Letter from Henry to Clara, December 22, 1879

Letter from Henry to Clara, December 22, 1879

Children; Families; Pictures; Aging; Political parties; Health; Walking

Henry remarks on Clara's letters that she sent and how he just wrote a letter to both father and Mary. He writes on how little Prince, the horse, has grown up. Henry comments on Sarah having an easier time this year and Gilbert not going to a Democratic Administration. He says that in order to have issues run more smoothly a Republican must be in charge. William is quite grown now and is very healthy; he is speaking very little English and is speaking in Chinese sentences.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection, Box #3

Unpublished

1879-12-22

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton Dec 22 1879
My dear sister Clara
I am indebted to you
for two letters one Oct 21st + the
other Nov 6th. I have just written
one letter to father and one
to Mary and do not know whether
I can spin out news enough to
write another or not but am
going to try. Some of your
letters speak of an Expected visit
from Mr + Mrs Locke. I shall
hope to hear about that visit
hereafter. I wish so much
that Uncle Augustus could
have come with them. I think
he and father both would have
enjoyed it so much. I saw
the picture that the girls got
of Cousin Gilbert and family
Gilbert and his wife and
Aunt Fay look very natural the
children have grown some.

I am glad that Em enjoys
her school so much. I hope
the school will be a success.
You speak also of a visit
from Johnnie Happer. I was
not surprised to hear that
he had walked up to Seville
for I thought that he was in
Earnest when he spoke about
it and I knew he was
quite a walker. I should'nt
wonder however if the road
seemed rather longer than he
expected it would. So little
Prince has grown up so as
to do some good. It seemed
strange to think of him
as a grown up horse. If
he is as pretty a horse as he
was a colt he will look
very nicely. And the old
"rocking chair" has gone to
college again has it I suppose

it seems natural and it
enjoys it but it does not
speak very well for it thor-
oughness that it has to keep
going back and going through
so many times. I presume
however it goes now as a
kind of tutor.
I am glad Sarah is
having an easier time this
year and that Gilbert is not
going to have a "Democratic
Administration" to suffer any
longer. With Republicans at
the head of affairs I think
matters will go on more smoothly.
You express the wish that
you could see Willie before he
grows into a "[u]large boy[/u]". He
very nearly answers the de-
scription of a [u]large boy[/u] now.
He eats plenty of rice and
beef and fruit and drinks a
great deal of milk so that he

keeps fat and strong and
happy. I wish you could all
see him in his boyhood
He is getting to surprise us
almost every day with some
new Chinese sentences that
he has learned but he speaks
very little English. He quite
falls in with Chinese ways of
doing things. The last time we
were in the country, wherever
we are chored, he wanted to
make long visits on [?shore?] with
his Amah.
I mentioned in one of
my letters that Dr [illegible] of
Foochow is here. We are going
to take a walk around the wall
day after to- morrow. She and
I will go and I do not yet
know whether any one Else or
not. It is a good long walk
but not as long by considerable as
Johnnie's walk from Wooster. I presumed
I have written before that Dr Sam Anderson
expects to leave for home before a great while
[Note: Letter continues sideways on page four]
as her health is poor in China + her physician [?recommended?] her
going home. She expects to leave sometime in January. Now I must close

[Note: Letter concludes sideways on page one]
Much love from Bella Willie and
your aff Bro -Henry



广州 1879 年 12 月 22 日
我亲爱的姐姐克拉拉
我欠你的
两封信，一个是 10 月 21 日，另一个是
其他 11 月 6 日。我刚刚写了
给父亲的一封信和一封
给玛丽，不知道是否
我可以推出足够多的新闻
写另一个或不写，但我
要去试试。你的一些
信件谈到预期的访问
来自洛克先生和夫人。我会
希望听到关于那次访问的消息
此后。我多么希望
奥古斯都叔叔可以
和他们一起来的。我认为
他和父亲都会有
非常享受。我看见
女孩们得到的照片
表弟吉尔伯特和家人
吉尔伯特和他的妻子
Fay阿姨看起来很自然的
孩子们长大了一些。

我很高兴 Em 喜欢
她的学校那么多。我希望
学校会成功的。
你也谈到访问
来自约翰尼·哈珀。我曾是
听到这个并不感到惊讶
他已经走到塞维利亚
因为我以为他在
他说话时很认真
它，我知道他是
相当步行者。我不应该
但是不知道道路是否
似乎比他长
预计会的。这么少
王子长大了
做一些好事。看起来
奇怪地想起他
作为一匹成年马。如果
他和他一样漂亮
他会看起来是一匹小马
很友好地。还有老
“摇椅”去了
我想大学又有了

看起来很自然，而且
喜欢它，但它不
说得很好，因为它必须保持彻底
回去经历
很多次。我相信
但是它现在作为
一种导师。
我很高兴莎拉
过得更轻松
年，吉尔伯特不是
将有一个“民主
政府”遭受任何
更长。与共和党人在
我认为的事务负责人
事情会更顺利地进行。
你表达的愿望
你可以在他之前看到威利
长成一个“大男孩”。他
现在几乎回答了一个大男孩的描述。
他吃很多米饭，
牛肉和水果和饮料
大量的牛奶使他

保持肥胖和强壮
快乐的。我希望你们都可以
看他小时候
他让我们大吃一惊
几乎每天都有一些
新的中文句子
他学会了，但他会说话
英语很少。他相当
符合中国人的生活方式
做事。我们最后一次
在这个国家，无论在哪里
我们停靠了，他想
在岸上进行长期访问
他的阿玛。
我在其中之一中提到
我的医生 [无法辨认] 的信
福州来了我们要去了
围墙走走
后天——后天。她和
我会去，但我还没有
知道是否有任何 Else 或
不是。这是一个很好的长途步行
但不长
约翰尼从伍斯特步行。我以为
我之前写过山姆·安德森博士
预计在很长一段时间内离开回家
[注：信在第四页继续横向]
因为她在中国的健康状况不佳。她的医生推荐她
回家。她预计在一月份的某个时候离开。现在我必须关闭

[注：信在第一页结束]
贝拉威利的爱和
你的兄弟——亨利

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