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Ceres September 11th, 1860.

No! my dear Brother, the Dr's letter, which conveyed dis-
appointment to thee, was not a joint one with me. I had
not seen nor heard it when I wrote the two or three lines at
the close; yet did not see what he could do better than Jane
told me he had done. This, being a kind of trouble I am unused
to, is no trifle to me: But I hope it will be closed up at the expira-
tion of the six months stated in the last engagement. I long to know
whether the note I forwarded in my letter to sister last week, re-
lieved thy mind. Please let me know how you dispose of
your stock for the winter. My distance from you makes no sen-
sible difference in the amount of anxiety I feel in your troubles:
But as [underline]we[/underline] passed through such a drought, and came out much
better off than we expected, I have hope for you; especially as Sister
gives a good account of your success in all but the hay crop. You
wll yet be able to thank God & take courage. How much harder
must it be for those whose [underline]fruit[/underline] is all cut off! I do not know
the forest worm. Does it ravage amongst trees of most kinds.
I should like a little description of it and its mode of labor, as
I am a small part of a naturalist; yet do not, to punish me for
this request, fill half thy paper with it for all home information is so pre-
cious, that I cannot spare one line to the unnecessary.

It would hae been pleasant to me to attend Potter's meeting,
and wish the feet of some of the messengers were directed this
way, but we see nothing of them. Thou hast never given me
thy opinion of The Herald, which I occasionally send thee, while
[underline]I[/underline] think it improves all the time. It has a large and capricious
publick to arouse and to satisfy, yet it is already disseminated