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Oct. 10 . Went with brother Donald to White Plains by railroad taking the cars at half past three P.M. – In the evening visited Mr. William Barker, Mr. Halsted, Mrs. John Mead, and Mrs. Elisha Horton

“ 11th. Visited Mrs. Washington Tompkins, and spent the afternoon and evening there.

“ 12th. Went to O – Saw great quantities of apples heaped in an enclosure purchased by a Mr. Edwards of New York for manufacturing champagne &c. – To County House and saw Betty We questioned Betty and exhibited poverty. Betty at first laughed violently, but when we displayed skirts, gowns, handkerchiefs, caps, tea, coffee, chocolate, cakes, crackers &c, she could not keep quiet but said: “I believe they have sent a little of everything in the world – ha! ha! – Yah! Yah! – ha! ha! –

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Cheesh! Check!” The first thing she said was: “How d’e do? – How d’e do?” repeating this several times and then added – “I’m glad to see ye – Glad to see ye!” &c. She next asked: “Well, is James coming to see me now? I then told her I had a present for James’ children, and read the letter. She shook her sides but said nothing. Betty was in her working dress and superintending. Mr. Guion said she was active and labored well except when she had the fits she is subject to. When I had got through exhibiting the presents, I said: “Betty, Mr. Guion will take care of your presents;” but Mr. Guion said: “No, I would prefer she should take them herself. Betty is very capable of taking care of her own things.” She then put the box under her arm and went away with it. She said a great many times how she

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should like to see the children and James’ wife, but above all James himself, and re= peated a great many times these words: “I thank you all a thousand times – Tell them all I thank them a thousand times!” I observed a great many inquisitive looks from the females at work about the house, and have no doubt it furnished the the County House with gossip for at least a week. A Visit to Betty, one of the poorest and most neglected of the inmates! It will be considered wondrous – and then the presents and the letter from the five Flushing children who never saw her! How wonderful! I think I can hear at this moment what they said. A Yankee woman spoke out: “Well now, Dolly Dolan, isn’t it *a tarnal* extra -onary thing that them children at Flushing should have sent that box full

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of sich nice notions clean here to Betty when they never seed her in their born days!” Then Mrs. Suckabone said: “It was strange and terrible odd that sich a green thing should come to be a favorite. I can tell you that I wish somebody would just think about a poor old critter of my size, and send her sich a lot of *raal rewivin’* things! Why who ever seed sich an uncommon heap of very choice coffee, sugar and crackers! Why Betty won’t eat them all for two years to come!” &c.