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An Interesting Letter, from an


Aunt in Ireland to her Nephew


in America.
DEAR NEPHEW: have not written to
you since my last before now, because we
had removed from our former place of liy-
ing and | did not know where letter
would find you but ! now with pleasure
take my pen to inform you Of the melan-
cholly news of the very sudden death OF
your living uncle Fitzpatrick, who died We.
ry suddenly last week after a lingering ill.,
ness of five months. The poor man was
in violent convulsions the whole time Of
his sickness, laying perfectly quiet and
speechless; all the while talking incoher-
emily and calling for water. had no op.
portunl'y of informing you of his death
sooner, except l had wrote to you last
post which went off two days before he
died, and then you would have had postage
to pay. ,-@st


lam at loss TO tell what his death was
occasioned by; but fear it was brought
on by his last sickness, for he was never
well ten days together during the whole
OF his confinement; and Ibelleve his sick.
ness was occasioned by eating too much
G! rabbits stuffed with pease and gravy,
or pease and gravy stuffed with rabbits, |
cannot tell which; but, be that as it will,
as soon as he breathed his last, the doctor
gave over all hopes of his recovery.


need not tell you any thing about his
age, for you we'll know that in December
next, he would havo been twenty-five years
old lacking ten months, and had he lived
till then, he would have been Just six
months dead. His property now devolves
to his next kin, who all died some time a.
60, so | expect it will be divided between
US; and you know that his property was
something very considerable, for he had a
fine estate which was sold 10 pay his debts
and the remainder he lost on horse race:
but, 1t was the opinion of every body at
the time, that he would have won the race
if the horse he run against had not have
been too fast for him.


lnever saw man, and the doctors all
said SO, that observed directions and took
medicines better than he did. He said
that he had as lief drink water Cruel as
wine, if it had the same taste; and would
as soon take jalap as beef steaks, ifit had
the same relish. But poor soul, he will
never eat or drink more, and now you
have not living relation in the world,
except myself and your two cousins, who
were killed in the late war. can't dwell
longer on this mournful subject, and shall
seal my my letter with black sealing wax,
and put on it your uncle's coat of arms
so beg of you not to break the seal when
you open the letter, and don't open it for
three or four days after you receive it, by
which time you will be prepared for the
sorrowful tidings.