Letter from Henry to Harriet, January 26, 1864

Letter from Henry to Harriet, January 26, 1864

Travel; Carriages and carts; Lectures and lecturing; Humor; Speech

Henry writes to Harriet from Alleghany and having previously arrived in Wooster by way of carriage. He stayed on the fourth floor of Beatty Hall and attended a lecture by John B. Gough about "Peculiar people" and "Eloquence and orators." Henry found him both witty and informative.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1864-01-26

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Alleghany City
Jan 26th 1864
Dear Hattie
I d'on't know
whether I ought to write
first or you but as I
suspect my prospects
are pretty poor unless
I do write I must try
to scribble something.
We got to Wooster the
day we left home a
little after 2-o-clock.
Martha remained as the
cars were behind time.
I got started at 4-o-clock
the cars wEre crowded
Excepting one old ricketty
thing with a squad of
paddies in it. Folks would
come + look at it + pass

along. All I wanted
was a seat + I had
the good sense to go
right in + get ^one besides
the Entertainment of the
conversation of the paddies.
There was plenty of
room. I put my knap-
sack on the End of one
seat, laid my head
upon it, stretched
my body along the seat
Extended my legs (limbo?)
across to the opposite
one, reposed my [--legs--] feet
upon it + made my-
self as comfortable
generally as I could
under the circumstances.
Got to this city at
11-o-clock P.M + since
that time have bein
residing in the 4th story

of Beatty Hall.
Well Hattie, to change
the subject, I have heard
the veritable live "John
B Gough" lecture. He
lectured on Sat Evening
+ on Monday also. I
went on Saturday Evening
When he first commenced
I began to be afraid that
my Expectations had been
raise too ^high + that I should
be disappointed, when
he got over about 1/4 of
the lecture, I began to
think it was pretty
nice, when he got 1/2 through
I began [--to think that--] to
ponder the question of
going again on Monday
when he got through
I concluded I could'nt
stay away on Monday

no how I could [?fix?]
it + so back I went on
Monday + was delightfully
Entertained again. The
people gather in the street
in a great crowd long
before the doors are open.
He will make an
audience shake their
sides a little harder than
any man I ever heard, +
yet his lectures are not
nonsense but full of
good sense + instruction
His subject the first
night was "[u]Peculiar people[/u]"
the second night "Eloquence
+ orators" -- I dont know
of anything special more
to write. I have heard
from Martha once since
she went back. She was safely
back + going into it. Give
my respects to your associate in
the teacher's department of Westfield
School + Everybody Else + don't doubt but
that I am your brother HV Noyes



阿勒格尼市
1864 年 1 月 26 日
亲爱的海蒂
我不知道
我是否应该写
首先还是你，但作为我
怀疑我的前景
很穷，除非
我确实写我必须尝试
乱涂乱画。
我们到了伍斯特
我们离开家的那天
2点以后。
玛莎仍然是
汽车落后了。
我四点开始
汽车很拥挤
除了一个老摇摇晃晃的
一队人的事情
里面的稻田。人们会
过来看看然后通过

沿着。我想要的一切
是一个座位，我有
去的好感觉
直接进去拿一个
娱乐的
稻田的对话。
有很多
房间。我把我的背包放在一个人的尽头
座位，放下我的头
在它上面，伸展
我的身体沿着座位
伸展我的腿
对面
一、歇脚
在它上面，让自己舒服
一般来说，我可以
情况下。
到了这个城市
晚上 11 点以后
那个时候已经
住在第四层

比蒂大厅。
好吧，海蒂，改变
主题，我听说过
名副其实的现场“约翰
B Gough”讲座。他
周六晚上讲课
周一也是。我
周六晚上去了
当他第一次开始
我开始害怕
我的期望是
加得太高，我应该
失望，当
他克服了大约 1/4
讲座，我开始
觉得很漂亮
很好，当他通过 1/2 时
我开始
思考问题
星期一再去
当他通过
我得出结论我不能
周一远离

不，我怎么能解决
它，所以我继续
星期一，很愉快
又被逗乐了。这
人们聚集在街上
在一大群人中
在门打开之前。
他会做一个
观众摇晃他们的
侧面比
我听说过的任何人，和
然而他的讲座不是
废话但充满
良好的感觉和指导
他的主题是第一
晚上是“奇人”
第二晚《口才》
和演说家”——我不知道
任何特别的东西
来写。我听说
从玛莎一次
她回去了。她安然无恙
返回并进入它。给
我向你的同事致以敬意
韦斯特菲尔德教师部
学校和其他人，不要怀疑，但是
我是你的兄弟 HV Noyes

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