
Cloudy & wet & inclined to chilly—feeling ab't usual—fairly enough—(thankful it is no worse)—grip & bladder bother—have started a little fire in the stove & had the old wolfskin spread back of chair—Appears to be settled decided that Ing's address shall be in Phila:—just as well (I appreciate Horace's and Frank Williams' vehement point that it will not do to give up here after the Academy Directors' action to say nothing of the Y M Christ: Ass: bluff)—I believe I told you that I had sent the O'C bit to Mrs. O'C (printed slip)—I wrote to J Burroughs yesterday—expect him here before long—
5¼ quite a hearty supper—oysters vegetables coffee—all eaten with relish—still dark & rainy—quite a copious mail to day—y'rs rec'd—
Saturday noon—Cloudy & wet still—feeling badly—the change of weather & coming on cool bad for me, less cool to day—sitting here newspaper reading &c: no mail this mn'g—Mrs: D expected back this evn'g f'm her long western jaunt (Kansas & Colorado &c)—Horticultural Hall ($75) Phila: will probably be hired for the Ing: address—well on in next month the date—Enc'd the first proof of the O'C bit—& will give you the copy (a terrible mangle) if it is not destroy'd—the Critic prints my little Shakspere Shakespeare bit f'm the Poet-Lore—(I suppose you got the one I sent)—the tariff bill of the bandit-combination is pass'd or is sure to be—("Keep on, sir, if you think there's no hell" said the girl)—
God bless you all Walt Whitman
