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well lately - & sincerely hope that I shall be able to stick it out here this winter, for I shall need to save all I can. Tell Fred to send me the number of your great case - & find out when it will probably come off. I want to keep the unclear of it if possible. Williams, the man I discharged, has been continually writing to Fanny the Cook urging her to come to him in N.Y - & tho' I discharged him for beating her, I think he will finally succeed. The old English adage, "A woman a dog & a hicory tree The more you beat em the better they be" is true of many of the gentle sex & Fanny is one of them. She is a quiet