They are well and he hopes that Francis and their mother are also. Josiah had a spell of sickness but is now recovered. They have a circus today; yesterday and the day before they had an agricultural fair and day after tomorrow they will have a democratic mass meeting. In another week they will have another circus and perhaps a balloon ascension. The Spiritual Knockers will probably be along since they were at Columbus during the state fair. One of their citizens attended and came home a convert. John was at Bucyrus and had dinner with Dr. Hetick, who is married to Amelia Flanagan, whose mother died last spring. They talked about the old place. One reason for the change at Waynesboro was the lack of a Catholic church. John saw a notice about Father Theobald Matthew and his work at Utica. Sandusky City was the nearest he came to Tiffin. Father Lewis Molon, their pastor, is planning to start a school attached to the church. This is the first attempt. This week they are laying the cornerstone of Heidelberg College; he does not think it will make noise in this world. A week from next Tuesday they will have election. The county is Democratic and he thinks the state is also. He does not care for either party. After hearing of Lopez's defeat he found that most people did not care. :: I-1-a A.L.S. 3pp. 4to.