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Saturday.  We shall miss Mr. Beaman Mr. Sumner's secretary as we have seen him almost every day for the last month.  Yesterday on coming out of church Gen. Eaton told us of the successful laying of the Atlantic cable.
Wednesday Aug 1st  Father received a telegram from Valentia today from the electrician ^[Varly] on the other side of the water.  It was dated at Valentia July 28th and received at Aspa Bay on the 31st

"Saturday." cable laid perfect is not this grand?  Give my best wishes to Ex Prest Buchanan.
Varly.

Have been working on Father's bust all day in the Laboratory.  Father busy at my side with his report.  Had rather an amusing visit from two country men who came with some mineral specimens found on the farm of one of them wh. he supposed to contain gold.  Father told him the story of the man who left a peice of
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land to his sons telling them a treasure was hidden in.  They dug it up diligently found no buried gold but the working of the soil produced a plentiful harvest and revealed to the brothers the truth of their fathers words.  The men laughed and Father told them they had better go on steadily in their agricultural persuits & leave gold speculation to those who had nothing better to do. that gold hunting ruined more fortunes than it made.
Thursday 2nd  Worked on Father's bust.  Father still very busy with Report.  Dr. Craig Mr. Gill & Prof ____ in the evening.  Dr. Craig said the people seemed to have but little confidence in the working of the cable.  More news ought to have been received.
3rd  Still working on bust.  Gen. Price and Gen. Forsythe here in the evening to play croquet.
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