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so much & talks so old I wish you could see him

I wrote to you Sat. telling "as how" we got here that morning came from Portland in the Daniel Webster  A Mr. Rich who was in the same Carriage I rode up in when E. help'd me in enquir'd if that was my son then began to enquire about you said he was in the Bangor high School with you & I think he said in College two - I ask'd Sam'l this morning about our expenses on the way he look'd over & said my part was 22 dollars  I turn'd right to Eliab & ask'd him if he could lend me some money he ask'd me how much I wanted  I told him 15, 00 would do for I had some  I did n't tell Sam'l how much - I didn't know but I would prefer to my fare in consideration of __ But we must excuse him - he was brought up so