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Isaac.
Newport N.H.
Newport, N.H. Sept. 23 1849
Dear Brother Joseph
Your letter of the 12th, 18th inst., was duly received here upon the 21st; and not liking to be as much behind in such matters as are some of my correspondents, I take this early opportunity to reply to it, or at least commence . First, please excuse bothe the length & the spottedness of this sheet, the first resulting from the growing shortness of my "stores". and the second from the too great proximity of my writing table to the scene of my usual morning ablutions! You advise me to scrape acquaintance with the Hon Ralph M. Well, he scraped the acquaintance of me. - remarking on first introduction that he knew by the name that I was a fine fellow: invited me to dinner, to succatash to Said, and assured me that he had plenty of house room & always a spare plate: He is a fine old fellow, weighs some 250, or 300 lbs. has an extremely pretty young wife, & is wealthy.
He is a Massachusetts Metcalf, descendant of the renowned Michael; said he recently had his parentage & thoroughly inquired into by letter, from Luther Metcalf, I believe it was. There are also various other Metcalfs in this vicinity, but not as far as known in any wise related to the Aforesaid Ralph. I have not yet met with any of them, though Saturday I was running line through a large Wood Lot on of the finest I ever saw, belonging to a certain old Silas Metcalf, commonly as I hear called "Horse face" or "Old Horse face" from the remarkable length of his physionomy. I shall see him if I get a chance. How comes Cholera to prevail thus at Bangor.