Emma to Joe, 12 November 1922
Maple Lane Farm Hampton 12th Nov 1922 My Dear Joe, Doris got your letter yesterday and we are sorry our letters of two weeks ago were so slow getting to you (Likely you got 'em since you wrote) but we are pleased your apples made the journey safely anyway. Last week I got a nice kind invitation from Aunt Ida to go down there for Thanksgiving. If we could have known the weather would stay so mild we might perhaps have gone, But there's always such a plenty of work to do this time of year and of course I'm farther behind than ever now because I've not only lost time, I've got so I cannot hurry. There was a Ladies Aid meeting last week and I didn't go because I didn't want to - and Doris told them over the phone that I wasn't well enough - so they sent me nice plant along with other ??? like "Mrs Robins, etc. The family think the joke is on me. I went to church this morning just to prove I was able and because it will be the last chance ...