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The scenery along this river is very fine.
The oaks still keep their leaves, though the other trees are bare; but oaks and pines make a pleasant contrast.
We shall stop twenty minutes at Brunswick, so I shall get a glimpse of the old place.
Now we are passing through Hallowell, and the Kennebec changes sides.
What a beautiful river!
It is now full of logs and rafts.
Well, I must bring this to a close.
Good-by, dear, with unchanging love.
Ever your wife.
From South Framingham, Mass., she writes on November 7th:--
Well, my dear, here I am in E.'s pretty little house.
He has a pretty wife, a pretty sister, a pretty baby, two nice little boys, and a lovely white cat. The last is a perfect beauty!
a Persian, from a stock brought over by Dr. Parker, as white as snow, with the softest fur, a perfect bunch of loving-kindness, all purr and felicity.
I had a good audience last evening, and enjoyed it. My audiences, considering the horse disease and the rains, are amazing.
And how they do laugh!
We get into regular gales.
E. has the real country minister turn-out: horse and buggy, and such a nice horse too. The baby is a beauty, and giggles, and goos, and shouts inquiries with the rising inflection, in the most inspiring manner.
