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So-so with me—took last evn'g one of the powders (y'r prescription of June 10 1888) & some Fred: water this mn'g—a faint result but beneficial as far as it goes I guess—I never had so long & obstinate a constipating attack—I am poorly enough—but am amazed that I dont take down worse—y'rs of 25th rec'd—you must have got the Lips by this time—the pieces & general show of them are satisfactory—you'll see the Boston Transcript notice pities me & the poetic pieces for their sad waning—Horace's piece comes out finely—the picture is a queer one though—the Lips paid me $90 for my six pages—besides sending (addressing mailing) 100 copies at my instance—am at the Good Bye—the printers get on strangely slow, but I sh'l have some proofs to-night likely—but n'importe if the text turns out right—(or rather if it does not turn out a palpable failure)—Have two orders for the big book, one for N Y City & one for Illinois, to-day. I suppose y'r Canada is all boiling with politics & will be for a week to come

March 1st afternoon—Sharp cold to-day but sunny & bright—some proof last evn'g, (but very little, very slow)—no matter I am in no great hurry—The Lip: March & K's "Dutch Traits" piece have been sent out by Stoddart & H T copiously by mail, home & foreign—Have you rec'd y'r Lips?—Suppose you there are all red hot in political excitement—As I write there is not a breath here (except a faint vibration of Warry's fiddle down stairs) No visitors & no mail to-day—a good oak-wood fire—God bless you all

Walt Whitman