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who inhabit climates where spring blooms continually cannot conceive the pleasing sensations that agitates the bosom of man at the happy change of seasons which he is subject to in northern climates with joy almost amounting to enthusiasm he beholds the approach of spring after a severe winter after being sometime secluded to his home by reason of the chilling blasts of winter he now walks forth to enjoy the beauties of nature and fancy while he gazes he can behold the leaves of the trees expand and the blades of grass shoot forth from the earth the face of nature is animated and gay and man even though in affiliation for a while forget the troubles of life and rejoices in this happy change. summer succeeds spring from which the change is hardly perceptible then follows autumn which crowns the labours of man with success. perhaps? the fruit fills the air with a delightful odour and man reaps abundantly the reward of his labours this is a pleasing and melancholy season now we behold the trees stripped of their foliage and the earth robbed of its verdure then comes winter and in this season we enjoy the fruits which rare stored in Autumn thus we have a happy variety of seasons each in their time and gain a zest to every enjoyment which each season affords us March 3rd Received a letter from Uncle Henry Burhans and sister Margaret The 4th wrote two letter one to my brother in St. Louis and my sisters in New York