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nice fixings. a window looking towards the west, a washing apparatus kept in good order, above it a bow of large steel hooks to hang things on: then our sitting room or perhaps I should say parlour, contains three pleasant windows, one overlooking the garden, fruit trees etc. the others fronting on a lovely quiet street, completely shaded its whole length by large locust trees, giving glimpses of pretty white cottage with their gardens - vistas beyond of green fields and groves, farms and orchards. The floor is covered with a new, gay colored rag-carpet, a table nearly square, stands under the glass, on which one arrayed several elegant books, workbooks, daguerreotypes, book of pictures like Lucy's Harper's Magazine, my nice bible, all looking quite 'recherche' on the blue and orange table cover - on one side a little stand, exactly on the centre of it a white vase containing flowers, above it some small bookshelves hung up with green cord. I got them made for our convenience, for the sum of .37 1/2. On the other side of the room stand two large trunks which with four chairs, complete the furniture of the apartment. Next Sat. Miss Woodbury and myself talk of stuffing and neatly covering a glass box for a seat or cricket. Our windows have bright blue paper curtains next the glass, over them long white, fringed curtains. For these accommodations I pay the same at is Mr. Rumsey's $1.75 without washing, which I hire at .18 per week: - besides we are to find ourselves light and fuel, making the cost of board something more than 2.00 per week. I call in at Mr Rumsey's almost every day still sit within their pew, believe them to be real friends. Argyle is comfortable, is out riding every day, means to start for New Jersey on business in two or three weeks - still coughs some but is improved. You Aff Daughter, Anna [left-hand side] I had a good long letter from Almeda about a fortnight since.