Letter from Henry to Mary, July 13, 1878
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Title
Letter from Henry to Mary, July 13, 1878
Subject
Backache; Harvesting; Wheat; Wagons; Infants
Description
Henry writes to his sister Mary about how his father and Edward were both experiencing back pain, probably linked to the haying and harvesting. Henry suggests getting a machine to help with harvesting wheat to help the job become shorter. Mrs. Clarke has been coming to take care of the baby while Bella goes to school. The baby is fat and growing which is very pleasing to Henry. He thinks that the baby is strong enough to go overseas.
Creator
Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
1878-07-13
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
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noyes_c_cor_686
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Sacramento July 13th
1878
My dear sister Mary
It was your turn
to have a letter last time
but I thought I would write
to all together. I have just
finished a letter to father in
reply to his good birth day
letter and now am going to
supplement that by a few
lines to you. I was real
sorry to hear that father and
Edward were both having so
much trouble with their backs.
It will make it very inconvenient
about the haying + harvesting. If
they get a machine for the wheat
I expect it will not be a very
long job . It was such a pity
that it got beaten down by the
rain. I was just looking at
a reaper in one of the shops
here this morning. It is an
immense thing. I think it must
be intended to be drawn by steam
power as there did not seem
to be any place to hitch horses
to it. It takes a [?swath?] 12
or 14 feet wide. The cutter
bar is right and the front and
the knives have a sickle edge
instead of a smooth edge. There
seemed to be an arrangement
behind for steering it. I would
like very much to see it
work. They have immense
threshing machines too that
go by stEamer. Just before
leaving Los Angeles I passed
on the railroad a place where
they were making two immense
long wagons - with [--a--] regular
roofs on and high enough
to stand up in. I could
not conjecture what they were
for and asked some one.
I was told they were for
laborers working in immense
ranches. One wagon is a
sleeping apartment and the
other is a large dining
room and kitchen. They
work awhile in one locality
and then more on taking
their little houses with them.
I guess I wrote last
week that we have been
having a little vacation. We
have since vacation been
getting along without Mrs
Clarke the lady who has
been teaching in the school.
We found near where we
live and old [--do--] [u]negress[/u]
who comes + takes cary
of the baby evenings and so
Bella can go to the school.
It is somewhat larger than
it used to be at Los Angeles
We usually have between 30
and 40 present in an evening,
and 60 or 70 different ones
during the month.
We are all well
baby fat and flourishing as usual
He has got so if I do not
happen to notice him when I
get back in the afternoon from
the school house he bursts out
crying as though he thought
himself sadly neglected. He is
a very good boy about crying
however does'nt do it very
much -- will sit in his little
carriage in the porch or sit
on the floor and amuse
himself by the hour - does'nt
creep but manages to move
about a little. I put him
on my two knees and [--trop--]
trot him like riding horseback
He has got so he will balance
himself first rate. I holding
my hands a little ways from
him on each side to catch
him if he should lose his
balance. It is a great blessing
that he keeps so strong and
well. I do not think he will
have any trouble going over the
sea. Now good bye for this time
Ever so much love to all from
Your --Henry -
萨克拉门托 7 月 13 日
1878年
我亲爱的妹妹玛丽
轮到你了
上次有一封信
但我想我会写
一起来。我刚刚
写完一封给父亲的信
回复他的生日快乐
信，现在我要去
补充几个
行给你。我是真的
很遗憾听到那个父亲和
爱德华都有这样的
他们的背部有很多麻烦。
会很不方便
关于干草和收割。如果
他们买了一台收麦的机器
我希望这不会是一个非常
长期工作。太可惜了
它被打败了
雨。我只是看着
其中一家商店的收割者
今天早上在这里。它是一个
巨大的东西。我认为必须
打算用蒸汽抽出
似乎没有的力量
成为任何搭马的地方
给它。需要12条
或 14 英尺宽。刀具
酒吧是对的，前面和
刀有镰刀刃
而不是平滑的边缘。那里
似乎是一种安排
后面转向它。我会
非常喜欢看
工作。他们拥有巨大的
脱粒机也是
坐汽船去。就在之前
离开洛杉矶我过去了
在铁路上的一个地方
他们正在制造两个巨大的
长货车 - 定期
屋顶足够高
站起来。我可以
不要猜测他们是什么
并问了一些人。
我被告知他们是为了
广大劳动者
牧场。一辆马车是一辆
睡眠公寓和
另一个是大型餐厅
房间和厨房。他们
在一个地方工作一段时间
然后更多关于服用
他们的小房子和他们在一起。
我想我最后写的
我们去过的一周
有一个小假期。我们
自从假期以来
没有夫人的相处
克拉克女士
一直在学校教书。
我们发现在我们附近
生活和老黑人
谁来带走
婴儿之夜等等
贝拉可以去学校了。
它比
它曾经在洛杉矶
我们通常有 30
一个晚上有 40 人出席，
和 60 或 70 个不同的
在月期间。
我们都很好
婴儿肥和往常一样蓬勃发展
如果我不这样做，他就有了
当我碰巧注意到他
下午回来
他爆发的校舍
哭得好像他想
自己可悲地被忽视了。他是
一个非常善于哭泣的男孩
但是做得不是很好
很多——会坐在他的小
马车在门廊或坐
在地板上逗乐
自己按小时 - 不
蠕动但设法移动
大约一点。我把他
在我的两个膝盖上
像骑马一样小跑他
他有，所以他会平衡
自己是一流的。我抱着
我的手离我不远
他在两边抓
如果他失去他的
平衡。这是一个很大的祝福
他保持如此坚强和
出色地。我不认为他会
有任何麻烦
海。现在再见了
对所有人的如此多的爱
你的——亨利——
1878
My dear sister Mary
It was your turn
to have a letter last time
but I thought I would write
to all together. I have just
finished a letter to father in
reply to his good birth day
letter and now am going to
supplement that by a few
lines to you. I was real
sorry to hear that father and
Edward were both having so
much trouble with their backs.
