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24) with quantities of sunfish & perch. Then we trolled, & caught two pickerel, that is Sister did, & I pulled one nearly into the boat, & then oh malheur it got away. We had a very good boatman who talked bad grammar pretty freely, - Coming back I headed the procession & walked into the hotel with this immense string of fish. Everybody stopped to exclaim & enquire where we had bought them. A lady & gentleman had sunburned themselves all day & had not caught a single fish. The first night I came here I was sitting alone in the parlor wishing I knew the nice looking girl at our table; when she came in the room, & sat down by her Mother. "There" said I, "she will stay there all the evening, & there is no chance of my knowing her for I would never dare to speak to her first." I had just settled it, when I saw the young-lady hop up, & come over to me. So we talked & were good friends directly.

(25 Her name is Bertha Kohlsact, & her Father & Mother are German. Here are the names - of some of the people in the house, I'll mark with a X those I know, & so \ those I don't

Mr + Mrs Zebriskie X | not very nice; too many diamonds Mrs Marshal O. Roberts X. | Nice, exclusive & romantic Miss Roberts. X N.Y. | Loud & stares Mrs. Crossman. X | So-so. L. Miss Crossman X | twins, & flirty I. Miss Crossman \ | "Cross" looking. Miss Bloodgood. \ | Homely, sings, is engaged & affected. Mr Denny - . \ | X Nice.- L Miss Dennys. X N.Y. | In the Skinner style precisely L. Miss Cooks X. | Common. flourishiy. {Mr. + Mrs. Sheldon. * \ | Common Shoddy. {Miss Sheldon (forward. Polly) \. | a perpetual flirt of 14. Miss Rellog. Utica. \ | Young woman with red hair quite a belly Mrs Lorillard. N.Y. } \ | 3 children, 2 maids, one man, & coachman & horses. Miss Taylor N.Y \ } | ahem!!! & governess!!! {Miss Mulford. N.Y. X | "Beetle crushers, that come down like {Pa. & Ma, & brother \ | a thousand of brick." (Mr Loure). Trowbridge. snip. \ | looks like Conningham. Chester Munroe. nice snip. \ | Best snip in the house. Kearney. snip. X | Plays well on the piano. Gould. sr, snip. \ | An awful snip we call him "vest Mr Pratt. \ } Grecian bend. tres fast.