Letter from Mattie to Emily
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Letter from Mattie to Emily
Subject
Cerebrovascular disease; Paralysis; Aging; Disease susceptibility
Description
Mattie is glad that Emily had such a nice trip with Hattie. Orion had a stroke of paralysis. Their cousin Mari was anxious about it all since Orion is over 60. This also makes Mattie anxious since the Dr. is turning 63. This makes her think about the ages and health of her family members. Miss Lewis cannot believe that Mattie has never gotten sick.
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Kerr, Martha Noyes
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The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #5
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Unpublished
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eng (English)
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My dear Emily
The letters we received
by the last mail are all up
at brother Henrys, so I can
only answer them as I
remember about what you
wrote It is delightful to think
of your having that delight-
ful trip with Hattie It will
be something which it
will always be pleasant to
remember. I was so sorry
to learn that Orion had
had a stroke of paralysis and
that he did not feel he would
ever be any better. Cousin
Mari told me when I was
there that she felt so anxious
about him that when a person
was over sixty their lives were
very uncertain. I have thought
of that remark so often since
I was married. Dr will be
63 to morrow. I sometimes
wish if he could be comfortably
well that I could know he would
live to be as old as Father is
Only think if we were spared
that would give us 20 years
together. But physicians
scarcely ever live to be very
old. But I shall always be so
thankful for whatever of time
we do have together. It must
have been such a disap
pointment to Cousin Sarah
to give up the light visions
she had for herself and her
children. But people can be
very happy and useful without
much of the filthy lucre and
that is such a blessing. Is Emily
Sturtevants husband a Christian
If not it seems as if her life must
be very full of anxiety. I thought
of you as being at home Thanks
giving knew you would try
to be. It must be so hard for
cousin Harriet after her life
in the city to do so much
out of door work. And it does
seem wonderful that Uncle
Augustus is so well To think
he is over 40 years older than
I am. And I am so surprized
that Sarah can go on as she
does. It seemed when I was at
home as if she must give
up soon. To end all I am
surprized at myself also. Miss
Lewis says she can not realize
I have ever been ill. I go and
go every day in the week, do
not take any medicine but fall
to eating "Chuk" Hattie will tell
you what that is and forth with
I am all right. Now if Mary has
the trouble she had when I was
at home if she will just get
rice boil it until it is very soft
say 1/2 hour then eat it with
nothing but a little salt and some
milk it will soon put her all
right. She much keep it up until
she is all right. I lived on it
once here 2 weeks at one time
The Dr says he can always
cure [?Dire?] --- if people will do
just as he says, or rather he says
he does not fear to undertake
to cure them. She must not
let this difficulty run on but
just try this remedy. Did I
tell you in my last of a Mrs
Lwing and her son who have come
to Canton from Brooklyn New York
The Mother is boarding at Miss
Butlers and we have the son
He has over studied and had to
give up all effort of the mind
can not read or write There is a
[Continued vertically on the first page]
possibility he may go into work here as a Bible Agent
if Dr Gulick will give him employment. [u] He thinks [/u]
the travelling
about will be
a benefit to him
He occupies
the "prophets
chamber" is
a very pleasant
young man
and we all
enjoy him very
much. Have
tried to sew a
little today
but interrup
tions have been
so manifold
very little was
accomplished.
