| Title: | John Walker, Ontario to Andrew Lowry, Co. Donegal. |
|---|---|
| ID | 3157 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Walker, John/14 |
| Year | 1889 |
| Sender | Walker, John |
| Sender Gender | male |
| Sender Occupation | agricultural machinery salesman |
| Sender Religion | unknown |
| Origin | Canfield, Ontario, Canada |
| Destination | Ballindrait, Co. Donegal, Ireland |
| Recipient | Lowry, Andrew |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | nephew-uncle |
| Source | T 2018/15: Copied by Permission of Miss K. Lowry, Argrey, Raphoe, Co. Donegal. |
| Archive | The Public Record Office, Northern Ireland. |
| Doc. No. | 8903138 |
| Date | 08/04/1889 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | Document added by JM 22:10:1993. |
| Word Count | 521 |
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| Transcript | Mr. Andrew Lowry Bellindrate [Ballindrait?] Strabane Ireland Canfield April 8th 1889 Dear Uncle I now take the oppertunity [opportunity?] of sending you these few lines to let you know that we are all well at Present hoping to hear from you all enjoying the same Blessing i received your Kind Letter on the 3rd inst we were glad to hear you were all well - and i received two papers the week Before which Uncle John Lowrie got as soon as i read them and i think he read them twice over Mother keeps quite smart she is round all the time and does most of her own work She has her grand daughter staying with us at Present and says she will stay with us as long as we want her Uncle John Lowrie is in our house every day & some days twice he is looking first rate he is fleshy & Rugged looking his son & sons Wife & family are all well Mrs Lowrie Aunt Ellen is in Oneida with her daughter Jane at Present we have done no seeding hear [here?] yet of any account some odd farmers have sowed oats & spring wheat But we have had six inches of Snow last week and it left the ground verry [very?] wet But the snow is all gone and it is drying verry [very?] fast again we will be at seeding this week we have a good Prospect for fall wheat it never looked Better in the spring than at present and if the Summer is favourable we will have a Big crop, we had a large crop last year in spring grain every thing was good only fall wheat & hay which did not average half a crop you have to pay good Prices for Machines in Ireland if i could get such Prices here we could Make Lots of Money But Prices is pretty well cut here i can sell Machines a great deal cheaper now than Prices i sent you some time ago i can sell a good steel Binder that One Span of horses can handle all day with ease, and cut & tie with cord #PAGE 2 One Acre Every hour in the day with ease for $125.00 25 pounds, and give two years time to Pay for it and we will pick up grain Straighten it out and tie it if it Lays as flat as a pancake or cut on a side hill or going sideways sometimes a man has to go along & hold on to the table to keep it from tumbling over we can drive any Place with our Binders a man could drive with any mower or reaper i send you a couple of papers you will see [somes?] of our debates on the Jesuit Bill all i have against it is Letting the old Pope have any thing to do with it i will have to fetch this to a close and if you are as long answering this as you were the last i will have time to write you a quire of foolscap paper i will give you all particulars next time. Your Affectionate Nephew Jno [John?] Walker Canfield P.O. Ont [Ontario?] |
