
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE
LONDON.
ONTARIO
London, Ont., 7 Aug 1888
I have yours of 4th You put a good face on it but according to Traubel you had a bad day Saturday, I hope you are feeling a little
better by now. Thank you very much for the proofs pp.105–117 the little bundle
came this morning. I guess it is hot with you, warm here, not however out of the way
and the nights cool. I hope poor Stedman will have a good time
getting that calendar pubd !—Mrs Bucke
is still in Detroit I guess she
finds it warm enough there. Be sure and bear me in mind in re the etching. Willy
Gurd has finished the meter! Five solid years' work. I had
about given up the notion that he ever wd be done. All to do now to put on a few finishing touches—he will be
here next week the whole thing accomplished—next thing is to see about its
practical utility & value and how to turn it into cash. It ought to be worth a lot of money—we shall see—it is quite
possible. I shall have to go East about this business in the course of a month or
six weeks—in which case I shall of course see you. We are all well and on the
whole are having a pleasant summer. I am glad you are getting cheerful letters from
O'Connor I think he's not sufferring so much these times,
am a little sorry he is worrying himself about the cryptogram which I hear is more
or less of a fraud though perhaps not intentionally so on Donnelly's part—

