| Title: | Cassie Smyth, Canada to "My dear cousin" |
|---|---|
| ID | 2626 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Cassie/92 |
| Year | 1892 |
| Sender | Smyth, Cassie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Bella Maggie |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | cousins |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge |
| Doc. No. | 410238 |
| Date | 12/11/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 28:10:2004. |
| Word Count | 552 |
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| Transcript | South Woodslee Nov 12 1892 My dear cousin, It is with pleasure I again find time to answer your ever welcome letter which I received some time ago. I have not much news I suppose James has told you everything of interest. We have had a most beautiful Autumn. The weather was so fine and kept so Almost until the end of October, this month so far has been stormy I wish you could see the Autumn dress of our Canadian trees, it seemed to me they were much more brilliant and beautiful this year than I ever saw them before. About the first of last month they were at the height of their beauty, do you know the leaves here all change their color before falling off. Some at the time I mentioned had not yet turned and their green mingled with the crimson and gold of the others, some were orange some a very light yellow, others again would be bright red, and others dark crimson mixed with brown. I used to feast my eyes on their beauty every day and was sorry to see them fall now we see only bare, leafless branches. We had quite a snow storm about a week ago and another this week, but as the ground is not frozen it does not stay long. It is early yet for snow but we are in hopes that this is a forerunner of a hard winter. I do hope we will have plenty of snow I was just reading your letter again you must not say you do not write well for if you keep on you will be as good as I am when you get to be as old. We were all pleased to see auntie and uncles pictures, and I think they are good, mother thinks auntie has changed in looks a good deal since she saw her. I suppose auntie will think the same of her. I would like so much to see the picture father and mother had taken before they left the old country. Saturday 19, Dear cousin if I keep on as I have being doing it will be a long time before you get your letter, I started this last Saturday we were all except mother at an entertainment last night given by our council [of?] Royal Templars of Temperance, I think James has told you of our council, we have meetings every Friday evening and every six weeks we give an entertainment generally consisting of readings, recitations, music singing and dialogues, last night we had refreshments besides. Our council is growing nicely we are getting a number of the boys and young men in and that is what we want, when they take a total abstinence pledge in their youth they are not so likely to get an appetite for liquor. To make our meetings more interesting the council lately bought an organ. The money taken in at these events goes to pay for it and we have it about half paid for now. Eliza did not write to me after all, Tell her I want her to write when you write again. Mary too Give my love to Auntie, Uncle and the rest. Mother father [&?] Belle, wish to be remembered to you all Cassie (Top Left hand side of 1st page) Write soon again. C.S. [Cassie Smyth?] Transcribed by Tony Flanagan |
