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Antoinette Brown & one to Father.
have been very much disap-
pointed in not finding Cousin
Demantha here, Cousin Anson
is also from home.

Apr. 18 Tuesday.

Went over to N. Y.
called at Fowlers & Wells Office
then at Mrs. Fowlers, found
her about leaving for Massa-
chusetts, then went down
Grand St shopping. Thence
to Dr. Trulls & dined - took a
look at his school room
all very nice, but it seems to
one the Dr. has taken too
much upon himself, to be
able to do all well - but perhaps
not - About 3 Oclock went to
Reade St. - found Mrs. Rose
returned, chatted with her
an hour then went to De
pot - As I took my seat in
cars, several drunken men
seated theselves on the
front seats, they were exceedingly
disgusting both to the eye & the
olfactories, presently a respectable
looking man from their vicinity
came back, & said, Madam if it

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will not inconvenience you too
much, I would to take a
seat with you, I moved my
bandbox, & as he sat himself
down, the fumes of tobacco
were quite as disagreeable to
me, as the rum was to him.

I have never seen as much
drinking on board of any car
before, just opposite my seat
was a company of young men
who also had their bottle &
passed it around among their
number. I arrived Lydia Mott
at 10 pm Evening, found her just
in bed - had a long talk.

19 -

In the A.M. I called at Aunt
Ann Eliza's, Uncle A. gone to
Curtisville - thence went to
Aunt Hannahs, found there
her nephew Stephen R. Mallory
who does indeed look very
much as Uncle [Israel?] used
to - He invited Cousin
Ellen & myself to accompany
him to the Idiot Asylum -
We arrived there just at
dinner hour, but were not
allowed to look at them while