| Title: | B. M. Smyth, Co Tyrone to J. A. Smyth, Canada |
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| ID | 6695 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Bella Maggie/80B |
| Year | 1897 |
| Sender | Smyth, Bella Maggie |
| Sender Gender | female |
| Sender Occupation | farming household |
| Sender Religion | Protestant (Presbyterian) |
| Origin | Co. Tyrone, N.Ireland |
| Destination | Essex Co., Ontario, Canada |
| Recipient | Smyth, James Alexander |
| Recipient Gender | male |
| Relationship | siblings |
| Source | Copyright Retained by Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge, Co Tyrone, castledamph@btinternet.com |
| Archive | Mr & Mrs J Smyth, Castledamph, Plumbridge. |
| Doc. No. | 501019 |
| Date | 19/05/1897 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | LTE |
| Log | Document added by LT, 14:01:2005. |
| Word Count | 805 |
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| Transcript | [Letter 2] [Page 3] Mary took a notion of writing today but I think she does not mean all that she has said only to fill up the space. This place seems a little annoyed another time: you can't be sure where you are safe especially after a fair. John was surface man on Tuesday and he went up the road and when he came to Micky Davies Alex Duncan Jamie Hay and Willie Elkin came out to him. Alex took the shovel from him but nothing serious happened only John got his coat all torn, they went in again and John was coming home when he saw them coming again with two sticks he run and they run till Neil Roes John went up on the ditch and the shovel in his hand but Alex and Jamie [Page 4] took each side: then John leaped down and away up the road again and the post was coming down which was lucky for John: he told them he would swear against them so they stopped Jamie passed Andy and swore what he would do when he would get at Smyth so Andy run as well as them, only for him John would got it sharp he was well frightened but nothing else Tomy [Tommy?] McFarland and Moses Warnock was in the house too: they went all to it the fair night and did not get home till last night drinking all the time you, could not get a worse house than Micky Davies at the present time, A Duncan and J Hay lay yesterday all day in Alexs meadow by appearance sleeping They never was right bad [sic] till they fell in with the Micky Davies. [sic] [Page 5] Their own sort hates them and its a shame for protestants to go on in such a style: Elkins ones and them are great friends Micky had a cow died and Alex Duncan said he was the man that blinked her in her eye and that it was "Paddy David so he is in danger of getting a threshing. They are a disgrace to all belonging to them the way they are carrying on them thats far away may think themselves happy and I suppose there will be some law again as it cant be helped, they may go to Derry for a month this time everybody says the [they] wont get off, unless the [they] are punished it will be hard to live with them. They have one of the Lundys [Page 6] hired this term which is no gains either he will do anything they bid him. John Gilky has sent an application to Dr [Barre?] to try and get in for painter and glazier in Omagh Asylum as there is one wanted it would be a a good paying job for him £24 per week but he would have to board out he expects he will get it as one of his own friends is tailor and he will do his best for him. Miss Dunn will get stopping in the school as he has withdrew the notice but not till a petition was drew up [sic] and signed by Castledamph men and Uncle James M Ballantine and Jamie McKelvey went up with it to him he was not hard to force he said he [Page 7] would do as they wished so she has got her mind settled now for she was pretty anxious to see what would happen. Tomy [Tommy?] bought 18 sheep in the plum [Plumbridge?] fair he has 80 now altogether I think he will buy no more for a while he intends to take some ewes and lambs to Gortin as they are selling well Willie Gilky sold his in the plum [Plumbridge?] at £22:6d each so Tom thinks he will make something out of the ones he bought early. The band has not started to practice yet I think they will be in no hurry this year because if they are at it too long the [they] would have a disagreement before the twelfth there will be a meeting of orangemen [Page 8] the last friday of this month. The plum [Plumbridge?] ones is [sic] collecting money for a banner so they will have the lead again but there is a good deal of their men in Scotland. They dont know where they are for this year yet We had a letter from Tomy [Tommy?] Hay a few days ago he wonders that you did not write he is pretty well but one day seems like a week its so hot they are out for exercise at four in the morning and then stop inside the rest of the day. We are paying £15 6d for seven stone of flour on account of the war we will send money with the next letter. Your sister B M S [Bella M Smyth?] |
