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 He would receive no pay though it must have been a dollar or two expenses this man had been much in the west, consequently his careful & closefisted yankeeism has been replaced by the free open liberality belonging to this region, where such acts of generous politeness are not very rare. 
   On my return I stopped two days at Milwaukee at Mr. Mrs. Dougal's: she is the Miss Garland who kept the school at Milo soon after we moved there: I had seen her in Bangor though never much acquainted: he is uncle to Nat. Hatch, who is teaching school yet, somewhere down east.
   They have resided in Milwaukee eight years: I did not like him much, he is almost a Garrisonite, extremely ultra. I did not enjoy my day there, was not much pleased with the city, though undoubtedly it is a fine place for business: was there Sabbath - did not think the preacher so talented as Mr. Hopkins, who is really a smart man, style peculiar to himself, much originality and great animation. I will give you an expression in his prayer the other morning at family worship ' May the deep-toned thunder of eternal truth, jar open the eye of the immortal mind.' If you should hear him preach, you would laugh half the time the first few sermons, he commands excellent attention and a good audience; yet he has some bitter enemies who are trying all their powers to get him away.
  This is a 'great country' all restlessness and commotion, or perhaps I should say these are strange times in which we live: all the elements of the social fabric, usually settled and tranquil, are bubbling up and boiling over, to elaborate