Emma to Joe, 30 March 1919
Maple Lane 30th March 1919 My Dear Joe, I can't write to anybody else today till I've written to you. Though I can't send this til I hear from you. The North Bay letter was exceeding welcome joy. You see I didn't get the one from "The Depot" at all and I am still wondering what you did to your knee. Anyway I'm glad it is better, but be sure to tell me about what happened when you write. I wonder if you are thinking as we are of this day last year? The first day on the farm, you remember. Well! I like the looks of things better now than I did then and expect another year will add to the improvement. We have 119 maple trees tapped and though there has been only two good "runs' we've more candy syrup put away than we ever owned before (at best 7 gals) and 5 lbs sugar. We got a pan made 5 x 2 x 7 and built a fireplace to fit it of those old bricks back of the house where it boils down quickly so it only needs cleansing and bottling af...