Orestes has not answered Henry's letter before because he has had nothing good to write. A local doctor will take a subscription to their father's works; and the local priests praise him, but have other ways of spending their money. He hopes Henry is cured of his gout and that he and his family are in good health. His own family is well, his wife and he are older and not so able to work, his son John Brownson expecting to go to medical college, Mary in Denver, Edward a fireman on a train in Wisconsin, Sarah, Anna, Louisa, Rosa and Charles at home. School is over for the year, and Orestes doubts whether he will be reappointed because of his age. He has plenty of work to do during the summer on the farm. He hopes to hear from Henry soon and thanks him for the volumes of their father's works, complementing him on the style in which they are being issued. :: III-3-b A.L.S. 3pp. 12mo.