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I air .■’list experimenting to see If T car learn to writewith 
It raoidly enough to pay ^or rettino one. T am quite undecided 
between a n Oliver and an Underwood. T ratber think T prefer 
tbe latter, but tbe former is a little cheaper. P o you know 
anything about tbe Underwood, either for or against? 
Tr e had a fierce old storm here nirht before last and 
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yesterday forenoon, it bl©m gre at guns and rained in torrents. 
Trees;, branches, etc., were the principal sufferers. It was 
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an extremely warm and K bumid n storm, but tonight,as well as 
last nijght, is quite cold. Verbans you have bad tbe same 
storm in New York, 
Are you doing any thing with the mosses yet? T have 
; had no time to do any work on them since college omened and T 
i / / see no ,rrosnect of doing any for some time to come. 
' ”e are all nrettv we 1 ! here, that is ^or us. 
Shall b© glad to bear from you any time. 
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