.MTAy.MjU0NTc

Says nothing as to staying or going and not much of any thing else I finished sewing the carpet last Friday morning, now it is down & the parlors are in order. This is the funny about our servant girl. I think now she must have had a place engaged before she came here but no place to stay until they wanted her. So came here for her convenience (I only took her for two or three weeks on trial.) She came Sat 11 AM the next Thursday she told me she didn't want to stay. I asked her when she wanted to go (that was at 9 in the morning) she said "this morning at 11" she had another place and was to go there at 11. I felt underlined: Sold. We have had Mrs Duffee two days this week so have every thing going easily now. What a lot of Gossip! you remember I was speaking of that case of Small Pox in Rome? three of the family have died, all between 20 & 30 years of age, & one 19 not expected to live through the day. I am very much obliged to Sarah for speaking to Mrs Prichard about the Butter, I will be very