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Webster City, Iowa, Jan 15, 1885
Dear Professor,

I herewith return your
box of slides, & hope they will reach
you in good order. I am sincerely
obliged to you for the favor.

There is no news here. We are having a
terribly cold, dull, hard winter, with
hard, close times. But for the mail
matter & books it would be
very monotonous. As it is, I do
not see any lonesome days.
F[?] is teaching our [?] School. He
talks of going to the South in the
Spring. I am expecting to go to
N. Y. Botson, &c in a couple of
weeks. Should see Beal when in
his [bail-wick?].

I really wish you could send me
several letters of leading botanists,