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first part of page cut off - bad photography 5 Calyhae? borealis is a lovely plant found in a few places in dark hemlock
woods. - but this is an endless theme? I may as well stop here --------------------------------------- I have been very busy
of late making practical machinery. I like my work exceeding well but would prefer inventions which would require some artistic
as well as mechanical skill. I invented and put in operation a few days ago an attachment for a self acting lathe which has
increased its capacity at least one third, we are now using it to t illegible broom handles, and as these useful articles
may now be made cheaper, and as cleanliness is one of the cardinal? virtues, I congratulate myself in having done something
like a