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3 your friends. At the time I said but little, but I saw you would most likely get it. I was then owing Charlie and James
each 100.00. Their payment had to be deferred much longer than I expected; but a year ago last spring, both were paid. In
sending the New York draft to Charles, I reminded him of your note. He said he had forgotten it, was glad I reminded him,
and said, that It would seem shabby, for him to send a paltry 100, after so long a time. So he endorsed the draft, returned
it to me, requesting me to send explain and apologize; which I have now done twice and I guess it is all right. Charles referred
in his letter, to one night, when you and he were burning slabs, till it was very late loosing sight of the time in a discussion,
of the nature and conditions, of the future state. He sees no likelihood of his making a journey to Calafornia; but hopes
that possibly, you might get around by Canada, some time. He would be the gladdest kind of a man to entertain you. Meaford
has been waking up in the few years past. The river is dredghed out forming a good harbor, has two large elevators, weekly
or semi-weekly steamers, from Chicago. Has water works, in a small way, and electric lights. The change in the general appearance
of the country on account of almost the entire abscence of woods. and the illegible of people that I know makes me thin I
am an old man. 03421