Letter from Henry to Em, March 2 & 9, 1878
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Letter from Henry to Em, March 2 & 9, 1878
Subject
Mail steamers; Boarding schools; Infant boys; Courtship; Temperance--United States
Description
Henry writes about the slow pace of the mail. Mattie seems to be doing better and Henry is glad that she and Harriet are both wholly in charge of the boarding school. He recounts a funny memory of Frank where he stowed away in a friend's buggy in order to learn how to court women. There is a good deal of excitement in San Francisco about Denis Kearney and the "Workingman's Party." He mentions the temperance meetings that happen there but he has not attended one yet.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1878-03-02
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eng (English)
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Los Angeles March 2[--8--]9th /78
My dear Em,
Yours was the last letter
received. For some reason no
letter has arrived this week yet.
Perhaps I shall get it to-day. The
Seville Times which generally puts in
an appearance Wednesday & Thursday
has not arrived either so I suppose
there is snow in the mountains or
something. The China letters were
slow too this time. The "Alaska"
brought them and she is not a
remarkably fast steamer or in other
words as Mattie wrote "she is a slow
tub." I think likely we shall have
another China mail in a day or
two. I have just finished writing
to Mattie & Hattie. It does seem
nice that Mattie is so much
better. She seems to feel as though
she may be able to do considerable
work yet. I am glad she &
Hattie have the whole charge of the
Boarding School. It always seemed
as though it properly belonged to them.
Your Methodist minister must
be quite a different kind of a
man from Mr Moffat or Mr
Owen from what you write.
Mentioning the ministers makes
me think of something that Mr
Whitney told me about Frank. I
do not know whether you ever
heard of it or not I never did.
He said that one time when
there had been some kind of
a party at our house Frank
went and got [--the--] John Ross'
horse for him when he was
ready to go home. It was when
John Ross was very attentive to
Sarepta Bingham. After they got
into the buggy Frank jumped
in behind as they started off,
& when they got home much
to their surprise they [--Fr--] found
Frank there. He told them he
[--told them--] thought it was about
time he was beginning to court
& he had got in there to learn how.
Mr Whitney said that Frank's
"learning to court" was quite
a joke around town for awhile.
I am glad to know that Edward
has got his money from Parker
at last. I hardly expected he
could. I wonder if Sarah has
ever got her money back or
any part of it.
You see we are still
here. Dr Lowrie's last letter speaks
as though the matter was all
settled but making out the deeds
&c &c but Mr Nevin[--s--] still hears
nothing. He wrote a letter to
his Board a few days ago
that I guess will bring some
reply. I do not feel at all
worried about it more than I
feel sorry for the Nevins. It is a
nice climate here and I have
plenty to do. The last two days
have been rainy. I presume it
is the closing up rain for this
spring. People say that there is
usually rain the latter part of
March and then no more
until the following Nov or Dec.
They seem to be having a
good deal of excitement in San
Francisco with that man "Denis
Kearney" and his rabble calling
themselves the "Workingman's Party." I
don't Know what it will all
amount to in the End. Down
here everything is quiet as can
be. Just now they are having
temperance meetings. I have not
been to any of them as I am
always occupied evenings. A
Mr Allen has come down from
San Francisco who leads these meetings.
It is the Murphy movement & blue
ribbons are getting quite common. I
believe they have obtained over 500
names. We are all well. I guess
I have written to you that baby has
short dresses now and with his
stockings & shoes looks like quite a boy
looks large enough to be walking around.
People all say that he looks just like me.
Now I must stop Ever so much love to
you all from, Henry.
