“Northampton,
3rd November, 1693.
Rev. Stephen Mix,—Yes.—Mary Stoddard.”
We will bring to a close our examples of laconic letters with another specimen from the other side of the Atlantic. A notable dark day at Boston, on the 19th March, 1790, induced a lady to write to Dr. Byles, an eccentric but clever notability, the following note:—
“Dear Doctor,—How do you account for this darkness?”
He simply said:—
“Dear Madam,—I am as much in the dark as you are.”
