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Forwarded letter to the sheriff requesting the possibility of getting William Rippen? with the benevolent asylum.

a very heavy fall of rain attended with thunder and lighting
it is no wonder that the guard me of this town should earnestly strive to conquer drunkenness when a moments reflection, makes the mischief caused by it so hideously palpable.
Scarce a day passes but i have some poor wretch or other brought me suffering from the "horrors" or Delerium tremors. The fancies of these men are sometimes horrible. one today (a wealthy differ too for the police have deposited with me value of more than $100 sterling) believed the whole town to be in conspiracy to poison him and in consequence, grew to frightened that he gave himself up to the police for protection.

I called the evening to one [fotherington?] and found form him that Emma had been in town and caught in the rain hand too atop a horse in the [arcarde?]. It makes one happy to notice how proud of and how kind too Joe is to emma. I ?? Mr Herle The advertising dentist of the this town at ack. concert room and brought him home to smoke a cigar. He talks of teeth and pieces of teeth, new pieces and mended pieces. Much after the fashion. a grocer could discource of so much tea and so many eggs.