| Title: | James A Smyth, Ontario to "Dear Parents" |
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| ID | 2817 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, James Alexander/81 |
| 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 | Smyth, John J. and wife |
| Recipient Gender | male-female |
| Relationship | son-parents |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 0410065 |
| Date | 04/09/1892 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 26:10:2004. |
| Word Count | 734 |
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| Transcript | [No envelope] South Woodslee September 4 1892 Dear Parents I received your letter on Friday 2nd and I am sorry to hear of Aunt Liza (sic) death and I suppose they are sorry there But one thing I may say that I am glad I went to see all my friends before I left for I will never see some of them again Annie and Tillie and Baby came home Friday It is a fine looking boy They call it William Glen William is for its two Grandfathers and I dont know what Glen is for If Annie knowed [knew?] anything about Joe Glen I dont think she would give it that name Tillie is going into a Shop to learn Millinery trade when she goes back to St Thomas Willie John and Sarah will be going back to College next Monday College Opens to-morrow [tomorrow?] but they are not going for another week Willie Sarah Casse [Cassie?] and Bell were up in Windsor and Detroit two days last week sightseeing and such like We have nice working weather here now it is not very hot we have all the crops in the Barn long ago I suppose by the time this letter reaches you you will be starting to cut your oats I will not have as much to plow [plough?] as I said I would Uncle let 10 Acres out on share for wheat (that is) they [the?] men that has it plow [plough?] it and does all with it and when it is threshed he gets one third of the grain I think he will let more out for oats in the Spring Uncle is talking about selling the farm when he gets a buyer he wants 9000 dollars for it We are putting in 10 Acres of wheat this year Ourselves we will have it all in this week I harrowed five of it yesterday Uncle was at a threshing both of us will be at it to morrow [tomorrow?] Some of our neighbour [neighbours?] is not able to plow [plough?] any their ground is so hard. Ours was harder last year than this one I see by your letter that everything is very cheap over there now it is a bad time for making money now But people never would make much money in this Country if they were depending on cattle We sold 2 [dry?] cows 13 year old heifer and 3 Bullocks for 120 dollars the [they?] never get much higher than that hear [here?] grain is very cheap hear [here?] wheat is only 67 cents per bushel Well now about College I have not decided yet what to do But if I go I will not go sooner than the beginning of the year I will put in me [my?] time with Uncle thats this month and the next I have only spent 4 or five dollars of my wages again Nov I will have about 120 dollars But dont bother yourselves about money by no means if I do need it it wont be for a year or fifteen months anyway; you have to pay your School fare on intering [entering?] it is one board that count 2 1/2 dollars per week But if six month (sic) does me I would need none. I never mentioned it to Uncle or Aunt nor wont to I have my time up and then I will see whether he will ask me to stay on or not In regards welcome if I would go I would not care whether the [there?] would be any or not But if they would have as much for me at College as they have for Willie and Sarah I would have enough more than I would want I know what you mean by fare [fair?] I never heard no talk about that there is many a one got fooled in that way and for me to work any place for yearly wages I dont think I would do it Uncle might do better eather [either?] of the ways than either me or you expects He might pay my way through College he might do as well that way as any other I heard him say he would not allow any body [anybody?] farm nor he would not do it himself if he was young now but I will tell you all again Nov This is quite a long letter Transcribed by Alan Houston |
