Emma to Joe, 2 September 1923
Maple Lane Farm Hampton, 2nd Sept '23 My Dear Joe, I know I'm a week late again - but last week I was "gaddin" agin' and it seems unless I write nobody does. Two weeks ago 'Papa' dispatched 'Ted' and Stanley to Newburgh in the car - leaving here Sunday about nine in the morning. They got back to tea Monday bringing Aunt Ella and Charlie with them. (They were visiting in Enterprise you know - but came to N in response to telephone message) Then last Sunday after church 'Papa' and Grandpa, Aunt Ella and I set out for Lakefield (9 miles north of Peterboro) to visit another "cousin Joe" (Joseph H - Havelock, not Horatio - - sometimes called 'Lock' chant. Uncle Chris' son - father to Russell whom Miss Stewart (?) thought you resembled - station agent for many years at Blackwater now agt. at Lakefield.) He and his wife - very plain friendly nice people - more our sort than the Cathcart bunch - though they'...