洛杉矶 1878 年 3 月 29 日
我亲爱的艾姆，
你是最后一封信
已收到。由于某种原因没有
这周信已经到了。
也许我今天会得到它。这
塞维利亚时报
周三和周四露面
也没有到，所以我想
山上有雪或
某物。中国的信件是
这次也慢了。 “阿拉斯加”
带来了他们，她不是
非常快的蒸笼或其他
正如马蒂所写的那样，“她是一个慢
浴缸。”我想我们可能会有
一天内另一封中国邮件或
二。我刚写完
给玛蒂和海蒂。看起来确实
很高兴玛蒂这么多
更好的。她好像觉得
她也许可以做相当大的事情
工作呢。我很高兴她和
海蒂全权负责
寄宿学校。似乎总是
好像它本来就属于他们一样。
你的卫理公会牧师必须
做一个完全不同的人
来自莫法特先生或先生的人
欧文从你写的。
提到部长们
我想到了先生
惠特尼告诉我有关弗兰克的事。我
不知道你有没有
听说过与否，我从来没有听说过。
他说有一次当
曾经有过某种
我们家的派对弗兰克
去找约翰罗斯
小时候给他马
准备回家了。那是什么时候
约翰罗斯非常注意
萨雷普塔宾厄姆。他们得到后
弗兰克跳进了越野车
他们出发时在后面，
&当他们回家的时候
令他们惊讶的是，他们发现
弗兰克在那里。他告诉他们他
以为是关于
他开始上法庭的时间
＆他在那里学习如何。
惠特尼先生说弗兰克的
“学法庭”相当
在城里开了一阵子。
我很高兴知道爱德华
从帕克那里得到了他的钱
最后。没想到他
可以。我想知道莎拉有没有
曾经拿回她的钱或
它的任何部分。
你看我们还在
这里。洛瑞医生的最后一封信说
好像事情就是这样
安顿下来，但要弄清楚事迹等。
但内文先生仍然听到
没有什么。他写了一封信给
几天前他的董事会
我想会带来一些
回复。我完全没有感觉
比我更担心
为内文人感到难过。它是一个
这里气候宜人，我有
有很多事情要做。最后两天
一直下雨。我假设它
是为了这个收场雨吗
春天。人们说有
通常下雨后半段
三月，然后不再
直到下一个 11 月或 12 月。
他们似乎有一个
San 很兴奋
弗朗西斯科和那个男人“丹尼斯
科尔尼”和他的乌合之众
他们自己就是“工人党”。我
不知道会发生什么
到底。下
这里一切都很安静
是。刚才他们有
节制会议。我没有
像我一样去过他们中的任何一个
总是占据晚上。一个
艾伦先生已经从
领导这些会议的旧金山。
墨菲运动&蓝色
丝带越来越普遍。我
相信他们已经获得了 500 多个
名字。我们都很好。我猜
我给你写信说宝宝有
现在和他的短裙
丝袜和鞋子看起来很男孩
看起来大到可以四处走动。
人们都说他长得像我。
现在我必须停止曾经如此多的爱
你们都来自，亨利。
My dear Em,
Yours was the last letter
received. For some reason no
letter has arrived this week yet.
Perhaps I shall get it to-day. The
Seville Times which generally puts in
an appearance Wednesday & Thursday
has not arrived either so I suppose
there is snow in the mountains or
something. The China letters were
slow too this time. The "Alaska"
brought them and she is not a
remarkably fast steamer or in other
words as Mattie wrote "she is a slow
tub." I think likely we shall have
another China mail in a day or
two. I have just finished writing
to Mattie & Hattie. It does seem
nice that Mattie is so much
better. She seems to feel as though
she may be able to do considerable
work yet. I am glad she &
Hattie have the whole charge of the
Boarding School. It always seemed
as though it properly belonged to them.
Your Methodist minister must
be quite a different kind of a
man from Mr Moffat or Mr
Owen from what you write.
Mentioning the ministers makes
me think of something that Mr
Whitney told me about Frank. I
do not know whether you ever
heard of it or not I never did.
He said that one time when
there had been some kind of
a party at our house Frank
went and got [--the--] John Ross'
horse for him when he was
ready to go home. It was when
John Ross was very attentive to
Sarepta Bingham. After they got
into the buggy Frank jumped
in behind as they started off,
& when they got home much
to their surprise they [--Fr--] found
Frank there. He told them he
[--told them--] thought it was about
time he was beginning to court
& he had got in there to learn how.
Mr Whitney said that Frank's
"learning to court" was quite
a joke around town for awhile.
I am glad to know that Edward
has got his money from Parker
at last. I hardly expected he
could. I wonder if Sarah has
ever got her money back or
any part of it.