With much love
Mattie
我亲爱的艾米丽 我们收到的最后一封信都寄给了亨利兄弟 ，
所以我只能在记得你写的东西时回复它们将永远是愉快的回忆。
我很遗憾得知 Orion 中风了 ，
而且他不觉得自己会好转。
我在那儿的时候 ，
玛丽表姐告诉我 ，
她对他感到非常焦虑 ，
以至于当一个人超过 60 岁时 ，
他们的生活非常不确定。
自从我结婚以来 ，
我经常想到这句话。
医生明天就 63 岁了。
有时我希望他能安然无恙 ，
我能知道他会活到和父亲一样大。
想想如果我们能幸免于难 ，
那我们就可以一起度过 20 年。
但是医生几乎不会活到很老。
但我将永远感激我们在一起的任何时光。
放弃对自己和孩子们的光明愿景 ，
莎拉表妹一定非常失望。
但是人们可以在没有太多肮脏的财富的情况下非常快乐和有用 ，
这是一种祝福。
Emily Sturtevants 的丈夫是基督徒吗？如果不是 ，
她的生活似乎充满了焦虑。
我以为你在家里 感恩节知道你会努力做到。
哈丽特表妹在城里生活后 ，
做这么多户外工作一定很难。
奥古斯都叔叔这么好 ，
他比我大 40 多岁 ，
这真是太好了。
我很惊讶莎拉能像她那样继续下去。
当我在家时 ，
她似乎必须尽快放弃。
最后 ，
我也对自己感到惊讶。
刘易斯小姐说她不知道我曾经病过。
我一周中的每一天都去去 ，
不吃任何药 ，
而是去吃“Chuk” Hattie会告诉你那是什么 ，
我没事。
现在 ，
如果玛丽遇到我在家时遇到的麻烦 ，
如果她只是把米饭煮到很软 ，
说 1/2 小时 ，
然后只吃一点盐和一些牛奶 ，
它很快就会好起来的.她一直坚持到她没事为止。
我在这里住过一次 2 周一次医生说他总是可以治愈可怕的——如果人们按照他说的去做 ，
或者更确切地说 ，
他说他不害怕承诺治愈他们。
她不能让这种困难继续下去 ，
而只是尝试这种补救措施。
我有没有告诉过你我最后一次从纽约布鲁克林来到广州的 Lwing 夫人和她的儿子 母亲正在巴特勒斯小姐寄宿 ，
我们有儿子他已经过度学习 ，
不得不放弃所有的努力不读也不写 如果古利克医生给他就业机会 ，
他有可能[在第一页上垂直继续] 在这里担任圣经代理人的工作。
他认为四处旅行对他有好处。
他住在“先知室”是一个非常令人愉快的年轻人 ，
我们都很喜欢他。
今天试着缝了一点 ，
但中断太多了 ，
几乎没有完成。
非常爱马蒂
The letters we received
by the last mail are all up
at brother Henrys, so I can
only answer them as I
remember about what you
wrote It is delightful to think
of your having that delight-
ful trip with Hattie It will
be something which it
will always be pleasant to
remember. I was so sorry
to learn that Orion had
had a stroke of paralysis and
that he did not feel he would
ever be any better. Cousin
Mari told me when I was
there that she felt so anxious
about him that when a person
was over sixty their lives were
very uncertain. I have thought
of that remark so often since
I was married. Dr will be
63 to morrow. I sometimes
wish if he could be comfortably
well that I could know he would
live to be as old as Father is
Only think if we were spared
that would give us 20 years
together. But physicians
scarcely ever live to be very
old. But I shall always be so
thankful for whatever of time
we do have together. It must
have been such a disap
pointment to Cousin Sarah
to give up the light visions
she had for herself and her
children. But people can be
very happy and useful without
much of the filthy lucre and
that is such a blessing. Is Emily
Sturtevants husband a Christian
If not it seems as if her life must
be very full of anxiety. I thought
of you as being at home Thanks
giving knew you would try
to be. It must be so hard for
cousin Harriet after her life
in the city to do so much
out of door work. And it does
seem wonderful that Uncle
Augustus is so well To think
he is over 40 years older than
I am. And I am so surprized
that Sarah can go on as she
does. It seemed when I was at
home as if she must give
up soon. To end all I am
surprized at myself also. Miss
Lewis says she can not realize
I have ever been ill. I go and
go every day in the week, do
not take any medicine but fall
to eating "Chuk" Hattie will tell
you what that is and forth with
I am all right. Now if Mary has
the trouble she had when I was
at home if she will just get
rice boil it until it is very soft
say 1/2 hour then eat it with
nothing but a little salt and some
milk it will soon put her all
right. She much keep it up until
she is all right. I lived on it
once here 2 weeks at one time
The Dr says he can always
cure [?Dire?] --- if people will do
just as he says, or rather he says
he does not fear to undertake
to cure them. She must not
let this difficulty run on but
just try this remedy. Did I
tell you in my last of a Mrs
Lwing and her son who have come
to Canton from Brooklyn New York
The Mother is boarding at Miss
Butlers and we have the son
He has over studied and had to
give up all effort of the mind
can not read or write There is a
[Continued vertically on the first page]
possibility he may go into work here as a Bible Agent
if Dr Gulick will give him employment. [u] He thinks [/u]
the travelling
about will be
a benefit to him
He occupies
the "prophets
chamber" is
a very pleasant
young man
and we all
enjoy him very
much. Have
tried to sew a
little today
but interrup
tions have been
so manifold
very little was
accomplished.
