| Title: | M. Smyth, Ontario, to J. J. Smyth, Co Tyrone |
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| ID | 6733 |
| Collection | Irish Emigration Database |
| File | Smyth, Mary/27B |
| 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. | 503018 |
| Date | 22/7/1902 |
| Partial Date | |
| Doc. Type | EMG |
| Log | |
| Word Count | 541 |
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| Note | |
| Transcript | [Letter 2] [Page 1] South Woodslee July 22nd. 02 Dear Sister Rec.[Received?] your letter of the 6th. 9th. 10th. and 11th. and I was glad to get it it contained so much news that I wanted to hear. You know I want to hear every little thing that passes. Well I suppose before this letter reaches you you will have heard from Bella that I succeeded in passing my exam. but I did not pass with honors nor no one expected me either as I had no chance only going for five months and subjects that I never had taken [Page 2] before. I am waiting to [until?] I get a paper to send you with the account of it in it. I suppose in a few more days I will be getting all the news about the twelfth. You will see by Bella's letter how I spent the day nothing like last twelfth anyway. I am sure Bella must have thought it strange besides other years. Did James Barker come home this year? Well I would have liked to have seen Willie MacK. I remember the evg.[evening] he was there last year. I suppose he does not visit the Plum [Plumbridge?] much now. I think that house is as much changed as any. Isabella McCrenor [McCreanor?] is still on foot and Catherine. I used to always like her to come in especially in dull times What is Liza Noble going home again for I think she [Page 3] must have plenty of money to spare. Well Bell & I were away yest.[yesterday?] picking raspberries about seven miles from here she payed a $1.50 for [there?] about and picked them ourselves. There was about 30 there altogether picking, men & women. So you see how the people has to get all the fruit that they use here. And over there the berries are not appreciated atall [at all?]. We left here at 8’o clock and returned again at 8’o clock at night. Cass & Bell were out at the same place picking cherries last week. The man we got them from has nothing hardly but fruit but this year is very bad on him it is so wet. He was telling us yesterday that he lost $100 worth on Friday and Saturday of berries on account of it raining they could not get picking and a good many fell off the bushes. [Page 4] If you would just see how much fruit that Bell has stored away now and then she has the apples, peaches, pears, plums and grapes to get yet. The people here could not live without fruit. Sunday was wet and I did not get out all day till night we went to church. Uncle cut some of his hay last week before the rain and did not get it in and he says now that it is rotten. This day looks as if it is going to clear up. Jim has not came down yet and I dont see what he is staying in Essex for paying his board and doing nothing Uncle has a man or rather had him when it was dry and was paying him $2 a day = 8/= so Jim, might as well be down here earning it as not but he just don’t want to work. |
