68 LETTER-FILES OF S. W. JOHNSON 



figure. Of this, I shall endeavor to make arrangements to 

 raise a part by correspondence. ]\Iore of this in future letters. 

 Nov. 1st. Tomorrow the Laboratory is again open, and 

 Liebig begins the winter course of lectures. 



Nov. 2d. Everj^thing is very dull, dull, very tedious, 

 tedious, except just a few things the folks don't care any- 

 thing about. I can't philosophize, nor moralize, nor senti- 

 mentalize, my head is full of ideas that are only interesting 

 to myself, and I think I will lay aside this sheet and add a 

 few lines to an article I am WTiting on Potato Disease for the 

 Country Gentleman. . . . As to the time and manner of 

 sending more money, I leave that to the judgment of the 

 Good People. Whether a bill on London or on a house here 

 is best, I don't know. If I get a remittance in Jan. or Feb. 

 it will be time enough. If the money can be had, the cheapest 

 way would be to send me say $400. this winter and then I 

 should be supplied for a good share of the summer, and I 

 could receive the balance in London or Paris. If the figures 

 I make are too high for Father's convenience, why then I 

 must, and of course shall, regulate my plans and expenses 

 according to what can be furnished. When I get home, if 

 I am so lucky, I shall doubtless be able to return something 

 to the treasury which I now so liberally drain. I have for- 

 gotten to say anything about my plans of starting an Ag. 

 School, but in my last I have said enough. — 



(A. A. J. TO S.W.J.) 



Deer River, Deer. 5th, 1854. 



Dear Son, — Yours mailed 5th Novr. was received on Tues- 

 day 28th. I wrote to J. C. E. and Sarah that evening to come 

 on Thursday the 30th. and make us a Thanksgiving visit, — 

 and also to read your letter. We are now experiencing the 

 severity of a Black-River snow storm. Our Rail Roads have 

 come to a standstill. It is owing to the want of money in this 

 time of pressure. Money is said to be tight. And yet if a 



