| Title: | J A Smyth, Ontario, to Bella M Smyth, Castledamph |
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| ID | 2695 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/6(2) |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | school teacher |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Methodist) |
| Origin | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Bella M. |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, County Tyrone castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 0506075 |
| Date | 28/01/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:06:2005. |
| Word Count | 784 |
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| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Miss Bella M. Smyth Castledamph Plumbridge Co Tyrone Ireland [Stamped] [ESSEX] JA 29 [ONT?] [Back of Envelope] HAMILTON.CANADA 20 JA 29 97 [WINDSOR?] JA 97 ONT. [NEWTOWNSTEWART?] 5 AM FE 15 97 [Written over Back of Envelope] Hamilton Canada Feb 13.97 Arrived Feb 15 1897 [Page 1] Essex January 28/97 Dear People I received your letter a few days ago but I have neglected answering it in due time. However I think you will not be longing very much for a letter until you receive this one. We are having a very sharp winter here at present and there is very little indications for a change. The snow is not very deep but “oh my” it is cold almost cold enough, that where you spit, it will be frozen before it reaches the ground This last few days it has been 20 degress [degrees?] below zero. How would you people like such weather as that. Sometimes the School Room [Page 2] gets cold but we usually put in plenty of good wood, and so keep the [the?] room very comfortable. I am much pleased to know that your Concert was a success it is very good recompense for the trouble. I am sure that I missed quite a lot by being absent, it is very pleasant for to have old friends & acquaintances met for a nights fun and amusement and more so where they spend the time without any disputes which would mar the harmony of this evening this is the essential [feature?] of a gathering I got your paper giving account of the concert and if the time of the gathering comparand [compared?] with the rhetorical construction with which it was made know [sic] to the public it was no miss. [Page 3] II I wish you had sent that young lady [sic] address. I did get it from Miss MacFarland but it is all torn so that I cannot make it out. You should have written to her as a common mark of etiquette You know some people in this country think that their old country friends should know as much as the American in common form of society. And I have no doubt many time [sic] they wonder why old county [country?] people neglect these. How I think I am always giving advise [advice?] in my letters but you know you [sic] not mind my scolding It is a natural feeling of mine. I suppose I may expect a letter some day from that young lady. If you have anything to scold me for don’t be afraid to let me know of it [Page 4] I got a letter from Willie Gilkison [Gilkinson?] a few days ago I expect to answer it in a few days so you can let him know and I will send him some of my good thoughts and expression [sic] with the least possible delay. I was down a [at?] Woodslee two weeks ago. They are all in usual health, [no?] [birth?] death or marriages so nothing to disturb the peaceful harmony of the woodslee villages. Tuesday next is County L.O.L [Loyal Orange Lodge?] in this town so I expect to spend a few hours at it if nothing prevents. I suppose Miss Dunbar thinks I sent that letter when I could not help it. I am Just wondering if she will think it of enough value [Page 5] as to deserve an answer. My correspondents in the Green Isles are slowly diminishing. If I weigh the amount which they think of me by the no [number?] of letters I receive I think it would hardly turn the balance with the smallest centigram measure. I hope Joe Gilkison [Gilkinson?] suceeds [succeeds?] well in his employment he will learn more by going out from the usual every day [everyday?] work, and he will see more he will have more pictures presented to his mind than that fine rural Castledamph scenery which I can see in my imagination to night [tonight?]. I think I have said all I can think so goodBye hoping you are all well and then you can write a long letter from James A Smyth Essex [Note on Back of Page 3] P.S. I am in a hurry as I know you will understand by the writing so I have not time to read my letter over again so If you find any expression which one in any way contracted please supply what you think is the meaning, and in this way with a little patience you will have no trouble in making my letter about twice as long. This is very fine metaphisical [metaphycical?] expression or Metonymy Synecdoche, and I have used the Periodic Sistem [System?] very sparingly so that you wont have to wait to you read all my letters to get the sense Hoping you excuse these big words but you know Its a very big subject. J. A. S. [James Alexander Smyth?] [Note at Top of Page 2] I forgot to tell you I am well but perhaps you could find this out from the sense of my letter Transcribed by Maxine Green |
