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From DigitalMaine Transcription Project
� 90 that most beautiful air: -- "When the swallow's homeward fly." We try to accompany him with our voices.
The General is reading with much interest Buliver Lytton's "Strange story". We hardly knew what to do with ourselves, but all hope that the storm will soon cease and Old Sol will once more delight us with his presence.
Now the party begin to play and sing "Old Grimes," using both flute and violin. Yesterday we had this venerable piece set to impromptu verses composed by Dr. Burr and Col. Howland. No important transaction of the past two days was omitted but all were fully considered.