From: Annie Gleasure, The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry. Irish Free State
To: Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, 6 Roseclair Street, Dorchester, Boston, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Aunt Lizzie,
No doubt you will be surprised at receiving a letter from me, but I write to ask if you can give me any news of my brother Frank, whom I have not heard from for over three years. His last address is 89 surrey Street, Brighton. Both my sister and self have wrote to him a few times since then, but have received no reply to our letters. I wonder if you would look him up and kindly let me know what is the reason of his not answering.
Sometimes I wonder if anything has happened to him. You know the work in which he is employed is so dangerous. Then, he asked me to go out to him when his wife died, but I did not feel very strong at the time, perhaps he did not like my refusal, though I am very sorry I did not go. It was very hard on him to try to keep the home and children together. I hope he is allright and that you will give me some account of him. I hope you and Aunt Annie and Uncle Nick are all well. How I would love to see you all again. Aunt Bridge is fairly well though she suffers from one of her eyes very much, she was to go up to Cork to have it attended to.
Aunt Johanna Carroll is keeping strong, and comes to town sometimes, she would I'm sure wish to be remembered to you all, if she knew I was writing. She is the last of the old people now. Aunt Mary's daughter Hannie, is staying with her. I wonder you, or Aunt Annie never thought of taking a trip home, excursions are rather reasonable now. But I suppose when people have a home and family to attend to, its impossible to get away for any sort of long holiday.
My brother is married here for the past five years, they have one little boy, just two years, he is very cute. They are doing good buisness. I am the only unmarried one of the family.
Well I hope Dear Aunt you will write to me when you receive this and let me know all.
Your Affectionate Niece
Annie Gleasure.
With love and best wishes to all.
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
January 18, 1926
From: Annie Gleasure, The Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ire.
To: Frank Gleasure, 89 Surrey Street Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank,
Well I received your letter about three weeks ago and if I put off writing any longer I'm afraid it would be some time before you would hear from me for I'm not much good for letter writing. Needless to say we were delighted to hear from you and that you are going along all right, of course it won't be altogether easy until the girls grow up and take charge of the housekeeping, but after another few years you won't feel them growing up. It was too bad you meeting so much dissapointment in your married life. I would have liked to have gone over after Father died but the way George was placed and then I wasn't very strong either, my health broke down altogether after-wards but I'm quite strong again now. I expect it would be like going to a new country if I went now it would be rather strange to me. Quite a lot of people go from here I don't know how they all get work. Aunt Bridge's daughter left where she was and went out to Chicago. I suppose you hardly ever see Uncle Mike or Aunt Annie? All the people in Tullig are going on well the eldest girl is married in Castlemaine seven miles outside Tralee, they keep a grocery shop and the second eldest boy is here with us in the shop for the past year. I don't think you would know any one round here now the people have changed so and its awfully quiet here. Well I must come to a close now wishing you every prosperity. With love from all
Your affectionate sister Annie.
To: Frank Gleasure, 89 Surrey Street Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank,
Well I received your letter about three weeks ago and if I put off writing any longer I'm afraid it would be some time before you would hear from me for I'm not much good for letter writing. Needless to say we were delighted to hear from you and that you are going along all right, of course it won't be altogether easy until the girls grow up and take charge of the housekeeping, but after another few years you won't feel them growing up. It was too bad you meeting so much dissapointment in your married life. I would have liked to have gone over after Father died but the way George was placed and then I wasn't very strong either, my health broke down altogether after-wards but I'm quite strong again now. I expect it would be like going to a new country if I went now it would be rather strange to me. Quite a lot of people go from here I don't know how they all get work. Aunt Bridge's daughter left where she was and went out to Chicago. I suppose you hardly ever see Uncle Mike or Aunt Annie? All the people in Tullig are going on well the eldest girl is married in Castlemaine seven miles outside Tralee, they keep a grocery shop and the second eldest boy is here with us in the shop for the past year. I don't think you would know any one round here now the people have changed so and its awfully quiet here. Well I must come to a close now wishing you every prosperity. With love from all
Your affectionate sister Annie.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
October 26, 1916
From: May Gleasure, Listowel, Square, Co Kerry, Ire.
