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Home - Sunday Evening Dec. 12

Guy Cutting & Miss Gooding are here & about starting - I trust we have just escaped a calami=ty Old Bruno, making some=thing with melted lead got it spat=tered into his eyes - I took out half dozen pieces from one eye the other not much hurt - He [illegible] it bravely - tho' it must be very painful -

Three letters from you yesterday - so it goes - no dependence what=ever on mails - I wrote Gov. Bissell yesterday about Zo=ological & botanical [illegible] - named no one - I presume the girls will tell you all about Charlie - who came last night - [illegible] is looking & feeling well - [illegible] to Bloomington Monday, Hort. Society - By the way Dr Bla=neys chemical works are burned down - I have had sevral very

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very kind letters from Col. Eaton - in his last he says he has written to Maj Townsend in Adj Gen'l office & Dr Edwards in Surgeon Gen'l office to try & have me appointed a delegate to that Ag'l convention Got in money & draft $37. yesterday - So, in funds again - Charlie will not return to Odin immediately -

Snowing or sleeting out doors & so dark I cant see to write -

I shall hold myself in readiness to go to Springfield - If will, I have no question of being able to make some impression there - all depends on my health - I am good fox "nix" when ailing -

Old Father