| Title: | Dugald Turner, Paisley, to Henry McIndoe, Paisley. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3135 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Turner, Dugald/37 |
| Year | 1845 |
| Sender | Turner, Dugald |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | unknown |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Paisley, Scotland |
| Destination | Paiesley, Scotland |
| Recipient | McIndoe, Henry |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | friends? |
| Source | T 3683: Deposited by Rev. and Mrs. Crooks. #TYPE LET Dugald Turner, Paisley, [Scotland?], 16 December, 1845, to Henry McIndoe. |
| Archive | Public Record Office Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 9002007 |
| Date | 16/12/1845 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LET |
| Log | 14:02:1990 JM created 28:05:1991 OT input 29:05:19 |
| Word Count | 508 |
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| Transcript | Mr Henry McIndoe Care of Mr [S?]nodgrass Painter Paisley Paisley 16 Decr [December?] 1845 Dear Henry The following singular and very curious circumstance occured [occurred?] in the house of John Campbell Senr [Senior?],that is our John's Father, On Friday's morning last, about 1/2 past 5 old John was up on being up he thought he would put a bit peat in the fire, consequently he went to break a bit of one which had been left at the side of the fire dry the night before, On Knocking at the peat to break it there was a buzzing, sweet melodious sound commenced like that of a Bee which surprised him very much, He thought it came from the peat therefore exemined [examined?] it very carefully and I assure you it would be very cautiously and can be easier imagined be you that knows him, then any person is able to describe it however he could find nothing after exemining [examining?] it very minutely for several times and was still ammused [amused?] by the humming of what he thought to be a Bee. By this time he had almost turned as cold an an Isicle [Icicle?] with his patience nearly exausted [exhausted?] he then came to the speedy conclusion of going to his bed and leave the peat at the side of the fire until daylight "For since its no on the out side it must be in the inside" at which time he got up after being entertained by the "musical Bee" during the interval - got a hamer [hammer?] split the peat & out flew his untimely guest the Bee, but alas, it was not destined to fly far, only 2 yds [yards?] or so, then droped [dropped?] to the ground crawled there a little & died which seemed as if the upmosphere [atmosphere?] of Cold Winter was too much for its tender form, It is of the wild class I think, being much larger the [than?] the common honey bee The place in which it was secured was bout the size of a Hazel nut shell, little more room then to allow it to turn and as neat and round as if it had been made for it on minutely exemining [examining?] the peat, which has been done by several person, no crack or passage to its cell and be found, therefor [therefore?] - the Query is how did it get there? which I think will be as difficult to solve as any of Euclid's, It has been visited by a good number of the more curious the general supposition is, that it has been deposited there for many centuarys [centuries?] lien [lying?] in a dorment [dormant?] state, come to life with the slow & gradual heat of the fire and as I have already said It could not exist when exposed to our apmosphere [atmosphere?] I have some thoughts of sending a piece of it to the Editor of the F. Herald. I think it would get insertion. You see I have been Doctoring it a Little perhaps mad [made?] it worse but should know better then [than?] I Yours &c Dugald Turner PS Mr Henry [McIndoe?] 18th Dec [December?] 1845 |
