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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 hold 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 a 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.

Her name is Bertha Rohlsact?, + her Father + (25 Mother are German. Here are the names of some of the people in the house, I'll mark with a X those I know, and \ those I don't a list in roughly two columns follows. Many names difficult to deciper Mr + Mrs Zebriskie X not very nice; too many diamonds Mrs Marshal O. Roberts X. Nice, exclusive + simentie? Mip Roberts. X L.G.?? Loud + stares Mrs. Cressman. X So-so. L. Mip " " X twins, + flirty I. snip " " \ "Crass" looking. Mip Bloodgood. \ Homely, sings, is engaged+affected Mr Denny _ . X Nice. L Mifs Dennys. X N.Y. In the Skinner style precisely L. Mifs Cooks X. Common. flourishiy. (Mr. + Mrs. Sheldon. * \ Common. Shoddy. (Mifs Sheldon (Forward. Polly) \. a perpetual flirt of 14. Mifs Rellog. Utica. | Young woman with red hair quite a belly Mrs Lorillard. N.Y. \ 3 children, 2 maids, one mom?, + coachman. Mifs Taylor N.Y | 4? horses. ahem!!! + governess!!! Mifs Mulford. N.Y. X "Beetle crushers that come down like a thousand of brick." (Mr Louw). Trowbridge. snip. \ looks like Conningham. Chester Mumae. nice snip. \ Best snip in the house. Rearney. snip. X Plays well on the piano. Gould. sr, snip. \ An awful snip we call him "vest Mr Pratt. \ Grecian bend. tres fast.