Title: | J. J. Smyth, Castledamph, Co Tyrone to J. A. Smyth, Ontario |
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ID | 2881 |
Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
File | Smyth, John James/82 |
Year | 1900 |
Sender | Smyth, John James |
Sender Gender | male |
Sender Occupation | farmer |
Sender Religion | unknown |
Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
Recipient Gender | male |
Relationship | father-son |
Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Castledamph@btinternet.com |
Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
Doc. No. | 410156 |
Date | 25/1/1900 |
Partial Date | |
Doc. Type | LTE |
Log | Document added by LT, 27:10:2004. |
Word Count | 1132 |
Genre | |
Note | |
Transcript | [No envelope] Castledamph January 25 1900 My Dear James We have received your letter of [blank] and we are all glad to know that you have obtained a school so near and in your old place where you spent so many years shurly [surely?] it was plesent [pleasant?] news to us all. - we were all hartly [heartily?] glad to know that the warey [worry?] of study and fatigue of learning was almost over with you now - shurly [surely?] you must feel satisfied when you got through all so well. - and just getting a school so close to your finish up - the pay is not so Bad and you might been [sic] idle longer than you would expect so its good to be earning something and you are awlys [always?] in for a chance of getting up - Now I would advise you be ceasful [ceaseless?] and watchful in all your Busness [business?] of teaching so as to win the affections of Both pearent [parent?] and children and all whom you com [come?] in contact with. so that you may be long without any complaints By on [one?] and all of your townspeople - had you not been in good respect by them gentlemen you might have been Knocking about for a while - it is something to be in respect Both at home and abroad well just the day before we received your letter we had sent you three pounds - as we new [knew?] you would not have enough but as we never Borrowed any cinse [since?] you left we would have sent you more - we have not got our flax yet - and when James Young money was due William had to pay the most of it Tomy [Tommy?] has £14.00 to get for the sheep from McGurk - he will have to want it untill [until?] he begins to Buy again in the Spring wich [which?] will be late for us to begin stackin [stacking?] again However as soon as we get the flax we will send you some more hopping [hoping?] you will get the three all wright [right?] - we have to get £16 of the road money yet - I do not know what time we will get it but it must come in March early - we will not have anything to Do with it more as we are tired of it - we hav [have?] had 10 - assistants [assistant?] surveyors cince [since?] we got it so you could not please them all - their qualifications is very sharp and their pay light only £80 per year and lodge in Gortin. - I cannot tell you how they get into those places but I supose [suppose?] its through favour like everything els [else?] - Thursday January 25 - 1900 – I am now going to finish this letter - we all lodged for old Margrets money But there is not a word as yet about it - they are gathering in all the [they?] can and how it will go its hard to tell - But if they give it without law so much the better - Time will tell of it all - we have streached [stretched?] the plough to Day [today?] - the ground is very soft as it is continualy [continually?] raining well I have got two pounds - on your note as interest that will Keep it all right for another few years - he would have about 8 pounds to give of interest now if we could get it from him, our sheep is 36 this winter and we keep them all on our own land never one of them off it at any time Our stock now is 6 cows - and 5 young ones - Two [Pigs?] with young - one of them comes in two weeks from now the other two weeks latter [later?] - So they will have something till [to?] do when the [they?] will. Big Willie Ballantine and William has a house Between them and feeds him week about- Robert McFarland [Dipper?] Barness - was Decreed in £20 at Strabane Sessions for a child to Biddy the Binder - he has it appaled [appealed?]:- Joseph Duncan we hear is nothing Better he is still in the infirmary we have no trouble with them now - the eden [Eden?] house is scarce of people now - Elisa [Eliza?] Hamilton McClelland is got married again to a son of James Ballantine [Lenaman?] a daughter of J McConnells Elisa [Eliza?] was left up in [Badoney?] yesterday I have not got a letter from William Ballantine as though he seemed anxious to have on [one?] from me we have got no second letter from Tommy Hay perhaps he is gon [gone?] to rest with many others - perhaps we might soon have one from him - Dear James I have said a good lot in this letter But the last part of it is not very plesent [pleasant?] your Uncle Charles place is all Destroyed By fire on Monday night - the work shop cow house were all Burned nothing was left - all his tools and two cows - the cows was Burned into a sinder [cinder?] - nothing was left - any amount of timber stuff made and unmade its terbal [terrible?] to look at the wreck - a stack of straw and a [Ball?] of [oil?] - only the people gortin [Gortin?] would all [sic] Been Burned when word came your mother tom and myself started and we took John Hay with us - Charles was in Omagh and we did not leave till 10 o'clock he applayed [applied?] for 200 pounds and two others in [sic] one in each side of him £10 and £20 to be trayed [tried?] in april at the sessions - as malicious injury Not one in gortin saw it you [your?] aunt was the first just 10 minutes past five morning and all was bourned [burned?] at 7 o'clock he has not two pence worth of all - the [they?] got out two cows - safe John and your aunt the hearevest [harvest?] Stress will be left on them as John was in it last and she saw the flams [flames?] first - your uncle I am fraid [afraid?] it will trouble him very much - and John will be out of his place as Charles says he will never [join?] it again if he Dose [does?] not get it on its a verry [very?] heavy loss to Bear with - I hope you are enjoying your new turn in life and that you will be long speared [spared?] to enjoy the comfort of learning J J Smyth [Top of first page] ar [are?] you bararding [boarding?] in your old house and who Dose [does?] your washing now. Transcribed by Greg Floyd |