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joying Spring; the trees and
early shrubs are in blossom,
and the grass is beautifully
green: nature is certainly ad
orned in loveliness. The weath
er is still changeable, one day
quite warm, the next cool or
rainy, you know pretty well
what out spring weather is; still
gardens are being improved,
plants and seeds are springing
up fast. The Election parade
passed off finely, I was too late
to see Gov. Fewell, but all say
he looked finely, the day was
very pleasant, and the crowd
was immense. There has been
a number of fashionable wed-
dings this Spring, and more to
come off; I send you a scrap
from our morning journal to
that effect.

Miss Forsyth, the
fashionable dress maker at
Millers is very ill, she has
not been well this winter, then
she overtasked herself plan-
ing for the Branards wedding
and now she has had a severe
attack of bleeding at the lungs.
Poor thing! her physician pro-
nounces her case hopeless; but
she has gone to New York to test
the skill of eminent physicians
there. Her sister was married
a few months since. Mrs. P. H
B. Saunders has moved into her
new mansion. Wm. W. Robberts
occupying the other half, I have
not been there, I am so hurried
now that I cannot go anywhere;
but Mr. Charles Mitchell told me
that he dined there, and the
house was splendid. Mother
and I have not been to the
Green-house yet for want of