THE HEN FEVER. 7T 



possible, and your draft oa me, at sight, for the cost, will 

 be duly honored. He can afford (and is willing) to pay 

 liberally for them.* Charge him accordingly ; but be care- 

 ful that you do not send him finer samples than mine are, 

 — which, by the way, I do not think possible. I enclose 

 you draft for $120, on Merchants' Bank, Boston, for your 

 bill. And am Yours, truly, . 



No. 13. 



Sir — I hav alwaa heerd yu was a scamp, and now I 

 know yu are.f Them egs yu sent me was smasht all up, 

 an they was runnin' down the sides of the box. What am 

 I to do with them, sir — do yu think? Do yu spose I 've 

 gut money so plenty as to throw it way in this manner? 

 Yu didnt put in harf meal anuf, and the hole of them was 

 spilte, besides being roten I hav no manner of dout. Now 

 if yu send me back the six dolls, that the postmaster see me 

 put into my fust letter to yu, all 's well an good. And ef 

 yu don't, see if I don't publis yu and yure earacter tu 

 the hole wurld yu infermus cheet yu. Yu'd aughter be 

 ashamed tu send a man ega that wa, anny how. So no 

 more at present tell I heer from yu. . 



No. 14. 



Fkibnd Bubnham: 



I have heaid creditable accounts of thy poultry (of 



* Tlais was the kind of gentleman I loved to fall in with. 

 t Some persons would consider this personal ! 



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