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would be glad to have me stay, and would give me a higher salary: but it would be hard for me to make up my mind to stay as her assistant,- As it is, my way is plain - I feel as if I ought to be at home to lessen your cares and labour, and especially on Joseph's account; - I am tired of teaching too, - have labored hard for the last five years with but few weeks interruption, I feel as if I had done about my share of teaching. Had I a moderately fair compensation for all my labor in teaching I should have a competence for the rest of my life. I want to rest from it a while at any rate, if I wish to engage again and no suitable opportunity offers there, I can go to Hartford again and by paying my own expenses out can obtain a situation much better than to write to Gov. Slade, for he would not remember me, and they feel under no obligation to assist the teachers after being once provided with a place. - I get along very well in school - more pleasantly on the whole this summer than ever before since I have been here, both in school and at home. My term closes the 20th Sept. and I shall probably start for the East the first part of Oct. thou is a better month for going on the lakes than. Sept O how I wish Eliab would come out to go home with me I dread the long journey;- I don't know as he would feel that it would be consistent for him to take the time and money for such an excursion, yet it could not fail to be a great benefit to him at him