Letter from Henry to Clara, October 27, 1884
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Letter from Henry to Clara, October 27, 1884
Subject
Mail steamers; Weight; Stature; Health; Lungs--Diseases; Travel; Bible--Reading; Reading (Early childhood)--Studying and teaching; Preaching; Chapels
Description
Upon his father's request, Henry records in this letter his sons' heights and weights plus his wife's and his own. Dr. Happer came back from Japan two weeks ago and he is still not very well, so he intends to go home before the rainy season. Henry tells Clara that Willie likes to read, especially the Bible. There was some trouble involving some foreigners at one of the large temples yesterday. Daily preaching at the chapels has been temporarily suspended, but services are still held.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
Source
Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
Date
1884-10-27
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eng (English)
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Canton Oct 27th 1884
Dear Sister Clara
The last opportunity
for sending letters to HongKong
for the American Mail is this
morning and so I will send
a few lines. The last mail
brought Mary's letter speaking of
her visit to friends in the
East. I am glad she could
go and that she had such
a good time. Before I forget
it I must reply to a request
Father made in his last letter
viz to send the heights and
weight of the children. We
have all been recently weighed
and measured and the result
is as follows. Weight to the nearest pound
Richard Varnum 44 lbs Willie 55 lbs
Bella 111 lbs Myself 158 lbs.
Our heights are as follows
Richard Varnum 3 ft, 6 1/4 inches
William Dean 4 ft
Bella 5- 1 1/2 inches
Myself 5- 11 inches
All measured with slippers
on. So if you will take these
heights and fill them out to
the right size to make the
weights above mentioned you
can imagine how we look.
Dr Happer came back from
Japan about two weeks ago.
He is not as much
improved as I expected he
would be although better than
when he went away. He
intends to go home before the
rainy season comes on.
He does not go out of the
house much. I believe his
left lung is quite seriously
diseased. I suppose Mrs Happer
will go with him and Verdie
will remain here.
I forgot to tell you when
writing about the children that
Willie is getting to like very much
to be read to, and he likes to
have the bible read to him better
than any other book. If asked
what book he wants to have
read he almost always says
the Bible. His mother has read
to him a great deal and he will
listen as long as any one [--is usually--]
can read to him. He has begun
to read the gospel of John himself
with some one teaching him. He spells
all the long words. He got to the
14th Chapter yesterday. His "little
brother" is getting to be a very in-
teresting little fellow. He always
liked fun and he used to seem
to have a little spice of recklessness
about him, but [--the--] he now seems
very ambitious to be "a good boy".
Canton has seemed quiet since
the last mail went until yesterday
I heard of some disturbance at
one of the large temples. Two
foreigners had gone there and
a large crowd gathered and
soldiers were sent to disperse
them. I do not know the
particulars. I heard that the
foreigners had wine and that
the crowd said they were taking
powder into the temple, were French
&c &c. I suppose we shall
hear more about it to-day. It
is not anything I presume that
will effect our quietness. The chapels
are still closed so far as daily
preaching is concerned but church
services are held.
Mr Fulton's sister arrived
by last mail
With love from us all
Your aff Bro
Henry
广州 1884 年 10 月 27 日
亲爱的克拉拉修女
最后的机会
寄信到香港
美国邮政是这个
早上，所以我会发送
几行。最后一封邮件
带来了玛丽的信
她拜访朋友
东方。我很高兴她能
去，她有这样的
美好时光。在我忘记之前
我必须回复一个请求
父亲在他的最后一封信中写道：
发送高度和
孩子们的体重。我们
最近都称重
并测量和结果
如下。重量精确到磅
理查德·瓦纳姆 44 磅 威利 55 磅
贝拉 111 磅 我自己 158 磅。
我们的身高如下
理查德瓦纳姆 3 英尺，6 1/4 英寸
威廉·迪恩 4 英尺
贝拉 5- 1 1/2 英寸
我自己 5-11 英寸
都是用拖鞋测量的
上。所以如果你要拿这些
高度并将它们填写到
合适的尺寸来制作
上面提到你的权重
可以想象我们的样子。
哈珀博士从
日本大约两周前。
他没有那么多
正如我预期的那样改善了他
虽然会好于
他走的时候。他
打算在回家之前
雨季来临。
他不出门
房子很多。我相信他的
左肺相当严重
病了。我想哈珀夫人
会和他和 Verdie 一起去
将留在这里。
我忘了告诉你什么时候
写关于孩子的
威利越来越喜欢
被阅读，他喜欢
让他更好地读圣经
比任何其他书。如果问
他想拥有什么书
读他几乎总是说
圣经。他妈妈读过
对他很重要，他会
只要听任何人
可以读给他听。他已经开始
阅读约翰自己的福音
有人教他。他拼写
所有的长话。他到了
昨天第十四话。他的“小
兄弟”正在成为一个非常有趣的小家伙。他总是
喜欢有趣，他过去似乎
有一点鲁莽的情调
关于他，但他现在似乎
非常有志成为“好孩子”。
从那以后，广州似乎很安静
最后一封邮件到昨天为止
我听说在
大型寺庙之一。二
外国人去过那里
一大群人聚集在一起
士兵被派去驱散
他们。我不知道
细节。我听说
外国人有酒和那个
人群说他们正在采取
粉进庙里，都是法国人
等等。我想我们应该
今天听到更多关于它的信息。它
不是我认为的
会影响我们的安静。小教堂
到目前为止仍然每天关闭
讲道与教会有关
举行服务。
富尔顿先生的妹妹来了
通过最后一封邮件
带着我们所有人的爱
你的兄弟
亨利
Dear Sister Clara
The last opportunity
for sending letters to HongKong
for the American Mail is this
morning and so I will send
a few lines. The last mail
brought Mary's letter speaking of
her visit to friends in the
East. I am glad she could
go and that she had such
a good time. Before I forget
it I must reply to a request
Father made in his last letter
viz to send the heights and
weight of the children. We
have all been recently weighed
and measured and the result
is as follows. Weight to the nearest pound
Richard Varnum 44 lbs Willie 55 lbs
Bella 111 lbs Myself 158 lbs.
