snap a
mink up in a minuet.

Ransom was down from The
Folly last night, he says he has
seen some new kind of snipe
he promised to get me some.
Uncle Flint is up at The Folly -
Grand Mother is quite sick, and
Aunt Gene has had the rhume=
=tism, so I expect he will stay
some time. I guess their gover=
=ness does not suite them very
well - I do not think they will
keep her long.

It has been raining for the
last tew days, and the roads
are "terrabl," we almost slump
through, as Miss Boyden would
say, comeing to school.

We have not heard from
Miss Boyden this long time