Letter from Henry to Dear Ones at Home, April 24, 1909
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Letter from Henry to Dear Ones at Home, April 24, 1909
Subject
Birthdays; Travel; Beri-beri; Chinese New Year; Rain and rainfall; Lumber
Description
Henry writes home on his birthday. Bella had planned a party with many of their friends, but Hattie was away in Macao. He details the various comings and goings of the family in Canton (Guangzhou). Henry further writes about the mission and life in China.
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Noyes, Henry Varnum
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The College of Wooster, Special Collections,
Noyes Collection, Box #3
Noyes Collection, Box #3
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Unpublished
Date
1909-04-24
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eng (English)
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Canton April 24, 1909
To all the dear
ones at Home-
You will see by the date that I am this
day 73 years old. I am thinking quite likely
that your thoughts will be turning in this direction
to-day and I will write at least enough to
let you know that I have not forgotten you.
Bella had planned for a birth-day part for me
but plans do not always turn out as [?expectid?]
Mother Fulton now 83 years old was to be at
the head of the party- then Dr Mary Fulton and
Hattie and Mr & Mrs Boggs & Mrs Durham Dr [?Machle?] &c
but it so happened that the Fultons were engaged
to be elsewhere; Hattie had gone to Macao with a
friend_ the little grandchild and his mother were
at the peak and William away on a country trip
to Sau-Ning_ He was here however two days ago
and we had a sort of a preliminary birth-day
supper at which were present Bella William and myself_
To-day a birth day dinner was enjoyed by Bella and
myself_ I have quite enjoyed this quiet kind of a
birth day. It is Saturday and so no school work
after 9A.M. I suppose Martha will be at home
now in a very few days. It does not seem long
since she left here.
Bella and i are going quietly on with our
work get tired a little more easily than when
younger but otherwise get along with work much
the same. She has morning lessons with the
women and children and two day schools and
a- full Sabbath days work with a class of boys from
the High School and work with the women and
girls.
Our Men’s & boy’s school is about the same size
as last year. They have so far been doing very good
work_ Dr. Maeble is giving us good help and
it is a great relief to have him here in cases of
sickness_ We have had quite a number of cases
of “Beri-beri” a disease known out here for the past
two or three years but not much previously_ The
feet and legs swell and a change of location seems
the best remedy_ Yesterday one of our students died
from bubonic plague_ I suppose he must have taken
it over in the city as I have not heard of its being
on this side of the river_ I hope there may not be
other cases. Foreigners, as we call ourselves, seem to
be able to resist it and recover, at least sometimes, but
with the Chinese it is [--always--] almost sure to be
fatal_ We have lovely weather almost ever since
Chinese New Years and a good deal of rainy weather.
The lack of sunshine may make it less healthy_ There
is no[--t--] particular illness here among the foreigners_
They have commenced building operations- have
the foundations nearly finished for out dining hall_
Mr Dollar of San Francisco is going to furnish us with
quite a good deal of lumber so I hope we will
get along_ I had another cordial letter from Mr
Severance two days ago. He says when we have a
demand for more buildings needed- he thinks our appeal
have will meet with a quick response_
Will write more later_ Ever so much love to you all
—Henry—
广州 1909 年 4 月 24 日
致所有亲爱的
在家的人——
你会看到我是这样的日期
第一天 73 岁。我想很有可能
你的想法会转向这个方向
今天，我会写至少足够
让你知道我没有忘记你。
贝拉为我计划了一个生日部分
但计划并不总是如预期的那样
现年 83 岁的富尔顿母亲将在
党的负责人——然后是玛丽·富尔顿博士和
Hattie 和 Mr & Mrs Boggs & Mrs Durham，Machle 医生等
但碰巧富尔顿一家订婚了
在别处；海蒂带着一个人去澳门
朋友_小孙子和他妈妈是
在山顶和威廉去乡村旅行
到修宁_ 两天前他就在这里
我们有一个初步的生日
贝拉威廉和我在吃晚饭。
今天，贝拉享用了生日晚餐，
我。我很享受这种安静的
生日。今天是星期六，所以没有学校作业
上午 9 点之后我想玛莎会在家
现在再过几天。好像不长
自从她离开了这里。
贝拉和我正在悄悄地进行我们的
工作比什么时候更容易感到疲倦
年龄小，但其他方面与工作相处得很好
相同。她有早上的课程
妇女和儿童以及两日制学校和
a- 整整安息日与一群来自
高中和与妇女一起工作
女孩们。
我们的男校和男校差不多大小
和去年一样。到目前为止，他们做得很好
工作。 Maeble 医生给了我们很好的帮助
让他来这里是一个很大的解脱，以防万一
疾病。我们有很多案例
“Beri-beri” 一种过去在此广为人知的疾病
两三年，但以前并不多。
脚和腿肿胀，位置似乎发生了变化
最好的补救措施。昨天我们的一名学生去世了
来自腺鼠疫。我想他一定采取了
它在城市里，因为我没有听说过它的存在
在河的这一边。我希望可能没有
其他情况。我们自称的外国人似乎
至少有时能够抵抗并恢复，但是
对于中国人来说，几乎可以肯定
致命的。从那以后，我们几乎拥有宜人的天气
农历新年和很多阴雨天气。
缺乏阳光可能会使其不那么健康。那里
这里的外国人没有什么特别的病。
他们已经开始建设业务
外面食堂的地基快完工了。
旧金山的美元先生将为我们提供
相当多的木材，所以我希望我们会
相处。我收到了先生的另一封亲切的信
前两天分手。他说当我们有一个
需要更多的建筑——他认为我们的吸引力
将得到快速响应。
以后会多写。永远爱你们所有人
—亨利—
To all the dear
ones at Home-
You will see by the date that I am this
day 73 years old. I am thinking quite likely
that your thoughts will be turning in this direction
to-day and I will write at least enough to
let you know that I have not forgotten you.