You see we are still
here. Dr Lowrie's last letter speaks
as though the matter was all
settled but making out the deeds
&c &c but Mr Nevin[--s--] still hears
nothing. He wrote a letter to
his Board a few days ago
that I guess will bring some
reply. I do not feel at all
worried about it more than I
feel sorry for the Nevins. It is a
nice climate here and I have
plenty to do. The last two days
have been rainy. I presume it
is the closing up rain for this
spring. People say that there is
usually rain the latter part of
March and then no more
until the following Nov or Dec.
They seem to be having a
good deal of excitement in San
Francisco with that man "Denis
Kearney" and his rabble calling
themselves the "Workingman's Party." I
don't Know what it will all
amount to in the End. Down
here everything is quiet as can
be. Just now they are having
temperance meetings. I have not
been to any of them as I am
always occupied evenings. A
Mr Allen has come down from
San Francisco who leads these meetings.
It is the Murphy movement & blue
ribbons are getting quite common. I
believe they have obtained over 500
names. We are all well. I guess
I have written to you that baby has
short dresses now and with his
stockings & shoes looks like quite a boy
looks large enough to be walking around.
People all say that he looks just like me.
Now I must stop Ever so much love to
you all from, Henry.
洛杉矶 1878 年 3 月 29 日
我亲爱的艾姆，
你是最后一封信
已收到。由于某种原因没有
这周信已经到了。
也许我今天会得到它。这
塞维利亚时报
周三和周四露面
也没有到，所以我想
山上有雪或
某物。中国的信件是
这次也慢了。 “阿拉斯加”
带来了他们，她不是
非常快的蒸笼或其他
正如马蒂所写的那样，“她是一个慢
浴缸。”我想我们可能会有
一天内另一封中国邮件或
二。我刚写完
给玛蒂和海蒂。看起来确实
很高兴玛蒂这么多
更好的。她好像觉得
她也许可以做相当大的事情
工作呢。我很高兴她和
海蒂全权负责
寄宿学校。似乎总是
好像它本来就属于他们一样。
你的卫理公会牧师必须
做一个完全不同的人
来自莫法特先生或先生的人
欧文从你写的。
提到部长们
我想到了先生
惠特尼告诉我有关弗兰克的事。我
不知道你有没有
听说过与否，我从来没有听说过。
他说有一次当
曾经有过某种
我们家的派对弗兰克
去找约翰罗斯
小时候给他马
准备回家了。那是什么时候
约翰罗斯非常注意
萨雷普塔宾厄姆。他们得到后
弗兰克跳进了越野车
他们出发时在后面，
&当他们回家的时候
令他们惊讶的是，他们发现
弗兰克在那里。他告诉他们他
以为是关于
他开始上法庭的时间
＆他在那里学习如何。
惠特尼先生说弗兰克的
“学法庭”相当
在城里开了一阵子。
我很高兴知道爱德华
从帕克那里得到了他的钱
最后。没想到他
可以。我想知道莎拉有没有
曾经拿回她的钱或
它的任何部分。
你看我们还在
这里。洛瑞医生的最后一封信说
好像事情就是这样
安顿下来，但要弄清楚事迹等。
但内文先生仍然听到
没有什么。他写了一封信给
几天前他的董事会
我想会带来一些
回复。我完全没有感觉
比我更担心
为内文人感到难过。它是一个
这里气候宜人，我有
有很多事情要做。最后两天
一直下雨。我假设它
是为了这个收场雨吗
春天。人们说有
通常下雨后半段
三月，然后不再
直到下一个 11 月或 12 月。
他们似乎有一个
San 很兴奋
弗朗西斯科和那个男人“丹尼斯
科尔尼”和他的乌合之众
他们自己就是“工人党”。我
不知道会发生什么
到底。下
这里一切都很安静
是。刚才他们有
节制会议。我没有
像我一样去过他们中的任何一个
总是占据晚上。一个
艾伦先生已经从
领导这些会议的旧金山。
墨菲运动&蓝色
丝带越来越普遍。我
相信他们已经获得了 500 多个
名字。我们都很好。我猜
我给你写信说宝宝有
现在和他的短裙
丝袜和鞋子看起来很男孩
看起来大到可以四处走动。
人们都说他长得像我。
现在我必须停止曾经如此多的爱
你们都来自，亨利。
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Em, March 2 & 9, 1878,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/634.