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take her: J then turned to Susan and asked her if she was sensible, she had done wrong and derserve of humiliation felt sorry for it, she said she did not know, I then told her she might go home for I should not receive her without suitable submission, she came back again before long humble enough and I punished her and let her take her seat; I have 77 scholars in all, 67 present yesterday; begin to feel anxious and concerned about examinations which I fear will not go off well, - I have had pleasant weather and walking almost all winter, two days it has rained so violently that I have stayed at home and h ad the day to myself; - I am working a small collar chippy evening, am sorry about the ruffle as I have wanted it to wear positively it is not among my things: so it must be there, probably in the top drawer; - Abby Hill took her books, away about a fortnight since to attend Mr. Converse's school the scholar say; she said nothing to me about it. I do not know for what reason, but probably because of the distance: I have called there once since Mrs. Hill came; I believe she expect to return soon and I will find out and write by her:-I wish I had plenty of money - a large store of dry good is to be sold off at auction commencing to day they will without doubt go low because of the scarcity of money: I wish very much that you could have a black alpine or Alpacca dress, the most suitable and useful of all others for you. I want to get some stout cheap calico for you and I a loose dress like Lucy's and I wish to get for myself a nice French calico, and such a one would not come amiss to Lucy I presume - cotton cloth for sheets will probably go low, but I have no prospect of getting any money before those things are sold - Tell Isaac that Fredric Bartlett is boarding a week with us on business from Houldon where he has a clerkship under order of the officers of army he is a dashing sprig who stays out till one or two o clock every night with his lady-love his brother who pronounced the oration at the juvenile celebration the fourth of July an appointment with the navy and has gone to the Mediterranean- I received a long letter from E Treat, last week which must answer by Mrs Burgess who goes up next week to the wedding of her brother with her adopted sister. I shall write my proposal about the school to her there - Why does Almeda never a word to tell how things are prospering with her, butter is about, 20 I guess will not be much higher, poultry is high and wheat just now - Is Lucy Almeda going to obtain her book when I come? I do hope they will take more pains to learn her for she is old enough and situated as she is, she is likely to know little besides what her parents teach her in anything.- I have nearly filled my sheet but I believe there is hardly any thing in it worth reading - I's little baby well and as interesting as ever I long to see the little fellow, has his pate got well? How do you get along without a girl, - J's C going to build a house next summer I hope he will begin, I should think he and James and all the boys might employ themselves about it, will time to work at farming, accomplish considerable