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Bloomington

[illegible] 11th 54

Dear Cole AS you [illegible]
all the in for [illegible]
the Gopher
I will give you all that
I know about him and
all that I have got from
some of our [illegible]
the gopher bgins to dig his hole
as soo as the frost is out
of the ground they often
dig more than amile
the [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] in
in the [meadow?] and [?]
verry seldom found in
the [illegible]
the main [?] of that hole
is about 2 feet under ground

Bloominton
[illegible] 11th 54
Dear bole [illegible] you [illegible]
all the im for [illegible]
the [illegible]
I will give my [illegible] all that
I know about him and
all that I have got from
some of [illegible] [illegible]
[illegible] [illegible] begins to dig [illegible] hole
as [illegible] as the [illegible] is [illegible]
of the ground they often dig more than amile
[illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] in
in the [illegible] and bent
verry [illegible] forward in
the [illegible] [illegible]
the [illegible] Chailee of that [illegible] hale
is [illegible] 2 feet under ground