Bella had planned for a birth-day part for me
but plans do not always turn out as [?expectid?]
Mother Fulton now 83 years old was to be at
the head of the party- then Dr Mary Fulton and
Hattie and Mr & Mrs Boggs & Mrs Durham Dr [?Machle?] &c
but it so happened that the Fultons were engaged
to be elsewhere; Hattie had gone to Macao with a
friend_ the little grandchild and his mother were
at the peak and William away on a country trip
to Sau-Ning_ He was here however two days ago
and we had a sort of a preliminary birth-day
supper at which were present Bella William and myself_
To-day a birth day dinner was enjoyed by Bella and
myself_ I have quite enjoyed this quiet kind of a
birth day. It is Saturday and so no school work
after 9A.M. I suppose Martha will be at home
now in a very few days. It does not seem long
since she left here.
Bella and i are going quietly on with our
work get tired a little more easily than when
younger but otherwise get along with work much
the same. She has morning lessons with the
women and children and two day schools and
a- full Sabbath days work with a class of boys from
the High School and work with the women and
girls.
Our Men’s & boy’s school is about the same size
as last year. They have so far been doing very good
work_ Dr. Maeble is giving us good help and
it is a great relief to have him here in cases of
sickness_ We have had quite a number of cases
of “Beri-beri” a disease known out here for the past
two or three years but not much previously_ The
feet and legs swell and a change of location seems
the best remedy_ Yesterday one of our students died
from bubonic plague_ I suppose he must have taken
it over in the city as I have not heard of its being
on this side of the river_ I hope there may not be
other cases. Foreigners, as we call ourselves, seem to
be able to resist it and recover, at least sometimes, but
with the Chinese it is [--always--] almost sure to be
fatal_ We have lovely weather almost ever since
Chinese New Years and a good deal of rainy weather.
The lack of sunshine may make it less healthy_ There
is no[--t--] particular illness here among the foreigners_
They have commenced building operations- have
the foundations nearly finished for out dining hall_
Mr Dollar of San Francisco is going to furnish us with
quite a good deal of lumber so I hope we will
get along_ I had another cordial letter from Mr
Severance two days ago. He says when we have a
demand for more buildings needed- he thinks our appeal
have will meet with a quick response_
Will write more later_ Ever so much love to you all
—Henry—
广州 1909 年 4 月 24 日
致所有亲爱的
在家的人——
你会看到我是这样的日期
第一天 73 岁。我想很有可能
你的想法会转向这个方向
今天，我会写至少足够
让你知道我没有忘记你。
贝拉为我计划了一个生日部分
但计划并不总是如预期的那样
现年 83 岁的富尔顿母亲将在
党的负责人——然后是玛丽·富尔顿博士和
Hattie 和 Mr & Mrs Boggs & Mrs Durham，Machle 医生等
但碰巧富尔顿一家订婚了
在别处；海蒂带着一个人去澳门
朋友_小孙子和他妈妈是
在山顶和威廉去乡村旅行
到修宁_ 两天前他就在这里
我们有一个初步的生日
贝拉威廉和我在吃晚饭。
今天，贝拉享用了生日晚餐，
我。我很享受这种安静的
生日。今天是星期六，所以没有学校作业
上午 9 点之后我想玛莎会在家
现在再过几天。好像不长
自从她离开了这里。
贝拉和我正在悄悄地进行我们的
工作比什么时候更容易感到疲倦
年龄小，但其他方面与工作相处得很好
相同。她有早上的课程
妇女和儿童以及两日制学校和
a- 整整安息日与一群来自
高中和与妇女一起工作
女孩们。
我们的男校和男校差不多大小
和去年一样。到目前为止，他们做得很好
工作。 Maeble 医生给了我们很好的帮助
让他来这里是一个很大的解脱，以防万一
疾病。我们有很多案例
“Beri-beri” 一种过去在此广为人知的疾病
两三年，但以前并不多。
脚和腿肿胀，位置似乎发生了变化
最好的补救措施。昨天我们的一名学生去世了
来自腺鼠疫。我想他一定采取了
它在城市里，因为我没有听说过它的存在
在河的这一边。我希望可能没有
其他情况。我们自称的外国人似乎
至少有时能够抵抗并恢复，但是
对于中国人来说，几乎可以肯定
致命的。从那以后，我们几乎拥有宜人的天气
农历新年和很多阴雨天气。
缺乏阳光可能会使其不那么健康。那里
这里的外国人没有什么特别的病。
他们已经开始建设业务
外面食堂的地基快完工了。
旧金山的美元先生将为我们提供
相当多的木材，所以我希望我们会
相处。我收到了先生的另一封亲切的信
前两天分手。他说当我们有一个
需要更多的建筑——他认为我们的吸引力
将得到快速响应。
以后会多写。永远爱你们所有人
—亨利—
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Noyes, Henry Varnum, “Letter from Henry to Dear Ones at Home, April 24, 1909,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed November 21, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/912.