I received your Welcome letter on the 8 ins accompanied With a copy of New York Herald I am Very thankful for the Paper but i think your description of the Procession beats theirs all to pieces I can almost imagine myself Wedged & Blocked in on a 3rd Ave car. Nothing of interest here at present every thing looks Very Dull & Miserable yesterday & today is Very Cold leaves all falling off the trees strewing the ground in every direction since i wrote last, i came across Sydnor driver of 7th St he is well & doing first rate he sends his love & best respect. Mr. Hart got on my car last night on my last trip. We had a long conversation about everything in general first we commenced on home affairs he is troubled a good deal about a house he bought & now wants to get rid of it We next started on Politics he would Vote for Grant but he is no Radical & last we wound up with Newspapers he wants to start a paper here soon he is tired of working for others You may not be interested with his affairs so i will come to close excuse this short letter as my car is going [to] start & i want [to] put this in the mail
good bye My Dear friend Petei will write a long one next Sunday as i am off