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beyond any thing that I could have previously looked for. I
must forward the last one No. 29. Have made a few marks
in it, each one of which I wanted to be able to refer to, and after-
wards concluded to let thee have it. I do enjoy the New York
dishes from the Conference table, and should be glad to have
those from Boston also; but hear nothing thence lately, but
that dear Newton, who has been long resting and recruiting
has commenced a former busines of his, "The Card & fine Job-
Printing" in Boston. He will doubtless be ready for higher duties
when Spiritually called. In regard to the Herald - in judg-
of its merits, we should not only look at the great need at this
time, that the pure unsophisticated truth should be spread,
but would do well to reflect what the Editor, was in early life,
and by what means, and what friends he has been raised to
his present standing: And where have [underline]we[/underline] ever known or
heard of another person whose capacity, whose patience, and whose
condescension, could reply to all the questions of the multitudes
of free thinkers, [deleted]and[/deleted] all the cavils of sectarians and all the anxious
seekers and learners as he has done, so far? One Spirit Circle,
in Philadelphia declares that there is not another now liv-
ing upon the earth so clear in Spiritual perception as A. J. Davis.

Hast thou as much interet as I feel in the discussion be-
tween Franklin and Dr. Hare on the one side, and Mr. Parkhurst
on the other, respecting Comets? If so, I think thou couldst bor-
row from P. N. H. No. 24, and an earlier one or two that might be need-
ful for reference, and trace their several steps to the result.
Much anxiety is now extensively felt, to ascertain whether Spirits
in the other world can and do aid the cause of Science in [underline]this[/underline],
and Parkhurst wishes to proceed in the research. I hope he is