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Miss W is well acquainted in Templeton with the Lees in Wishendon and Baldwinterville: knows Josiah Metcalf and laughs about his idiosyncrasies of character, his perfect absorption in his schools his one idealness: she had a letter recently from her cousin in B. Where he is teaching giving her an account of his exhibition quite theatrical from pieces emanated at Boston Museum, he made great efforts, hired two assistants, one from Boston, the letter social that he hardly knew what he was about, he was so much excited could be seen any time the day before running about the streets with a straw hat on. he had a crowded house and it went off well though he was at so much expense buying scenery so that it was thought he could scarcely pay his way:- his school was a private one in Boldwinterville a post of Templeton. it seems from all I hear of him that he must lac a correct estimate of the common affairs of life, perhaps owning to his bringing up. He is called talented I fellow