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Isaac. Ducoign July 30, 1854 Dunbarton Aug 8, 1854 Ducoign, Sabbath. July 30th 1854 Dearest Ettie It is a bright & beautiful Sabbath Morning. All nature seems to be rejoicing in the light of Day. There is a little while in the morning here which is very fine. The Thermometer is not about 80 degrees F. till 7 or 8 oclock. The morning dew freshens things a little, and every thing seems glad. I was a little too fast though in my statement of the thermometer. It is hardly 7 yet, and the Thermometer now stands at 86 degrees F. It stood a long time yesterday at 100 degrees F. in the coolest situation we have here. And I presume will be as high today. I hardly see how we bear it: but it doesn't affect me, and doe n't seem to others. I expect we have got used to it. The first hot weather in June was very hard on me, and seemed to affect every one much more than now. Now any thing below 90 degrees F seems a very comfortably cool temperature. One thing is cooler nights than we had in June which brace up the system & make it to endure the rigor of the day. The Drouth is excessive. You can hardly imagine it. The Old Yard at Mr. Keye's house (I was down there yesterday to see Mitchell who is still sick there), looks as if burned over: There is no green thing, dry & crisp as can be about. As for fruit there is none, or hardly likely to be, of any kind. And Farmers here pretty much given up the idea of having even any corn crop this year. Even the corn is dryed up. Last week I did not get any letter from Ettie. So that last Sunday I had none to reply to. I went up to Centralia on Monday; but succeeded in getting back on Thursday; when I found your good letter of July 12th, Mother's before you left Bangor