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ENT ELECT OF SCHOOLS OF OHIO.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 20, 1855.
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FROM JOHN G. SAKE.
BURLINGTON, VT, March 90, 1855.
I am one of those who have always been prout
Of Mr.. Webster as q learned Philologist. By hi
labors as photographer, he has done more thar
all our writers to give character and nationalit.