
          carpenters I have my fears.
 Have you yet engaged a
 house in N.Y. yet. I hope
 you will seek one that
 will not hold many guests.
 They are an unprofitable
 Kind of cattle - more troublesom
 than pigs & less profitable
 than a surplus
 of cats & dogs. Now in this
 I say nothing against [inserted: a] real
 friend _ rara avis in
 terris _ may you never be
        