| Title: | J A Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Parents Brothers and Sisters" |
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| ID | 2812 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/74 |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farm labourer |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist) |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | writes to his family |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0410070 |
| Date | 28/06/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 951 |
| Genre | |
| Note | |
| Transcript | [No Envelope] [Page 1] South Woodslee June 28th 1892 Dear "Parents Brothers and Sisters" I now take the pleasure of writing to you again We are all well as this leaves us I received your letter on Monday 20th I posted one to you the same night as I took one letter out I put the other in I thought I would write to you now to let you know the kind of a Twelfth we will have here all of this [Page 2] County will hold the celebration in the Town of Essex Centre. They were going to go to Sarnia but they have changed it I had a notion of going to Sarnia but I think I wont [wont?] go now it would be a long ways (sic) and it would cost 2 or 3 dollars to get there and 15 cents will take one to Essex I expect the [there?] will be a Sermon preached in this Church the [there?] were (sic) one preached last year and all the Orangemen went to Church and the Band played too the [they?] played all sacred music but one peice [piece?] and that was [Page 3] The Boyne Water it was on Sunday the 12th; the Orangmen [Orangemen?] all keep on step the same as the Band Boys I am glad to hear that the Band has started again I hope they will all agree on the 12 [12th?] and have a good time and none of Band or Orange men [Orangemen?] get drunk Did you get a new drum or any thing this 12 [12th]. tell Alex McClelland if I was in his place I would not beat on that old thing any more Give me all the news of the Twelfth where you went to and who was all in the Band and everything [Page 4] I think you must have very hot weather there when you are hardly able to work; There is no hot weather here this Summer yet it rains more or less nearly every day. The corn is about 3 or 4 inches high I am ploughing this last 2 or 3 days it is a field that we are Sammer [Summer?] following we will put wheat in it again the fall I will have about fifty Acres to plough this Fall so I will have lots of practice but I can plough from an Acres (sic) to an Acre and a half in a day It is nice work when the [Page 5] Ground is not too hard it is just nice for ploughing now I was ploughing two days with one of the young horses he done very good I will plough with him to morrow [tomorrow?] again all being well about two days will finish it now We will start the Machine at the [Hay?] again Friday I dont [dont?] know whether I will work the Machines this year or not yet We have fifteen Acres of hay to cut it wont keep us very long if the weather be good The first good picture of these Machines I see I [Page 6] will send it to you Wheat has turned out very good after all it will be ripe in less than two weeks I think Willie John Duncan and Sarh Anne Duncan came home from College on Saturday night so there is a fine house full of Irish people here To night [tonight?] Sarah is working at Short Hand [Teller?] and Bill and Willie is reading and Cassie is playing on the Organ she is playing the Battle of Waterloo now Uncle is at the village so were [we are?] all engaged at some work and when [Page 7] I am not writing I am teasing them and keeping them from work I take a turn at the Organ sometimes I can play the Campbells is Comming [Coming?] a kind of a way I could learn it if I liked I am getting scarce of news so I must try and fill it up with something Uncle has come in now he had a letter [from?] Willie and Willie says that Johy [Joey?] Elkin is sick I hope he gets over it all well There was a sad accident happened at Woodslee on Sunday night June 19 a boy was seeing his girl on the evening [and?] comming [coming?] home was struck by an Express train and killed. he had a horses (sic) and buggy with him the horse was knocked about 70 feet from where he was struck The boy was knocked about 60 (sic) and [Page 8] the buggy was smashed in splinters the boys neck was broken one leg broke [broken?] in three places his arm broke and body and face badly cut the horse was turned clean inside out you would not know it was a horse the train was running at the [rate?] of 65 miles an hour it is not known whether he was trying to pass the [crossing?] or not or how he was struck as it was late on the night I was well acquainted with him myself Bella wanted to know how my shirts fitted the [they?] fit good but I dont think they made them themselves The latest new (sic) I have to tell you is that Annie has got a young son that shifts Uncle up to Grand Father [Grandfather?] I dont think of anything more at prest [present?] I send my best respects to all Orange men and Band Boys and wish you all a merry Twelfth of July if this letter reaches in time James Alex Smyth South Woodslee (Written across top of page 4) I received a paper from somebody this morning I think it is Willie Gilkinson (sic) writing (Written across top of page 5) I sent a letter to Mary Duncan and one to uncle John when you write tell me did they get them I would like to have a letter from some [of?] Erin folks |
