-- ety, you invite me to attend the annual banquet of the same, to be given at the Metropolitan Hotel on the evening of th inst. While I am reluctantly obliged to decline your flattering invitation, I beg to assure you that I am highly sensible of the honor done me, and am very grateful for it. Be pleased to convey to the other members of your committee, and your Society at large, the expression of my best thanks, and accept for yourselves the assurance of sincere regard and esteem, with which I am Your most obedient servant, TO MESSRS. BRADY AND HARPER. THOMAS SHERWOOD. A Lady to her Friend in the City, Inviting her to spend a Month in the Country. TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, June 14th, 18-. MY DEAR FRIEND,-I need scarcely tell you that I always feel the greatest pleasure in your society, and am selfish enough, on the present occasion, to covet it for a month, or for a longer period, should it suit your convenience. If, therefore, you are not so wedded to the attractions of a city life, as to be loth to leave them for a short time, I think you would gather some amusement, and also, perhaps, improve your health, by a sojourn in the country. Will you then do us the favor of making our rural retreat your temporary abode, assuring yourself that your presence will enliven our family circle, and be a real source of enjoy ment to Your sincere friend, LUCY HASTINGS. West Forty-fifth St., New York. To MRS. LOUISA BERGAN, Answer to the same, Affirmatively. WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST., NEW YORK, June 16th, 18—. MY DEAR LUCY,-I have just received your kind letter, inviting me to spend a short time at your pleasant house. Though I live so much in New York, I can assure you that there are few who feel more delighted with the country than myself, and I could be well contented to make it my residence during a certain part of every year, and should certainly do so, did the pursuits of Mr. Bergan allow us to live out of the city. However, my domestic duties are not at present of so pressing a nature as to force me to decline your friendly invitation, and Mr. Bergan, so far from offering any obstacle to my absence from home for a short time, has urged me to send you an affirmative answer, as he thinks that, in addition to the enjoyment which I cannot fail to experience in the society of yourself and family, I shall benefit my health by a change of air and scene. I therefore accept your kind invitation most cheerfully, I may add, gratefully; and am, My dear Lucy, Your ever sincere and affectionate friend, TO MRS. LUCY HASTINGS, Tarrytown, New York. LOUISA BERGAN. Answer to the same, Negatively. WEST FORTY-FIFTH ST., NEW YORK, June 16th, 18-. MY DEAR LUCY,-I have just received your kind letter, inviting me to spend a short time at your delightful residence. Fond as I may be of a life in town, I can assure you I am far more partial to one in the country, and no enjoyment that I can think of would yield me, at present, a greater delight than to fly from the confinement of the New York streets to the free range of the open fields, and to exchange our impure atmosphere for the clear and invig orating air of the country. But the pursuits of Mr. Ber gan are of a most busy nature, particularly at present, and impose upon me so many duties, that I cannot indulge in a trip from home, even for a day, without inconvenience to my whole family. 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