Emma's Letters

Maple Lane Farm Hampton 11th March 1923 My Dear Boy,   Two good letters from you to reply to this time - and I know I am a week behind too. It was so spring like a week ago (and no letter from you got here till Tues) so we thought maybe you would be breaking camp before a letter could get in and I didn't write, then when your letter came I was sorry especially as you said you were not feeling quite well. I was not anxious - but I was awfully pleased when your second letter came to reassure me.  Since I wrote last Ted has had the Grip - was in the house a week - which seemed much longer to him. He is about again now. O.K. I guess, any way he has gone to take Emerson back to town again.  And still the Radio isn't much of a success. We have picked up concerts, reports of hockey matches, lectures, etc., occasionally quite plain for the operator, but too indistinct to those away from the machine. He admits now that he is baffled - doesn't know any thing more to do to...

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...