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Mother what think you of my plan, it keeps coming up in my mind again and again, and I even dream about it nights, it seems to me it would be a good plan for all concerned it would in a sense keep the money in the family; and entirely settle the difficulties about division of property, and as to the debts, with no one but himself to claim or consume any of the produce of that nice, great farm, C. could pay them from it as easy as day. Mr Patten expects only a small payment at present, nor are any of the other present demands great, It seems most likely that some one of the three boys will follow the business to which they have been so long and thoroughly apprenticed, viz. farming, and if so, they want a place of their own to farm it on, you want a permanent home for your old age, and a refuge for your old maid daughters or an asylum for a married daughter with two or three helpless little innocents while her husband, good man, is diligently seeking a place of settlement: it is well to look forward and make provisions for coming evils, which surely can be done without disobeying the direction, "Be not anxious for the morrow". I need to use some of the things I left behind, especially, drawers which were my only handsome pair, I wish you would send the things if convenient, next week by Cutts, to be left at Duren's bookstore, I want to hear of all your affairs very much - especially of Ellen L. The state of religion is interesting here, several new conversions, Mr. P. has been gone a week to attend the state conference in Portland, the meetings were unusually interesting it was stated repeatedly that there never has been a time known when there was such ready access to the mind of all classes of men on the subject of religion as now.