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I was very much disappointed for it was a very pretty duck & it is difficult to get them in time having been packed, then the feathers are not good. The butter is very nice and we are very much obliged - Mama I presume will write about it. How are your pears keeping? ours are not as nice as those we had last year, still we like them to eat[[.]] I had a letter last Friday from Lizzie - she was feeling better than she had been, but said she didn't like the sudden changes they had there, and they had been having a great deal of rain - This week she was to spend with Mrs. Hoffman, and thought after that she might go to Jefferson for a little while. She seems to like it better than at first, and I rather think she will stay this winter