To: Frank Gleasure, 36 Litchfield St., Brighton, Mass, U.S.A.
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Dear Frank,
Its about time I should think about answering your last letter which I received alright. I was going to write from time to time but kept putting it off. waiting for this thing and that, anyway I wanted to tell you about how George would be circumstanced after his time being up. He has his time served since 1st September, he has not being removed from Listowel as yet, but he may be after Xmas, he is paid according to what he does and he also gets so much an hour, putting it in all he earns about 25/shilling a week sometimes, at other times 20/shilling and so on, of course if he were sent away he should get about twice that much a week but you know unaccount of his boarding at home its not so bad, he could spare a little money now while he'd be in Listowel if he had sense but I'm sorry to say he has'ent. he goes with fellows that are no company for him, and don't come in home at night at no early hour, you need not say anything in your letter about it (if you want to say anything write it on a seperate page) as Annie and I don't want to interfer let them do as they like and find out for themselves. Annie expects to go to America in the Spring. its a pity as she wasn't going this year as there were several going from the town here, she says she'll write to you in a day or two herself and tell you all and indeed its about time she were doing for herself, working away here and nothing by her time even George now that hes earing never offered her as much as a copper yet and she doing everything for him. Anyway I hope Annie will be able to get away from this place before long whatever I may do afterwards about getting away, it would be a good job for her to be leaving this place behind she never goes outside the door here not even out for a walk I often wonder how she holds inside always. of course its different for me when I'm able to rough it around a lot, I have enough told you about the trouble of this country for this time. We have very bad weather here for the past month nothing but rain all the time. The Races were not much good this year as the weather being bad as usual we did not go to them at all only the two men (boss and George). I hope the two children are quite well and strong and especially the little baby. I hope she will be quite strong before the winter will come on I think its very hard to rear children over in that country some way or other, and yourself I hope you are well over that fit you got in the summer, it must be pretty hard for you working for so many hours, its really to long for any man to work for nineteen or twenty hours a day. You spoke about Annie Dillon being living near you now do you ever see Mike or Lizzie, the old man their father is very feeble now he never comes to town at all now. Anyway there is no one to care him only a woman coming to the house doing a few jobs for him, of course any of the men are not pensioned of yet, they come to see him as often as they can and get all they can done for him. Do ye still here from your bother-in-law that was in France I hope he'll be successful and come home alright there were a lot of Listowel chaps knocked over from time to time its very sad to think about I hope it will be over very soon. I hope you'll be able to get promoted in your job before very long would it mean an easier time for you than what you have now. The big November fair will be here on Monday. next we will be pretty busy that day, all classes of cattle are an awful price in this country presently, its the farmers that are coining from this war they get just three time the money that they used to get for there cattle and stuff. and yet there sons will not go out and help to win the war. I don't think I have anything else to tell you this time. Annie will be writing to you soon I expect, but she is so slow about writing a letter I hope you'll write to me very soon again and will you send me a photo of the children some time you have it promised a long time Remembe to write soon with best love to wife and children and self Iremain
Your loving sister
Mai.
To: Frank Gleasure, 36 Litchfield St., Brighton, Mass, U.S.A.
