| Title: | William Smyth, Castledamph, to J A Smyth, Ontario |
|---|---|
| ID | 3021 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, William John/77 |
| Year | 1893 |
| Sender | Smyth, William |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | farmer |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Castledamph, Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James A. |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | brothers |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth |
| Doc. No. | 506072 |
| Date | 09/11/1893 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 30:06:2005. |
| Word Count | 711 |
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| Transcript | [Front of Envelope] Mr James A Smyth South Woodslee lock Box 4 Essex County Ontario Canada [Handwritten] Ans [Answered?] Dec 3 1893 Rec [Received?] Dec 2 1893 [Stamped?] N.T.STEWART NO [?] 93 IRELAND [Back of Envelope] [Stamped] PLUMBRIDGE NO 9 93 [Stamped] HAMILTON 11 NO 20 93 CANADA [Stamped] SOUTH WOODSLEE NO 21 93 [Page 1] Castledamph Novem [November?] 9th 1893 Dear brother I now take the pleasure of writing to you to let you know that we are all well at present hoping the arival [arrival?] of this will find you in the same you wanted to know how many sheep we had we have 28 old ewes and thirty lambs [Page 2] and the ram we have 59 altogether I think John has not above ten yet we sold youngs big black faced one last year and we sold all the lambs last year and the lamb the brown faced one had the year was fattened and sold at fourteen Shillings and we bought none to him in their place its like when you were here and sell some sheep when father gets a hold of the [Page 3] money its hard to get it again and the lambs we sold last year we sold them a [sic] trust we got more that way nor [than?] we could get the other way We did not get the money for them yet John says we roged [rogued - robbed?] him but we kept none of them some of his sheep lost their lambs this year one of the lambs the brown faced sheep had the year you went away was lost and we never got it we sold 8 weathers [wethers-castrated rams?] in the september fair of the plum [Plumbridge?] 8 of them at: 11s : 6d [Page 4] and the other 3 at 12s ahead we did not let him get that we bought 16 lambs that day 12 of them at 6s 3d and the other four at 5s ahead we had not much left of the price of the eight weathers [wethers?] John picked two of them in place of his that was sold We have not much trouble with them yet we have the lambs all at home We have the turnips all pittid [pitted?] up and we never have to look about them we have all the old ewes up on uncle James hill and they are staying very quiet we have the ram up with them [Page 5] We have to go up twice a day to see them about the half of them has took [sic] the ram Moses ballantine has the sixteen acres all wired and glenroan men has from to the burn [stream?] wired so the [they?] cannot get up to the glen again and the [they?] never asked to com [come?] hom [home?] yet. I think we will not send any of them away this winter they are far better on it nor [than?] any place we would send for they never get any hunts I was not up since the day they [Page 6] came down to [sic] yesterday and they are well mended Tomy might [sic] rouged [rogued?] me this year if he had liked for I never was in the glen the [this?] year. Willie ballantine summoned James Reid and James McConomy to the binch [bench - court?] for striking and James reid sumons [summoned?] him and Bob for striking him And they [the?] three was [were?] fined in ten shillings a piece. Willie swore James Reid struck first and Reid swore willie struck first [Page 7] Willie had John McConnell and johny warnock for witnesses McConnell said that he was not there at the commencement and he did not know who struck first and warnock said he did not know who struck first Bob he swore Reid struck first McConomy was asked how he got into it he swore that Johny [Johnny?] Warnock was holding James Reid when he come [sic] to them and willie ballantine and Bob was laying [lying?] on him [Page 8] with sticks and he said was their [there?] nobody to show Reid fairplay [fair play?] and then he said he struck McConnell said that when McConomy come [sic] up that him and reid struck willie and he fell and they struck him when he was down but I think that reid and McConomy did not sware [swear?] the truth or they would [sic] not got of [off?] so well willie I think got enough without being fined McConnell Summoned McConomy for striking him when he went to lift willie but he settled it McConomy gave him £1 pound I have no more at present William Smyth Transcribed by Kyle Smith |
