Emma to Joe, 1 September 1918

 

Maple Lane

1st Sept 1918

My Dear Joe

We've all been so occupied with our visiting for a couple of weeks that letter writing has been neglected. If you have been in Massey and Webbwood today you've likely heard that Douglas and his family (including Katie) have been down to see us coming all the way in their "car". If they have not had any trouble by the way they are home again by now. They left Espanola Sunday morning got to North Bay first night brought Aunt Ella and Charlie with them and reached Bracebridge Monday night and got here via Orillia, Port Perry & Hampton a little after six Tuesday night. Ella and C. went up to Toronto to the Exhibition from Monday morning till Thurs night by train and Friday 30th morning early they set off home again going by 5 points. 

John is a great little lad now - calls me "Gran". He and Allen got along fine - he was very fond of the babe - only he got the idea that she belonged to his Mama and would run to tell her about it whenever he noticed me with her. 

Douglas was just in time to help haul in peas - We had some fun over them. Papa asked D how many loads he thought there'd be - Douglas said 10 Papa thought 8 or 0. They got 7 and D said that wasn't half - but still Papa thought 12 would be all. It threatened rain towards night for three days before it came and every time they would say they had a couple of loads yet to get - until finally they finished with 16 big loads. If they thresh out equally well it will be pretty nice - wheat and oats also were very satisfactory crops as far as one can tell before threshing anyway the old barn is fairly bursting and our field of buck wheat is the best we see anywhere. Threshing mills are all around now. Papa is helping Percy Langmaid - then it will be at Joe L's before coming here. 

Everybody is going to Toronto to "The Fair" this week - maybe even Papa & Ted.

This is Tuesday 3rd.

Granpa went to Toronto this morning - going on to N.B. from there in a week or so, so we are alone again.

School opened this morning but as it was raining quite hard at 8:30 nobody went from here. George is keen to start in again Christopher and Stanley would as lief [sic] stay home. 

We = Papa & I, baby & Grandpa) were at John Balson's to tea Sunday night and over at "Joe" Langmaid's for the evening last night so I am trying to pay my debts.

We found enough corn to have one feed Sunday and there may be more - "Gramp" Aylies corn never grew did I tell you? So there's buckwheat both sides of the silo corn. 

I am busy these days making catsup and pickles - the cucumbers have been great.

The morning the visitors were leaving we got up early to give 'em a good start and Papa went for the cows. "Speckles" was missing and when he found her (in the "alfalfa" field) she had twin calves beside her - one of each sex - and they are doing well, pretty good luck for our first increase in pure breds eh?

Write soon again, my dear. Your letters are the most welcome ones I get. 

I must go now and see if I can get a portion of P. Langmaid's farm out of Papa's shirt. 

Keep well - Joe and I hope you will keep happy,

Your loving

Mother

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