It will make it very inconvenient
about the haying + harvesting. If
they get a machine for the wheat
I expect it will not be a very
long job . It was such a pity
that it got beaten down by the
rain. I was just looking at
a reaper in one of the shops
here this morning. It is an
immense thing. I think it must
be intended to be drawn by steam
power as there did not seem
to be any place to hitch horses
to it. It takes a [?swath?] 12
or 14 feet wide. The cutter
bar is right and the front and
the knives have a sickle edge
instead of a smooth edge. There
seemed to be an arrangement
behind for steering it. I would
like very much to see it
work. They have immense
threshing machines too that
go by stEamer. Just before
leaving Los Angeles I passed
on the railroad a place where
they were making two immense
long wagons - with [--a--] regular
roofs on and high enough
to stand up in. I could
not conjecture what they were
for and asked some one.
I was told they were for
laborers working in immense
ranches. One wagon is a
sleeping apartment and the
other is a large dining
room and kitchen. They
work awhile in one locality
and then more on taking
their little houses with them.
I guess I wrote last
week that we have been
having a little vacation. We
have since vacation been
getting along without Mrs
Clarke the lady who has
been teaching in the school.
We found near where we
live and old [--do--] [u]negress[/u]
who comes + takes cary
of the baby evenings and so
Bella can go to the school.
It is somewhat larger than
it used to be at Los Angeles
We usually have between 30
and 40 present in an evening,
and 60 or 70 different ones
during the month.
We are all well
baby fat and flourishing as usual
He has got so if I do not
happen to notice him when I
get back in the afternoon from
the school house he bursts out
crying as though he thought
himself sadly neglected. He is
a very good boy about crying
however does'nt do it very
much -- will sit in his little
carriage in the porch or sit
on the floor and amuse
himself by the hour - does'nt
creep but manages to move
about a little. I put him
on my two knees and [--trop--]
trot him like riding horseback
He has got so he will balance
himself first rate. I holding
my hands a little ways from
him on each side to catch
him if he should lose his
balance. It is a great blessing
that he keeps so strong and
well. I do not think he will
have any trouble going over the
sea. Now good bye for this time
Ever so much love to all from
Your --Henry -
萨克拉门托 7 月 13 日
1878年
我亲爱的妹妹玛丽
轮到你了
上次有一封信
但我想我会写
一起来。我刚刚
写完一封给父亲的信
回复他的生日快乐
信，现在我要去
补充几个
行给你。我是真的
很遗憾听到那个父亲和
爱德华都有这样的
他们的背部有很多麻烦。
会很不方便
关于干草和收割。如果
他们买了一台收麦的机器
我希望这不会是一个非常
长期工作。太可惜了
它被打败了
雨。我只是看着
其中一家商店的收割者
今天早上在这里。它是一个
巨大的东西。我认为必须
打算用蒸汽抽出
似乎没有的力量
成为任何搭马的地方
给它。需要12条
或 14 英尺宽。刀具
酒吧是对的，前面和
刀有镰刀刃
而不是平滑的边缘。那里
似乎是一种安排
后面转向它。我会
非常喜欢看
工作。他们拥有巨大的
脱粒机也是
坐汽船去。就在之前
离开洛杉矶我过去了
在铁路上的一个地方
他们正在制造两个巨大的
长货车 - 定期
屋顶足够高
站起来。我可以
不要猜测他们是什么
并问了一些人。
我被告知他们是为了
广大劳动者
牧场。一辆马车是一辆
睡眠公寓和
另一个是大型餐厅
房间和厨房。他们
在一个地方工作一段时间
然后更多关于服用
他们的小房子和他们在一起。
我想我最后写的
我们去过的一周
有一个小假期。我们
自从假期以来
没有夫人的相处
克拉克女士
一直在学校教书。
我们发现在我们附近
生活和老黑人
谁来带走
婴儿之夜等等
贝拉可以去学校了。
它比
它曾经在洛杉矶
我们通常有 30
一个晚上有 40 人出席，
和 60 或 70 个不同的
在月期间。
我们都很好
婴儿肥和往常一样蓬勃发展
如果我不这样做，他就有了
当我碰巧注意到他
下午回来
他爆发的校舍
哭得好像他想
自己可悲地被忽视了。他是
一个非常善于哭泣的男孩
但是做得不是很好
很多——会坐在他的小
马车在门廊或坐
在地板上逗乐
自己按小时 - 不
蠕动但设法移动
大约一点。我把他
在我的两个膝盖上
像骑马一样小跑他
他有，所以他会平衡
自己是一流的。我抱着
我的手离我不远
他在两边抓
如果他失去他的
平衡。这是一个很大的祝福
他保持如此坚强和
出色地。我不认为他会
有任何麻烦
海。现在再见了
对所有人的如此多的爱
你的——亨利——
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Collection
Citation
Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Mary, July 13, 1878,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 24, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/752.