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10 Oak Gkove St., Minnkapolis, 28 June, 1S8G. 

 Deak Puofessou: 



A good many j-ears a<:jo you told me to be sure and write you 

 ever\' mouth niid now tliree or four months do not ajjpear longer 

 than a month used to. 



I came out here with Mrs. B. the first of May and the children 

 are determined not to let us go away, but we hope to l>e Iiome in 

 about three weeks, 'i'his is a great country and growing very 

 fast. The boys are all doing very well. Have nice places and 

 keep good teams and we enjoy ourselves very much. 



Calais, Maine, July 23, 1886. 

 Dear Professor: 



I thought I wrote you from Minneapolis, but upon my return 

 home find a piece of a letter started for you among my papers. I 

 was so busy doing nothing out west I did not attend to things 

 very well. We left for home 12th July and arrived home last 

 Tuesday. We spent a couple of days at Kenuebunkport and 

 found (.'apt. Bendire there at the hotel. He appeared to be enjoj^- 

 ing himself very much. He is on his way east and promises to 

 make a visit at Calais and shall be very glad to see him. He is to 

 spend a week or two at Mount Desert and then come east. 



I did not see much that was new in the way of natural his- 

 tory. A taxidermist, F. L. Tappan of Minneapolis, had a black 

 \Vild cat, I.ynx Eufus, that he got in Florida. It was black all 

 over as much as any black fox, but you could see the spots a little 

 on the sides. If it had been in any kind of order for mounting I 

 would have got it for you, but the fool had cut ofl^ the feet to 

 make a rug, also the head was goue. He has the skin, if of any 

 use I could get it for you. 



Did you ever have one? 



We find everything all right at home. My man and woman 

 took good care of everything. Frank Todd tells me salmon are 

 very scarce this season, only about a dozen taken with fly. They 

 cannot be expected plenty every year. 



There is a large crew at work putting water works in Calais, 

 Milltown and St. Stephen. Have taken my farm upon the hill 

 for a reservoir and things look quite lively about town. We 

 expect Charles and family next week. He tells great stories 



