Orestes thanks Henry for the $50 check and can not find words to express his gratitude. Henry urges Orestes in his letter no to despair, but it seemed so hard to be stopped just when he was coming out of hard times. It was very mean to be thrown out of a 14 years position without warning to accomidate a saloon politician. As Henry says, it may be for the best. It brings Orestes away from the denunciations of the Church against the partisans of Public Schools and it relieves Orestes of the charge of 600 children. $200 will finish paying for his homestead, 43 acres on which he can make a living. He has a field fenced and a small crop raised, so that he has plenty of corn bread now, and vegetables. Money is so scarce and times so hard that to pay a part satisfied creditors for a long time. The $50 has relieved Orestes more than Henry can imagine. There is plenty of farm produce this season and corn is ¢20 per bushel, oats ¢15, less than half the usual prices. Lead is only $14 per thousand pounds, formerly from $40 to $100. This has stopped mining on his place. Mr. Bart. E. Linehan says nothing about purchasing the sets of the Review. Orestes Hopes Henry will escape the $820 yearly rent, which is more than any house in Dubuque rents for. Orestes congratulated Henry upon moving into his own home as nothing is more pleasant to the women folks. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 1mo.