Letter from Henry to Clara, December 20, 1886

Letter from Henry to Clara, December 20, 1886

Death; Funeral service; Buildings; Schools; Teachers; Children of missionaries; Typhoid fever; Orphans

Henry mentions Mrs. Cunningham's death and tells Clara that he was in charge of the funeral alongside Mr. Henry. According to Henry, this year they have had more people falling sick than usual--a German missionary also died recently and Miss Butler has typhoid fever. Then, Henry tells Clara that they are still looking for new premises and discusses their budget. He writes about the school and the students' routine, which includes playtime with Henry's sons, Willie and Richard.

Noyes, Henry Varnum

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

Unpublished

1886-12-20

Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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Canton Dec 20th 1886.
Dear Clara
This is the last day for
letters and I think it is your
turn for one. I presume Mattie
may have written by the last
mail of the death of Mrs Cunningham.
It was not entirely unexpected
although the doctor was still
hoping she would recover till
near the end I believe. She
left a little daughter some 2
weeks old which I have heard
is to be named Elizabeth Happer
Cunningham. Bella heard
from the Amak at meeting
yesterday that Mrs Cunningham
told her just the day before she
died that she hoped to be
out again in another week
that she herself thought she
might go out now, but the Doctor

was not willing to have her go yet
She seems to have passed
away very quietly about
3-o-clock in the morning of
Dec 9th. There were funeral
services held at the house at
3-o-clock in the afternoon
of which I took charge and
Mr Henry assisted. The
next morning the remains
were taken to HongKong and
laid to rest in "Happy Valley."
As the steamer did not arrive
in HongKong till rather late
the burial took place by
moonlight. There has been
very much more than usual
sickness here this year.
Only last Tuesday a member
of the Berlin mission died.
I was not acquainted with
him as he was at one of
their country stations but he

came to Canton, (after he was
taken ill I believe) and was at
the German Mission residence here
when he died. It is quite a sad
case as his bride was expected in
HongKong daily when he died. I pre-
sume she has arrived by this
time although I have not heard
certainly. Miss Butler is
just now ill with typhoid fever
has been sick about a week.
Dr Suan told me last night that
he thought she was getting along
fairly well.
We are still on the
search for new premises are
all going out this evening to
look at a place. I saw one
place week before last which
is plenty large enough if it
were a little better situated
The price though is beyond our
reach at present, some 7000 [?tacls?]
= $9,800. I hope we shall

some good place after awhile
The school is full now and
under better arrangements now,
I think than it has ever been
since I had it, have a very
satisfactory arrangement for teachers
which is a great thing, received
two or three days ago the
59th scholar for this year.
The bell has just rung and the
little boys have come from Shameen
ours go [--overy--] over every morning and
have a good play with the little
Alabasters and then all four came
here together at 10-o-clock or a
little after and study till noon.
Then they go to study at 3-o-clock
in the afternoon and after 4 go out
for another play Willie & Richard enjoy
greatly the company of these other little boys
and they seem to be just as well
pleased. I used to teach them at
3-o-clock but somehow it gets crowded
out, so of late Bella has taken them
both parts of the day & they are getting
along very well. Willie will evidently
make a good mathematician, and no doubt
Richard when he gets along to it. Now I must
close Your aff Bro
Henry.



广州 1886 年 12 月 20 日。
亲爱的克拉拉
这是最后一天
信，我认为这是你的
换一个。我猜玛蒂
可能是最后写的
坎宁安夫人去世的邮件。
这并不完全出乎意料
虽然医生还在
希望她能康复到
我相信接近尾声。她
留下一个小女儿一些 2
我听说过的几个星期
将被命名为伊丽莎白哈珀
坎宁安。贝拉听到了
来自 Amak 在会议上
昨天，坎宁安夫人
就在她前一天告诉她
死了，她希望成为
再过一周再出去
她自己认为她
现在可能会出去，但是医生

还不愿意让她走
她好像过了
悄悄地离去
凌晨三点
12 月 9 日。有葬礼
在房子举行的服务
下午三点
我负责其中
亨利先生协助。这
第二天早上的遗体
被带到香港和
安息在“欢乐谷”。
由于蒸笼没到
在香港很晚
葬礼由
月光。有过
比平时多得多
今年病在这里。
上周二才有会员
柏林使命的死者。
我不熟悉
他在其中之一
他们的乡村电台，但他

来到广州，（之后他
我相信生病了）并且在
德国使团住所在这里
当他去世的时候。这是一个相当可悲的
情况，因为他的新娘预计在
他去世时的香港日报。我想她已经到了
时间虽然我没听说过
当然。巴特勒小姐是
刚刚得了伤寒
病了大约一个星期。
苏安医生昨晚告诉我
他以为她相处得很好
相当好。
我们还在
寻找新的场所是
今晚都出去
看一个地方。我看到一个
前一周放置哪个
如果它足够大
位置好一点
价格虽然超出了我们的
目前达到约7000 tacls
= 9,800 美元。我希望我们会

一段时间后的一些好地方
学校现在人满为患
现在在更好的安排下，
我认为比以往任何时候
自从我有了它，有一个非常
满意的教师安排
这是一件很棒的事情，收到了
两三天前
今年第59位学者。
钟声刚刚响起，
小男孩们来自沙面
我们每天早上都会过去
和小家伙玩得开心
雪花石膏，然后四个都来了
10 点钟或
之后学习到中午。
然后他们三点去学习
下午4点后出门
再玩一次威利和理查德享受
非常有这些其他小男孩的陪伴
他们似乎也一样
高兴。我曾经教过他们
3点钟，但不知何故变得拥挤
出去，所以最近贝拉把他们带走了
一天中的两个部分，他们都在
相处得很好。威利显然会
成为一名优秀的数学家，毫无疑问
理查德相处时。现在我必须
关闭你的 aff 兄弟
亨利。

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