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Road from Rock Island here they have one already from there to Iowa City which is fifty miles nearer and there is a stage which runs from Vinton to Iowa City every day so you can come and see us without having so much trouble to get here as we had, the reason why we did not get to Toledo sooner we had to wait at Buffalo and telegraph on the Cleaveland for Almyra Hayes trunk daughter of Milton Hayes of Granby some rogue got it and had it checked for Chicago Denmon and Ruick got hold of it but they would not let them have it but they got it at Cleaveland Our Provision lasted pretty well we bought warm suppers and Breakfasts where we stayed over night some had enough to last for our dinners and Ruick's folks too until the last day we bought an apology for an apple pie which we had hand work to eat, our dog got along first rare he behaved as well as a dog could but at Buffalo the cross conductor made us take him into the baggage car and leave him till we got to Cleaveland they kicked and abused him shamefully and then charged fifty cents for it but that was the last they got for I took him under my shawl into the cars and laid him down on the seat by me and kept him the rest of the way to Rock Island, my Crockery, was pretty well smashed up every platter I have is broke but a small blue edged one five glass preserve plates three or four earthen ones and a good many plates beside were broke I can't tell how many for they are barreled up and set out of the way till I want them to use I could have cried well if it would have done any good all the rest of our things we got in good order, but my flower pot got here in safety, but not until the plants were all froze to death if I ever travel again I wont go in company with any one for our small trunk had to be left at Rock Island with all our every day clothes so that Marge Ruick could carry her silk dresses she could not think of any thing else it seemed
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