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Ceres 3rd Month 5th 1860.

My dear Brother

I am sure thou canst judge of my feelings on pe-
rusing thy letter of the 26th ult. I felt delicate about urging Dr.
L. in such a matter, yet did engage him to write the next morn.
(as thine reached me by candle light on the 29th.) and to promise thee
as speedy a remittance of the whole amount as he could forward af-
ter getting it at the South, whither he goes shortly to try his success
again. He is pretty confident of his standing in Miss., & with pretty good
reason where Joseph Davis, brother of the presidential candidate Jeff.
is known, but as he is half Jew and half Ashdod, I fear more for
him than I should even were he a whole-souled Abolitionist, much as
the South hates that class. We must however trust Heaven for his fu-
ture, but should he never see his poor family again what would they do?
This also I must turn from, thankful that even then they will be better off
than many. They are generally healthy, though not very strong, their
children all inclined to industry, as are their parents and Aunt Caro-
line, and Aunt A. must find a home somewhre else.

I am sorry for the troublesome humor on the face, and hope
thou wilt be faithful to the medical prescriptions; to all the restraints
as well as exertions attending well to time, manner &c. giving the
new thing a fair trial. My faith is not boast worthy, but I have
much less in the old systems. Some wisdom seems to have been man-
ifested by the Spirit doctor, in requiring Ruth to take as much green tea
as thou didst, not only to brace her system, while she was giving some
of her vital power to thee, but that if such a powerful dose should op-
erate severely upon thy nerves, you should all know that she had run
the same risk. Cheerfulness is recommended by many physicians,
as one of the necessary aids to medicine. I doubt not it does much

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I have left out the paragraph respecting health,
in both our families but Br. R. recorded no
important changes with you and we are well.