Letter from Hattie to Clara, August 11, 1889
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Letter from Hattie to Clara, August 11, 1889
Subject
Married people in missionary work; Weddings; Food poisoning
Description
Harriet writes to Clara inquiring about school and Mary's teaching, wondering if Mr. Notestein will leave at the end of the year. The excitement of Sophie's wedding has finally calmed down. Harriet hopes there won't be another courting episode for a while, though she is glad to see that they married because they truly care about each other. She mentions Martha and Dr. Kerr's travel plans and says that Martha has not been well since she ate poisoned shrimp.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
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The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #4
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Unpublished
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1889-08-11
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Canton China
Aug 11th 1889
My dear Clara
This is Sabbath
morning. I have risen
early and will write a
little to you before the day
begins. It is delightfully
cool this morning indeed
I think we have had a
very pleasant summer.
At first I felt the heat so
very much but I have become
accustomed to it now. It is
Saturday evening with you
now I wonder if you are
getting your S School lesson
I am glad Mary has a
class if she feels strong
enough to teach there I
know it will be very nice
for them And Faye will
be glad to be in your class
again. I wonder if
Mr Notestein will leave
you at the end of the year
If he does I wish Mr Allen
would come back. Whoever
you get I hope it will be some
one that you will like and
who will like to stay in Seville
After all the excitement
of the past few months here
we are having a [u] quiet [/u] time
now and we enjoy it [u] very [/u]
much. We are all very
fond of Sophie but it
seems nice to be more
quiet. I suppose it will
not be last very long in
the fall there is so much
coming and going. I
hope it will be a long time
before there will be another
courting episode here.
The school was quite distracted
over it. They all thought
so much of Sophie and
took such a deep interest
in her affairs. She and
Mr Wisner seem perfectly
happy and I doubt
not they will always be
very happy in each other.
It seems nice to see
two persons married who
care for each others happiness.
This will not reach you
until the middle of Sept
and by that time I
suppose Henry will have
left you to come back
to China. That will make
the [u] ninth [/u] leaving for China
if we count Dr & Hattie
McCandliss as one.
I think our home really
deserves to be called "Mission
Hill." The next to come
and go will doubtless be
Dr Kerr and Martha.
They are in Hong Kong
today went down on Friday
M did not expect to stay
only over night but Dr Kerr
said he should try to
persuade her to stay over
the Sabbath. She has not
been well since she was
poisoned eating those shrimps
It seems such a pity
Mrs Gilman of Hainan
is very ill and they are all
coming up to Dr Swan's
this week that is all the
Gilman family, that
will leave Dr McCandliss
alone there as Mr Jeremiassen
is in the country. I suppose
he will be glad of that as they
do not [?assimilate?] Hainan
seems to be a hard place to live
and they have as yet no
comfortable homes. Dr McC's
father is in very poor health
they do not think he can live
long. Since his son went home
he is quite reconciled and glad
to have him a missionary
He is so anxious to see Dr Kerr
that is one reason that I very
[Continued vertically on the first page]
much wish
them to go soon.
[?Mamies?] engagement
with that deaf
man is given
up. All that
passed I think
did make
Dr McC
feel differently
to his step
mother & [?Mamie?]
It seems too
bad they were so devoted
to him,
I am afraid
this is not
a Sabbath letter
it is not what
I thought to write.
With love ever Hattie.
中国广州 1889 年 8 月 11 日 我亲爱的克拉拉 这是安息日的早晨。
我起得很早，
会在一天开始之前给你写一点。
今天早上凉爽宜人，
我认为我们度过了一个非常愉快的夏天。
一开始我觉得很热，
但现在我已经习惯了。
现在是星期六晚上和你在一起我想知道你是否正在上你的安息日学课我很高兴 Mary 有课如果她觉得足够强壮可以在那里教书我知道这对他们来说会很好而且 Faye 会很高兴在你的再上课。
我想知道诺特斯坦先生是否会在年底离开你如果他这样做我希望艾伦先生能回来。
无论你得到谁，
我希望它会是一个你会喜欢的人，
谁会喜欢留在塞维利亚。
在过去几个月的兴奋之后，
我们现在正在度过一段安静的时光，
我们非常享受它。
我们都非常喜欢苏菲，
但安静一点似乎很好。
我想它不会持续很长时间在秋天有这么多来来去去。
我希望这里还有很长一段时间才会有另一个求爱的插曲。
学校对此相当分心。
他们都非常看重苏菲，
对她的事情产生了如此浓厚的兴趣。
她和威斯纳先生似乎非常幸福，
我怀疑他们不会永远幸福。
看到两个关心彼此幸福的人结婚似乎很高兴。
这要到 9 月中旬才能到达你那里，
到那时我想亨利会离开你回到中国。
如果我们把McCandliss医生和夫人算作一位，
那将是第九次离开中国。
我觉得我们的家真的不愧是“观澜湖”。
下一个来去的无疑是克尔医生和玛莎。
他们今天在香港周五去了 M 没想到只留下过夜，
但 Kerr 医生说他应该试图说服她在安息日留下。
自从吃了那些虾中毒后，
她身体一直不好。
很可惜，
海南的吉尔曼夫人病得很重，
他们这周都来斯旺医生那里，
那是吉尔曼一家人，
这会让麦坎德利斯医生一个人呆在那里。
Jeremiassen 先生在该国。
我想他会很高兴，
因为他们没有同化海南似乎是一个很难生活的地方，
他们还没有舒适的家。
麦克医生的父亲身体状况很差，
他们认为他活不长。
自从他的儿子回家后，
他非常心甘情愿，
并很高兴让他成为一名传教士。
他非常渴望见到克尔医生，
这是我非常[在第一页上继续垂直]非常希望他们尽快离开的原因之一。
妈妈放弃了与那个聋子的交往。
我认为过去的一切确实让麦克医生对他的继母和玛米有不同的感觉。
他们对他如此忠诚似乎太糟糕了，
恐怕这不是安息日信，
也不是我想写的。
永远爱海蒂。
Aug 11th 1889
My dear Clara
This is Sabbath
morning. I have risen
early and will write a
little to you before the day
begins. It is delightfully
cool this morning indeed
I think we have had a
very pleasant summer.
