
Yours of 25th & 26th just to hand with its enclosures the little (welcome) photo of 1863 and the Critic cutting. I enclose to you (at her request, as you will see) Mrs O'Connor's letter of 25th (came to hand yesterday).
The dinner is drawing near (wish much I could be present), I trust it will be a big success and do not doubt it will be. Trust they will carry out their idea of printing speeches in a little pamphlet as I should enjoy reading them all greatly.
Our Annual Ball comes off 30th (Thursday evening) it is going to be quite an affair—altogether the best we have had I think.
Last Thursday evening I went to Sarnia—next morning my brother Julius, my nephew Fred.
Kittermaster, and myself went thirty miles down the
St Clair river on a steamboat taking with us a sailboat, provisions &c (fishing
tackle of course). From Robert's landing (30 ms. below Sarnia) we sailed (in our
small boat) some 20 ms. further down the Chanail Ecarté (a stream which puts
out of the St Clair)—spent two days fishing and camping about the shores of
Lake St Clair—we had a grand time, caught some black bass, perch, and a big
pike and a rock bass. We sailed across Lake St Clair from Mitchell's Bay to Star
Island Home (15 ms.) took steam-boat there and back to Sarnia Sunday
evening—Home here Monday noon and found the Inspector waiting for
me—hard at work since