Our heights are as follows
Richard Varnum 3 ft, 6 1/4 inches
William Dean 4 ft
Bella 5- 1 1/2 inches
Myself 5- 11 inches
All measured with slippers
on. So if you will take these
heights and fill them out to
the right size to make the
weights above mentioned you
can imagine how we look.
Dr Happer came back from
Japan about two weeks ago.
He is not as much
improved as I expected he
would be although better than
when he went away. He
intends to go home before the
rainy season comes on.
He does not go out of the
house much. I believe his
left lung is quite seriously
diseased. I suppose Mrs Happer
will go with him and Verdie
will remain here.
I forgot to tell you when
writing about the children that
Willie is getting to like very much
to be read to, and he likes to
have the bible read to him better
than any other book. If asked
what book he wants to have
read he almost always says
the Bible. His mother has read
to him a great deal and he will
listen as long as any one [--is usually--]
can read to him. He has begun
to read the gospel of John himself
with some one teaching him. He spells
all the long words. He got to the
14th Chapter yesterday. His "little
brother" is getting to be a very in-
teresting little fellow. He always
liked fun and he used to seem
to have a little spice of recklessness
about him, but [--the--] he now seems
very ambitious to be "a good boy".
Canton has seemed quiet since
the last mail went until yesterday
I heard of some disturbance at
one of the large temples. Two
foreigners had gone there and
a large crowd gathered and
soldiers were sent to disperse
them. I do not know the
particulars. I heard that the
foreigners had wine and that
the crowd said they were taking
powder into the temple, were French
&c &c. I suppose we shall
hear more about it to-day. It
is not anything I presume that
will effect our quietness. The chapels
are still closed so far as daily
preaching is concerned but church
services are held.
Mr Fulton's sister arrived
by last mail
With love from us all
Your aff Bro
Henry
广州 1884 年 10 月 27 日
亲爱的克拉拉修女
最后的机会
寄信到香港
美国邮政是这个
早上，所以我会发送
几行。最后一封邮件
带来了玛丽的信
她拜访朋友
东方。我很高兴她能
去，她有这样的
美好时光。在我忘记之前
我必须回复一个请求
父亲在他的最后一封信中写道：
发送高度和
孩子们的体重。我们
最近都称重
并测量和结果
如下。重量精确到磅
理查德·瓦纳姆 44 磅 威利 55 磅
贝拉 111 磅 我自己 158 磅。
我们的身高如下
理查德瓦纳姆 3 英尺，6 1/4 英寸
威廉·迪恩 4 英尺
贝拉 5- 1 1/2 英寸
我自己 5-11 英寸
都是用拖鞋测量的
上。所以如果你要拿这些
高度并将它们填写到
合适的尺寸来制作
上面提到你的权重
可以想象我们的样子。
哈珀博士从
日本大约两周前。
他没有那么多
正如我预期的那样改善了他
虽然会好于
他走的时候。他
打算在回家之前
雨季来临。
他不出门
房子很多。我相信他的
左肺相当严重
病了。我想哈珀夫人
会和他和 Verdie 一起去
将留在这里。
我忘了告诉你什么时候
写关于孩子的
威利越来越喜欢
被阅读，他喜欢
让他更好地读圣经
比任何其他书。如果问
他想拥有什么书
读他几乎总是说
圣经。他妈妈读过
对他很重要，他会
只要听任何人
可以读给他听。他已经开始
阅读约翰自己的福音
有人教他。他拼写
所有的长话。他到了
昨天第十四话。他的“小
兄弟”正在成为一个非常有趣的小家伙。他总是
喜欢有趣，他过去似乎
有一点鲁莽的情调
关于他，但他现在似乎
非常有志成为“好孩子”。
从那以后，广州似乎很安静
最后一封邮件到昨天为止
我听说在
大型寺庙之一。二
外国人去过那里
一大群人聚集在一起
士兵被派去驱散
他们。我不知道
细节。我听说
外国人有酒和那个
人群说他们正在采取
粉进庙里，都是法国人
等等。我想我们应该
今天听到更多关于它的信息。它
不是我认为的
会影响我们的安静。小教堂
到目前为止仍然每天关闭
讲道与教会有关
举行服务。
富尔顿先生的妹妹来了
通过最后一封邮件
带着我们所有人的爱
你的兄弟
亨利
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Clara, October 27, 1884,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 19, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/888.