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almost like household words, - are quotations from Shakespeare - many familiar gems of thought, I find of which I knew not the origins before. The character of Cordelia in Lear is most perfect, in womanly qualities yet so natural and unpretending. The wheat crops in this region are very fine; it is now the height of harvest - I should like to see raking performed by their farrows reaping & threshing machines - a few days ago an order was sent to a man in Michigan for flour, the order reached him at 4 P.M. he set his men at work for one hour, reaped, threshed, and floured 60 bushels, sent it off by cars, and the next day it was on the table in Detroit! I feel very desirous of seeing more of the West before I return but it may not be in my power.

I think a teacher would find more difficulty in obtaining good situations here than at the East, owing in part to the indifference on the subject of education, and partly to the fact that every body's sister aunt or cousin comes out West to teach, whether qualified or not. If circumstances prove favourable, I think I shall stay here through the winter for the sake solely of earning a little more money - have written to Eliab to come out West, look around, go home with me if I go, perhaps stay the winter if he feels inclined - though it might be some loss of time to him it might be well worth while for him. He and Samuel might make themselves princes in wealth if once established in business here, in some of these flourishing infant cities; it seems Samuel has been out of business this summer which seems a pity for one so capable. You have been highly favored in that respect, and in having so good a salary. A young Graduate of Middlebury College came here and opened a school last spring, has persevered until