Section of a Unsigned Letter
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Section of a Unsigned Letter
Subject
Gifts; Horses; Parties; Family
Description
This letter starts on the second page and appears to be from either Mary or Clara. The author explains all the presents exchanged in the family. The author writes about the preparation for the party. They were very hurried and stayed up very late the night before and almost had no time to get ready themselves. The letter ends abruptly due to missing pages.
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Unknown
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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
Publisher
Unpublished
Date
n.d.
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Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant
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PDF
Language
eng (English)
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Text
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noyes_c_misc_833
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[Note: +c transcribed as etc]
2
something "useful" in the way of [illegible]. I
will try & not lose any of them the one of top
is such a lovely pattern that in itself was a
lovely present . The belt I shall make good
use of when I get some of my [?waiste?]-made.
Thank you ever so much for both. Hattie
gave Em + me [u]book[/u] lacquer boxes like or
some like the ones she sent you +
Sarah. Hattie was [u]delighted with her presents[/u].
That little picture of two horses, such
intensity of expression, we wished we could
see what they evidently saw. Edward
gave her a picture of horses like the one Mr.
Hughs S.S. Class gave him last year.
Rosa Bonheur's group of horses "The Horse fair"
in the center and on either side a head
of a horse. Em gave her a little landscape
picture. She was so pleased to have such
a number of horses said she would rather
have them than anything else. Maggie
Beacom sent her a very nice [illegible]. Mrs
Newman a black silk tie, very long, trimmed
on the ends with white lace. Pretty to wear
with the black silk waist. If she has
the waist made well it will be just the
thing for her when she goes [?east?]-
Richard was [u]greatly pleased with his
"medicine case" and if possible more delighted
with the "Reflection of a Wooster student" He
will go back in the morning and probably
will not have another holiday for a long
time. The little pincushion you sent Hattie
we though trimmed with beads until after
a while she discovered they were pines.
The "woven horses" are very pretty,
they have a foreign air like ancient
[illegible]. Hattie's Venetian tapestry,
a long narrow piece you perhaps remember
is very pretty- over the entrance into the
parlor annex. We were so hurried
in getting ready for the big party I
wish very much we had [--sa--] not
gone to bed at all the night before
for the rush for hours before they
came was harder than to have gone
on more slowly all night. We did
work till one o'clock. Addie Crawford
3
was the first to come, she had taken
Mr. Dundar & Ethel to the station as they
were to spend a week in Jefferson Co.
Margery came next + told Addie that
she had just seen her brother Will and
he recd a telegram announcing the
death of his brother James. It was such
a shock to her I was so glad that Mr.
Sheeley appeared just then. She went
back to Belle's very soon, felt sorry to send
her off alone. It seems strange, they were
so long anxious about Mrs. Fretz and
it was james who was to go. Little
Madge Glesner fell Monday afternoon +
hurt her arm again. She was so
disappointed now to come .There were
110 here counting ourselves. The
dinner was first class. We thought
at first there wasnt much prospect of
help in the kitchen but Amanda soon
came + then Adah and after a while
a host of the ladies got to work. We
"Chicken pie dinner, mashed potatoes, cake + pies by that
score.
had the tables filled four times, the one
in the dining room seated 11 or 12 and
in the kitchen 14 or 15 children. The children
looked very pretty at the table. The smallest
ones were at the [illegible] table then Donald +
Ruth + all their set and then the youngest
of the young people +4th the Waiters. In
the dining room we had put The minister
+ wife + Elders + elderly ladies (Mrs McCownell
Mrs Colburn, Mrs Bighan) next Will Hulburt
_ wife ^Will Chambers + wife and people of their age. Hattie
was at the 3d table, Mr. Lowrie, Dr
Hard, Edward, Harold + wife Bert + wife,
Mary Easton, Mrs Stiler Hosmer etc .
Mr. [?Cug?]. took care of the horses
+ Edward wore his best suite and waw
[?hose?]. That was "as it should be". He was
tired standing all day. Very few could
be seated as it required all the chairs in
the dining room. We had boards for
seats in the kitchen. We had almost
absolutely no time to dress and showed
plainly that we had not. Ella Hyde
4
thought the south chamber was such
a pretty room said she would like to have
on like it. We spread Hatties blue plaid
shawl over the trunks in the hall. The
children played in the study. We locked
the long chamber. We had carried loads
of things up there that were not to appear
below. Everything finally was in good shape
every dish in the house washed every shelf
with - clean paper, pails + [illegible] scoured, stoves
polished ^ceiling all washed, a kitchen carpet down everything done that could be. If
only Mr Rush could have got her work
done but the East side upstairs is not
yet enclosed Now we do not care when he
furnishes it. Edward thinks it has been a
prolonged siege. The ladies are [u]delighted[/u]
with the parlor + bedroom annex. They
think the rooms are beautiful, they will
be when completed. They admired the
carpets (to be) very much. Every one
said in leaving that the day had
been a delightful one. Mattie Bighan
said "I have had such a good time".
It [u]far[/u] exceeded our expectations, we
thought perhaps there would be 60 but
never reached out to 100. The Dowds
were now here + Mary Parber was in
bed. Mrs Stoaks came. Mrs. Matison,
Ida + her son, Julia Hulburt, Mrs Egbert
+ Ruth, all the Lowries, Mrs Gray. Eveline
+ Helen were not here. Mode + Lizzie + Stella
did not come down. Hattie McCoy had
company + could not come + the other
McCoys were not here, not the Crawfords,
Winters, Reeses nor houses. [?Tressie?] + her
children came, they walked. Mrs Abbot +
Cora, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Caughey. Frank +
Sadie were in Media also Kathryn, [?Faber?]
