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Isaac, Ducoign July 30, 1854 Dunbarton Aug. 8, 1854

                                                                                         Ducoign. Sabbath. July 20th 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 above 80 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 86F. It stood a long time yesterday at 100F. in the coolest situation we have here. And I perceive will be as high today. I hardly see how we bear it: but it doesn't affect me, and doesn't seem to others. I expect one here 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 seems a very comfortably coll temperature. One thing is cooler night than we had in June which brace up the system and enable it to endure the rigor of the day.

The Drouth is excessive. You can hardly imagine it. The Old Yard at Mr. Keyes' 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 have pretty much given up the idea of having near any Corn crop this year. Even the Corn is dryed up Last week I did not get any letters 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, Written before you left Bangor