Letter from Henry to Mary, August 31, 1878

Letter from Henry to Mary, August 31, 1878

Sabbath; Sabbath schools; Conversion; Infants

Henry writes to his sister Mary about how currently their lives seem to be the same every day. Henry has been attending a Bible class every evening. Some of the members of the Bible class are considering joining the church. He hopes that he can help sway their decision and get them to join by November 1st. There is a state fair coming up and Henry hopes school would be canceled for the day. The baby can now "creep" and is playing "Pat-a-cake".

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1878-08-31

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Sacramento Aug 31st
1878
My dear sister Mary -
I think I wrote
to Clara last week and now
I have come to the little girl that
takes griddle cakes with cotton in
them for "[u]1st Class[/u]" boarders. I have
just taken Edwards letter from the
Post Office. He is getting his ground
ready for wheat in good time.
I think you must have had a
very pleasant time during the meetings
of the Teacher's Institute. I was in
hopes the Moline factory would
take up the planter. But I
suppose such farms like to keep
things in their own hands if pos-
sible + get the profits. Our life here
is so much the same day by day
that it does not seem as though
there was much new to write.
We expect Henry Ward Beecher
will lecture here on the 6th + 7th
I presume we will go to one of his
lectures. Very likely he will preach

on the Sabbath also. To morrow
is communion in the Presbyterian
church here. Two Chinese expect
to join. We feel quite encouraged
in our work here. I have kept
up a Bible class every evening
in the school which is well attended
usually have from 12 to 15 in
this class. I knew there were
some who were thinking of
joining the church but I did
not know just how many. I
asked any who wished to talk
about the matter to stop after
school Tuesday Evening. There
were seven who remained in
addition to one who had already
been before the session + there is
still another one making nine
in all who express a wish to
become connected with the church.
Three applied at the session
meeting on Thursday. Two were
received and the other was asked
to wait until another time and

try to get somewhat better ac-
quainted with the doctrines. His
knowledge seemed rather de-
ficient. I am going to get
those interested ones to study if
I can and go over some
question[--s--] books and I hope that
most if not all of them will join
by the 1st of Nov ---.
There is to be a
[--fair--] state fair here the middle
of next month so I presume
we shall have a good oppor-
tunity of seeing something of
California's wonderful Agricultu-
ral products. Perhaps we will
dismiss school for a few days
at that time. We have had quite
comfortable weather for awhile but
it is getting hotter again now. People
say there is usually some pretty hot
weather in September. Bella + baby
are about as usual. Baby can
creep now, and understands "Pat-a
cake" If we say "Pat-a-cake" to
him he will straighten up and

spat his little hands togEther
like a good fellow. I wish you
could all see him. I know you
would think that he is a nice
little fellow. I am so glad to learn
that Mattie is getting along so well.
Mrs Kerr attributes considerable of
it to Hattie's getting back to be with
her. I am glad she is going to
Chefoo. I know she will have a
real good time at Mr Corbetts.
I saw Mrs Corbett in Brooklyn
and I think she is a real good
woman. Miss Downing too is
close by and she is one of the
excellent of the earth . I am so
glad that I saw her as she
was on her way back. It will
be pleasant for Mattie to hear from
us through her.
I guess I can stand a
suit of clothes off of Col Dowd's "wedding
suit" piece. His getting married makes
me think of what Mrs Kerr said to Dr
Patterson when I was in S F. He had
just said that he had married that day
a lady 60 years old (I mean of course Dr P
performed the ceremony) You know Mrs Kerr
is very apt say just what she thinks
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she said "sixty year old!! I should think she had better
be thinking about something else than getting married." Dr

[Note: Letter continues sideways on page one]
Patterson however said "You know Mrs Kerr people are differently
constituted. Some are socially inclined and are happier to have com-
pany. I under-
stand she has
got a very
good husband."
Now I must
close - Much
love to all from
[u]Henry[/u]



萨克拉门托 8 月 31 日
1878年
我亲爱的妹妹玛丽——
我想我写了
上周和现在去克拉拉
我来到了那个小女孩
用棉花做煎饼
他们为“一等”寄宿生。我有
刚刚收到爱德华兹的信
邮局。他正在站稳脚跟
及时准备小麦。
我想你一定有过
会议期间非常愉快的时光
师范学院的。我是在
希望莫林工厂
拿起播种机。但是我
假设这样的农场喜欢养
尽可能把事情掌握在自己手中并获得利润。
我们在这里的生活
每天都一样
它似乎不像
有很多新东西要写。
我们期待亨利沃德比彻
6日和7日将在这里演讲
我想我们会去他的一个
讲座。他很可能会讲道

安息日也是。明天
是长老会的圣餐
这里的教堂。两个中国人期待
加入。我们感到非常鼓舞
在我们这里的工作中。我一直保持
每天晚上上圣经课
在上学人数众多的学校
通常有 12 到 15 英寸
这节课。我知道有
有些人在想
加入了教会，但我做到了
不知道到底有多少。我
问任何想说话的人
关于事后停止
周二晚上上学。那里
有七个人留在
除了一个已经
在会议之前，有
还有一个做九个
在所有表达愿望的人中
与教会建立联系。
三人在会议上申请
周四开会。两个是
收到，另一个被问到
等到另一个时间和

尝试更好地熟悉这些教义。
他的知识似乎相当缺乏。
我要得到
有兴趣的可以研究一下
我可以过一些
问题书，我希望
大多数（如果不是全部的话）都会加入
到 11 月 1 日 ---。
必须有一个
州博览会在中间
下个月，所以我想
我们将有很好的机会看到
加州美妙的农产品。
也许我们会
放学几天
当时。我们已经相当
舒适的天气一段时间，但
现在又变热了。人们
说通常有一些很热
九月的天气。贝拉和宝贝
和往常一样。宝宝可以
现在蠕动，并理解“Pat-a
蛋糕”如果我们说“Pat-a-cake”
他会挺直身子

一起吐了吐他的小手
像个好人。我希望你
都能看到他。我认识你
会认为他是个好人
小家伙。我很高兴学习
马蒂相处得很好。
克尔夫人的属性相当可观
海蒂回来了
她。我很高兴她会
芝富。我知道她会有一个
在 Corbetts 先生那里度过了真正的美好时光。
我在布鲁克林见到科贝特夫人
我认为她是一个真正的好人
女士。唐宁小姐也是
就在附近，她是其中之一
优秀的地球。我是如此
很高兴我看到了她
在她回来的路上。它会
让马蒂高兴地听到
我们通过她。
我想我可以忍受
多德上校“婚礼”上的一套衣服
西装”一块。他的结婚让
我想起克尔夫人对博士说的话
我在旧金山时的帕特森。他有
只是说他那天结婚了
一位 60 岁的女士（我的意思当然是 P 医生）
举行仪式）你知道克尔夫人
很贴切的说出她的想法
[注意：字母在右边空白处继续横向]
她说“六十岁！！我觉得她最好
正在考虑结婚以外的其他事情。” 医生

[注：信在第一页继续横向]
然而，帕特森说：“你知道克尔夫人的人是不同的
构成。有些人有社交倾向，更愿意有陪伴。
我明白她有
得到了一个非常
好老公。”
现在我必须
关闭 - 很多
对所有人的爱
亨利

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