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you say I did not tell you how Pa got along with his experiment it did not work the wheel ran very pretty but the construction of the locomotive part was not right I think he will probably manage to get it to work right sometime between this and spring he will have a bench and tools so he can be at work upon it at odd times our quiet little town affords but little news to write about though I am not in [conextion?] with the gossiping world and consequently hear but little and news is scarce I will close soon we had a wedding here the other evening Mrs Cherry was Maried To a Mr Davis a preacher of the Christian Denomination old enough to be her Father pretty near we live in a house formerly occupied by Dr Hale and people would call for Dr for a while after we came here one night some one came for the Dr in the night and Pa thought shure it was you come home at first [vertical writing starts] Please accept the true affection of Pa and the children with the fondest [vertical writing ends] [top of sheet addition starts] love of a doating Mother write when convenient [top of sheet addition ends]