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ROCHESTER, January 4.

DEAR COUSIN JOHN:

We got here safe - my worthy wife an' me -
An' put up at James Sunnyhopes' - a pleasant place to be;...

Raise the light a little, Jim,
For it's getting rather dim,
And, with such a storm a-howlin', 'twill not do to douse the glim.
Hustle down the curtains, Lu;
Poke the fire a little, Su;...