| Title: | Mary Smyth, Ontario to E.C. Smyth, Co Tyrone |
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| ID | 2919 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Mary/9 |
| Year | 1902 |
| Sender | Smyth, Mary |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | student |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian) |
| Origin | Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Recipient | Smyth, Eliza C. |
| Recipient Gender | female |
| Relationship | sisters |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 0505589 |
| Date | 09/02/1902 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by LT, 13:04:2005. |
| Word Count | 1147 |
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| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Miss E.[C. Smyth?], Castle[damph?], Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, Ireland [Back of Envelope] [Stamped] [NEWTOWNSTEWART?] [FE 23?] [Handwritten twice] Arived [Arrived?] February 24 1902 J.J.S. [John James Smyth?] [Page 1] South Woodslee Feby. 9th 1902 Sunday night 10 o'clock Dear People Just a few lines tonight as it is late. Belle & I have just come in from Church this is the first night of revival meetings so thats what have [sic] kept us so late meetings every night next week. First I was up to Essex Friday night and Saturday went to the Library Social Friday night it was not as good as the other. Well today I went with Uncle & Aunt to Church and we brought [Page 2] Miss Jenner the teacher up with us for dinner we had a few others for dinner als [also?] a lady Missionary from the North West was with Fred & Cass. and Mr and Mrs Jones that is the ones I told you of before he is not very well yet. he is queer looking. Miss Jenner & I came up with Jones's people on the slay [sleigh?]. So we had dinner and after that some music by Miss Jenner. So at 3 oclock her & I went to Sunday School, and after Sunday School Jones's young people had the slay [sleigh?] there and a full load of us went up and left Miss Jenner at home. So [we?] came back here one [on?] the slay [sleigh?], and Mr & Mrs Jones went home with the rest of them. So Belle and I went to Church at night and we got [Page 3] a sleigh ride up with Jones's half way, As I was tell [telling?] Jones's little fellow that he was driving all day. This is the first sleigh ride that I have got that is to call one. Some snow here now. Some good wreaths too, not very nice walking in some places. I'm just thinking how Ill go to school tomorrow. Well I'm getting along very well at school in some things History will bother me a little and Physiology subjects that I never had before. These last mornings are very cold to go out so early and the wind seems just to cut the face off me I wear a veile [veil?] but it does not help much and they say this is the wind that makes the peoples of this contry [country?] [Page 4] so yellow So you need not be surprised if I go back like a molatto [mulatto?]. I have not received any money from you people. I am going a little in debt: if you dont hurry up. Jim would give me some but I think he would rather not so I would rather not ask him I don't think he would give me as much as what he got from home or even half as much but in other ways he can spend any amount. He told me the last time he was down that if I would go up Friday that he would get me a Pair of skates and Pair [sic] shoes to skate in but it was when Belle told him to do it So I went up Friday and he never mentioned either skates or shoes. So I'll never ask him about it, again, when he is down here its O, I'll get you so and so when you go up to Essex but I go up and gets nothing. Its just a blow for the time being. I would like to get out to learn to skate but I don't see that I can by all appearance [appearances?] [Page 5] Tuesday night getting dark Just rec. [received?] a letter from Liza today I see you are all enjoying Yourselves and has [sic] snow and frost I would [sic] liked to have been there to give some of them a snowball no snowballing about here at all. I see most of the visitors are back again the same as ever I suppose: Miss Moore told me a long time ago that Miss Devine was married to some other one this was not the one that the talk was about before. Isnt Paddy Ned married I suppose the house is bare now when Bella has all her belongings out of it. I wonder is there a track of me there atall [at all?]. now. Whenever I get a letter it brings all to my mind I always say to myself is it true about Bella being down [Page 6] there I can't get it into my mind atall [at all?]. Jim got a letter from Lizzie McCullagh some time agoa [ago?]. he thinks there is no one can write a letter like her I think she must have ate [eaten?] the dictionary some time. She said in it that Tillie did not like where she was. She did not stay long enough to know whether she would like it or not I had a letter from Miss Ashfield Sixmilecross I see she is visiting Mrs Nelson must be kept busy now. Has Miss Campbell took much more trade from her. They [The?] Women's Missionary Meeting is to be here tomorrow Miss Jenner is coming with me to it. Nothing like this over there. I have joined the Temperance Union [Page 7] They were always at me to join so I thought I would and not give them the opinion that we were drinkers over there. A little white bow is the sign. but I have lost mine already. I wish you would send the Tyrone Almanac if you could get it. Aunt and Belle is not pleased about Jim not asking Belle up to Essex along with me. Belle says she has done as much for him as any sister could do and he never asked her to go a place yet. You know he hardly owns [sic] them when they go up to Essex he thinks they are not well enough dressed for him to be speaking to. I am just in a hot nest between both I must side with them and I must side [Page 8] with him a little too, and then he sends down his socks and drawers to get washed so I will have to tell him to not send them anymore for I have not time to wash them now when I'm going to school When he comes down here he is never done talking about style and they think it is them that he means. How is John C. [Charles?] getting along has he got a raise yet. I am getting along, well at the Music but I'm thinking you will need to lay by some [time?] to buy a piano for me when I go back. When I'll run out of money I suppose I'll have to quit it takes a little but not much if I had what was spent at the law it would keep me going all the time I would be out here I'll be glad to see that money coming. but I suppose you could not send it any sooner. Good Bye Mary Smyth Transcribed by Alan Houston |
