They are all well despite the hot weather. Sickness seems to be on the increase. There have been accidents, also, one killing an Irishman on the railroad. He and his wife attended a concert in Sandusky by the celebrated Madam Bishop. He met Bishop John Baptist Purcell at the church and was with him on the cars to Tiffin. Purcell told him a story of Francis when he was at the Mountain. They had church on Sunday and the Feast of the Assumption by a French priest who knew no English six months before. Father Michael Doherty Daugherty has left the diocese for Boston because he could not pay a debt of $100 where he was. John has enjoyed Bishop John Hughes' s answers to Kirwan. This year the political parties are split. The Whig paper will not support Taylor but go over to the Barnburners. George Rogers is visiting Jacob Adams. Their mother would remember him. William Foreman now lives 30 miles west of there, so does John McNeal. Several families from Quincy have moved to Tiffin; Francis Olig is practicing medicine near Hughes' Furnace. Lewis Olig is said to be a very wild boy. Charles Olig is "quacking" in Morrison's Cove. Father Joseph McNamee has never come back since he went to Rhode Island. He hopes Jerome is making progress in science. He asks also about their mother's health. P.S. If he needs money Francis is to remind Josiah that he is to answer John's claim to him. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.