Cloudy and rather
warm. Spent the morning very happily. In the afternoon we received a formal invitation
from Mrs. Stretch to drink Tea with her at her new house, to which Hannah and
myself comply'd with cheerfulness. We stept into Mrs. Parish's for a moment,
and then went to Mrs. Stretch's. We were much pleased with our visit & her
new house: the neatness and proportions of the furniture corresponding so well
with the size of the house, that here one may see elegance in miniature — I
don't mean the elegance of a palace, but of simplicity which is preferable —
the one pleases the eye but flatters vanity, the other pleases the judgment and
cherishes nature. As I walked through this home I could not help saying this
surely might be taken for the habitation of Happiness!
Isabel & my
brothers came to town for me, & we returned between seven and eight
o'clock.
SOURCE: “Extracts
from the Journal of Miss Sarah Eve,” The Pennsylvania Magazine of
History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 1 (1881), pp. 24-5
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