At first I felt the heat so
very much but I have become
accustomed to it now. It is
Saturday evening with you
now I wonder if you are
getting your S School lesson
I am glad Mary has a
class if she feels strong
enough to teach there I
know it will be very nice
for them And Faye will
be glad to be in your class
again. I wonder if
Mr Notestein will leave
you at the end of the year
If he does I wish Mr Allen
would come back. Whoever
you get I hope it will be some
one that you will like and
who will like to stay in Seville
After all the excitement
of the past few months here
we are having a [u] quiet [/u] time
now and we enjoy it [u] very [/u]
much. We are all very
fond of Sophie but it
seems nice to be more
quiet. I suppose it will
not be last very long in
the fall there is so much
coming and going. I
hope it will be a long time
before there will be another
courting episode here.
The school was quite distracted
over it. They all thought
so much of Sophie and
took such a deep interest
in her affairs. She and
Mr Wisner seem perfectly
happy and I doubt
not they will always be
very happy in each other.
It seems nice to see
two persons married who
care for each others happiness.
This will not reach you
until the middle of Sept
and by that time I
suppose Henry will have
left you to come back
to China. That will make
the [u] ninth [/u] leaving for China
if we count Dr & Hattie
McCandliss as one.
I think our home really
deserves to be called "Mission
Hill." The next to come
and go will doubtless be
Dr Kerr and Martha.
They are in Hong Kong
today went down on Friday
M did not expect to stay
only over night but Dr Kerr
said he should try to
persuade her to stay over
the Sabbath. She has not
been well since she was
poisoned eating those shrimps
It seems such a pity
Mrs Gilman of Hainan
is very ill and they are all
coming up to Dr Swan's
this week that is all the
Gilman family, that
will leave Dr McCandliss
alone there as Mr Jeremiassen
is in the country. I suppose
he will be glad of that as they
do not [?assimilate?] Hainan
seems to be a hard place to live
and they have as yet no
comfortable homes. Dr McC's
father is in very poor health
they do not think he can live
long. Since his son went home
he is quite reconciled and glad
to have him a missionary
He is so anxious to see Dr Kerr
that is one reason that I very
[Continued vertically on the first page]
much wish
them to go soon.
[?Mamies?] engagement
with that deaf
man is given
up. All that
passed I think
did make
Dr McC
feel differently
to his step
mother & [?Mamie?]
It seems too
bad they were so devoted
to him,
I am afraid
this is not
a Sabbath letter
it is not what
I thought to write.
With love ever Hattie.
中国广州 1889 年 8 月 11 日 我亲爱的克拉拉 这是安息日的早晨。
我起得很早，
会在一天开始之前给你写一点。
今天早上凉爽宜人，
我认为我们度过了一个非常愉快的夏天。
一开始我觉得很热，
但现在我已经习惯了。
现在是星期六晚上和你在一起我想知道你是否正在上你的安息日学课我很高兴 Mary 有课如果她觉得足够强壮可以在那里教书我知道这对他们来说会很好而且 Faye 会很高兴在你的再上课。
我想知道诺特斯坦先生是否会在年底离开你如果他这样做我希望艾伦先生能回来。
无论你得到谁，
我希望它会是一个你会喜欢的人，
谁会喜欢留在塞维利亚。
在过去几个月的兴奋之后，
我们现在正在度过一段安静的时光，
我们非常享受它。
我们都非常喜欢苏菲，
但安静一点似乎很好。
我想它不会持续很长时间在秋天有这么多来来去去。
我希望这里还有很长一段时间才会有另一个求爱的插曲。
学校对此相当分心。
他们都非常看重苏菲，
对她的事情产生了如此浓厚的兴趣。
她和威斯纳先生似乎非常幸福，
我怀疑他们不会永远幸福。
看到两个关心彼此幸福的人结婚似乎很高兴。
这要到 9 月中旬才能到达你那里，
到那时我想亨利会离开你回到中国。
如果我们把McCandliss医生和夫人算作一位，
那将是第九次离开中国。
我觉得我们的家真的不愧是“观澜湖”。
下一个来去的无疑是克尔医生和玛莎。
他们今天在香港周五去了 M 没想到只留下过夜，
但 Kerr 医生说他应该试图说服她在安息日留下。
自从吃了那些虾中毒后，
她身体一直不好。
很可惜，
海南的吉尔曼夫人病得很重，
他们这周都来斯旺医生那里，
那是吉尔曼一家人，
这会让麦坎德利斯医生一个人呆在那里。
Jeremiassen 先生在该国。
我想他会很高兴，
因为他们没有同化海南似乎是一个很难生活的地方，
他们还没有舒适的家。
麦克医生的父亲身体状况很差，
他们认为他活不长。
自从他的儿子回家后，
他非常心甘情愿，
并很高兴让他成为一名传教士。
他非常渴望见到克尔医生，
这是我非常[在第一页上继续垂直]非常希望他们尽快离开的原因之一。
妈妈放弃了与那个聋子的交往。
我认为过去的一切确实让麦克医生对他的继母和玛米有不同的感觉。
他们对他如此忠诚似乎太糟糕了，
恐怕这不是安息日信，
也不是我想写的。
永远爱海蒂。
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Letter from Hattie to Clara, August 11, 1889,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed May 5, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/481.