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he went down cellar with Pa & looked it all over & explained every thing about the safty devices & said every thing about the system was absolutely perfect & these was not a bit of any thing for him to worry about. he talked to Pa over an hour & said they had them in the factories where he was working at them the live long time & these safty devices were not up for that purpose & were down fire. Oil was ten times as safe as coal. what he said eased Pa's mind more than anything that was said before. Ralph and Maude came up in the evening & brought some cake & pie & jellie  Ma