+ his wife + little Paul + Mabel came + seemed
to enjoy it. We invited both families of
[?Longs?], + Eddie MElleir people but none of
them came. William went to Wooster
Sat, I dont know what we [u]should have
done[/u] if he had not. I did not go down to
Cle until afternoon. Will promised to be
2
something "useful" in the way of [illegible]. I
will try & not lose any of them the one of top
is such a lovely pattern that in itself was a
lovely present . The belt I shall make good
use of when I get some of my [?waiste?]-made.
Thank you ever so much for both. Hattie
gave Em + me [u]book[/u] lacquer boxes like or
some like the ones she sent you +
Sarah. Hattie was [u]delighted with her presents[/u].
That little picture of two horses, such
intensity of expression, we wished we could
see what they evidently saw. Edward
gave her a picture of horses like the one Mr.
Hughs S.S. Class gave him last year.
Rosa Bonheur's group of horses "The Horse fair"
in the center and on either side a head
of a horse. Em gave her a little landscape
picture. She was so pleased to have such
a number of horses said she would rather
have them than anything else. Maggie
Beacom sent her a very nice [illegible]. Mrs
Newman a black silk tie, very long, trimmed
on the ends with white lace. Pretty to wear
with the black silk waist. If she has
the waist made well it will be just the
thing for her when she goes [?east?]-
Richard was [u]greatly pleased with his
"medicine case" and if possible more delighted
with the "Reflection of a Wooster student" He
will go back in the morning and probably
will not have another holiday for a long
time. The little pincushion you sent Hattie
we though trimmed with beads until after
a while she discovered they were pines.
The "woven horses" are very pretty,
they have a foreign air like ancient
[illegible]. Hattie's Venetian tapestry,
a long narrow piece you perhaps remember
is very pretty- over the entrance into the
parlor annex. We were so hurried
in getting ready for the big party I
wish very much we had [--sa--] not
gone to bed at all the night before
for the rush for hours before they
came was harder than to have gone
on more slowly all night. We did
work till one o'clock. Addie Crawford
3
was the first to come, she had taken
Mr. Dundar & Ethel to the station as they
were to spend a week in Jefferson Co.
Margery came next + told Addie that
she had just seen her brother Will and
he recd a telegram announcing the
death of his brother James. It was such
a shock to her I was so glad that Mr.
Sheeley appeared just then. She went
back to Belle's very soon, felt sorry to send
her off alone. It seems strange, they were
so long anxious about Mrs. Fretz and
it was james who was to go. Little
Madge Glesner fell Monday afternoon +
hurt her arm again. She was so
disappointed now to come .There were
110 here counting ourselves. The
dinner was first class. We thought
at first there wasnt much prospect of
help in the kitchen but Amanda soon
came + then Adah and after a while
a host of the ladies got to work. We
"Chicken pie dinner, mashed potatoes, cake + pies by that
score.
had the tables filled four times, the one
in the dining room seated 11 or 12 and
in the kitchen 14 or 15 children. The children
looked very pretty at the table. The smallest
ones were at the [illegible] table then Donald +
Ruth + all their set and then the youngest
of the young people +4th the Waiters. In
the dining room we had put The minister
+ wife + Elders + elderly ladies (Mrs McCownell
Mrs Colburn, Mrs Bighan) next Will Hulburt
_ wife ^Will Chambers + wife and people of their age. Hattie
was at the 3d table, Mr. Lowrie, Dr
Hard, Edward, Harold + wife Bert + wife,
Mary Easton, Mrs Stiler Hosmer etc .
Mr. [?Cug?]. took care of the horses
+ Edward wore his best suite and waw
[?hose?]. That was "as it should be". He was
tired standing all day. Very few could
be seated as it required all the chairs in
the dining room. We had boards for
seats in the kitchen. We had almost
absolutely no time to dress and showed
plainly that we had not. Ella Hyde
4
thought the south chamber was such
a pretty room said she would like to have
on like it. We spread Hatties blue plaid
shawl over the trunks in the hall. The
children played in the study. We locked
the long chamber. We had carried loads
of things up there that were not to appear
below. Everything finally was in good shape
every dish in the house washed every shelf
with - clean paper, pails + [illegible] scoured, stoves
polished ^ceiling all washed, a kitchen carpet down everything done that could be. If
only Mr Rush could have got her work
done but the East side upstairs is not
yet enclosed Now we do not care when he
furnishes it. Edward thinks it has been a
prolonged siege. The ladies are [u]delighted[/u]
with the parlor + bedroom annex. They
think the rooms are beautiful, they will
be when completed. They admired the
carpets (to be) very much. Every one
said in leaving that the day had
been a delightful one. Mattie Bighan
said "I have had such a good time".
It [u]far[/u] exceeded our expectations, we
thought perhaps there would be 60 but
never reached out to 100. The Dowds
were now here + Mary Parber was in
bed. Mrs Stoaks came. Mrs. Matison,
Ida + her son, Julia Hulburt, Mrs Egbert
+ Ruth, all the Lowries, Mrs Gray. Eveline
+ Helen were not here. Mode + Lizzie + Stella
did not come down. Hattie McCoy had
company + could not come + the other
McCoys were not here, not the Crawfords,
Winters, Reeses nor houses. [?Tressie?] + her
children came, they walked. Mrs Abbot +
Cora, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Caughey. Frank +
Sadie were in Media also Kathryn, [?Faber?]
+ his wife + little Paul + Mabel came + seemed
to enjoy it. We invited both families of
[?Longs?], + Eddie MElleir people but none of
them came. William went to Wooster
Sat, I dont know what we [u]should have
done[/u] if he had not. I did not go down to
Cle until afternoon. Will promised to be
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Unknown, “Section of a Unsigned Letter,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/908.