With much love
Mattie
我亲爱的艾米丽 我们收到的最后一封信都寄给了亨利兄弟 ，
所以我只能在记得你写的东西时回复它们将永远是愉快的回忆。
我很遗憾得知 Orion 中风了 ，
而且他不觉得自己会好转。
我在那儿的时候 ，
玛丽表姐告诉我 ，
她对他感到非常焦虑 ，
以至于当一个人超过 60 岁时 ，
他们的生活非常不确定。
自从我结婚以来 ，
我经常想到这句话。
医生明天就 63 岁了。
有时我希望他能安然无恙 ，
我能知道他会活到和父亲一样大。
想想如果我们能幸免于难 ，
那我们就可以一起度过 20 年。
但是医生几乎不会活到很老。
但我将永远感激我们在一起的任何时光。
放弃对自己和孩子们的光明愿景 ，
莎拉表妹一定非常失望。
但是人们可以在没有太多肮脏的财富的情况下非常快乐和有用 ，
这是一种祝福。
Emily Sturtevants 的丈夫是基督徒吗？如果不是 ，
她的生活似乎充满了焦虑。
我以为你在家里 感恩节知道你会努力做到。
哈丽特表妹在城里生活后 ，
做这么多户外工作一定很难。
奥古斯都叔叔这么好 ，
他比我大 40 多岁 ，
这真是太好了。
我很惊讶莎拉能像她那样继续下去。
当我在家时 ，
她似乎必须尽快放弃。
最后 ，
我也对自己感到惊讶。
刘易斯小姐说她不知道我曾经病过。
我一周中的每一天都去去 ，
不吃任何药 ，
而是去吃“Chuk” Hattie会告诉你那是什么 ，
我没事。
现在 ，
如果玛丽遇到我在家时遇到的麻烦 ，
如果她只是把米饭煮到很软 ，
说 1/2 小时 ，
然后只吃一点盐和一些牛奶 ，
它很快就会好起来的.她一直坚持到她没事为止。
我在这里住过一次 2 周一次医生说他总是可以治愈可怕的——如果人们按照他说的去做 ，
或者更确切地说 ，
他说他不害怕承诺治愈他们。
她不能让这种困难继续下去 ，
而只是尝试这种补救措施。
我有没有告诉过你我最后一次从纽约布鲁克林来到广州的 Lwing 夫人和她的儿子 母亲正在巴特勒斯小姐寄宿 ，
我们有儿子他已经过度学习 ，
不得不放弃所有的努力不读也不写 如果古利克医生给他就业机会 ，
他有可能[在第一页上垂直继续] 在这里担任圣经代理人的工作。
他认为四处旅行对他有好处。
他住在“先知室”是一个非常令人愉快的年轻人 ，
我们都很喜欢他。
今天试着缝了一点 ，
但中断太多了 ，
几乎没有完成。
非常爱马蒂
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Kerr, Martha Noyes, “Letter from Mattie to Emily,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/592.