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to call itself a city befor long, suppose it has been so long since a new building was erected there that the farmers come for miles to see it. I used to know Fred Simpson but I am positive I do not know his wife, so she running the Rowe[?] store don't interest me much. Your letter May 28th. Received Harry's letter o.k. with the verses from Caleb[?], some of the boys are learning them by heart so they can speel them off, that man ought to make money as a poet. By the time you receive this you must have an idea where I am.