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Dear Frank,
Its about time I should think about answering your last letter which I received alright. I was going to write from time to time but kept putting it off. waiting for this thing and that, anyway I wanted to tell you about how George would be circumstanced after his time being up. He has his time served since 1st September, he has not being removed from Listowel as yet, but he may be after Xmas, he is paid according to what he does and he also gets so much an hour, putting it in all he earns about 25/shilling a week sometimes, at other times 20/shilling and so on, of course if he were sent away he should get about twice that much a week but you know unaccount of his boarding at home its not so bad, he could spare a little money now while he'd be in Listowel if he had sense but I'm sorry to say he has'ent. he goes with fellows that are no company for him, and don't come in home at night at no early hour, you need not say anything in your letter about it (if you want to say anything write it on a seperate page) as Annie and I don't want to interfer let them do as they like and find out for themselves. Annie expects to go to America in the Spring. its a pity as she wasn't going this year as there were several going from the town here, she says she'll write to you in a day or two herself and tell you all and indeed its about time she were doing for herself, working away here and nothing by her time even George now that hes earing never offered her as much as a copper yet and she doing everything for him. Anyway I hope Annie will be able to get away from this place before long whatever I may do afterwards about getting away, it would be a good job for her to be leaving this place behind she never goes outside the door here not even out for a walk I often wonder how she holds inside always. of course its different for me when I'm able to rough it around a lot, I have enough told you about the trouble of this country for this time. We have very bad weather here for the past month nothing but rain all the time. The Races were not much good this year as the weather being bad as usual we did not go to them at all only the two men (boss and George). I hope the two children are quite well and strong and especially the little baby. I hope she will be quite strong before the winter will come on I think its very hard to rear children over in that country some way or other, and yourself I hope you are well over that fit you got in the summer, it must be pretty hard for you working for so many hours, its really to long for any man to work for nineteen or twenty hours a day. You spoke about Annie Dillon being living near you now do you ever see Mike or Lizzie, the old man their father is very feeble now he never comes to town at all now. Anyway there is no one to care him only a woman coming to the house doing a few jobs for him, of course any of the men are not pensioned of yet, they come to see him as often as they can and get all they can done for him. Do ye still here from your bother-in-law that was in France I hope he'll be successful and come home alright there were a lot of Listowel chaps knocked over from time to time its very sad to think about I hope it will be over very soon. I hope you'll be able to get promoted in your job before very long would it mean an easier time for you than what you have now. The big November fair will be here on Monday. next we will be pretty busy that day, all classes of cattle are an awful price in this country presently, its the farmers that are coining from this war they get just three time the money that they used to get for there cattle and stuff. and yet there sons will not go out and help to win the war. I don't think I have anything else to tell you this time. Annie will be writing to you soon I expect, but she is so slow about writing a letter I hope you'll write to me very soon again and will you send me a photo of the children some time you have it promised a long time Remembe to write soon with best love to wife and children and self Iremain
Your loving sister
Mai.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
December 16, 1913
From: May Gleasure, The Square, Listowel
To: Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard St., Allston, Mass, U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
A few lines to wish ye all a Happy Xmas and a Bright and Prosperous New Year. I wrote to your wife 9 or 10 days ago I hope she received it all right I am sorry I have'nt the wrap finished to send it to her but we are so awfully busy and we have no help but ourselves. I am sending you the Photo with this letter for Annie Dillon I would have sent it sooner but I had a very sore eye, there was a sty growing on the inside lower lid and I had to get it cut out by Dr. OConnor. I had to keep it bandaged for about a week as it was very sore. You did not answer my last letter yet I hope you won't forget too. Annie has got every one of her teeth out of her upper jaw, she had not bother in getting them out she won't get them in until about February. I have not being speaking to Katie Buckley since. I will now close as I have no more to say. only I hope you'll send me a nice present for Xmas. and tell your wife I'm very sorry as I have not the wrap finished for her again Wishing ye a Merry Xmas I remain
Yours loving sister
Mai.
To: Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard St., Allston, Mass, U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
A few lines to wish ye all a Happy Xmas and a Bright and Prosperous New Year. I wrote to your wife 9 or 10 days ago I hope she received it all right I am sorry I have'nt the wrap finished to send it to her but we are so awfully busy and we have no help but ourselves. I am sending you the Photo with this letter for Annie Dillon I would have sent it sooner but I had a very sore eye, there was a sty growing on the inside lower lid and I had to get it cut out by Dr. OConnor. I had to keep it bandaged for about a week as it was very sore. You did not answer my last letter yet I hope you won't forget too. Annie has got every one of her teeth out of her upper jaw, she had not bother in getting them out she won't get them in until about February. I have not being speaking to Katie Buckley since. I will now close as I have no more to say. only I hope you'll send me a nice present for Xmas. and tell your wife I'm very sorry as I have not the wrap finished for her again Wishing ye a Merry Xmas I remain
Yours loving sister
Mai.
Monday, October 29, 2012
November 27, 1913
From: May Gleasure, The Square, Listowel
To: Mrs. Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard St. Allston, Mass U.S.A.
My dear sister-in-law,
Just a few lines hoping that you and Frank and baby are all well. I was expected a letter from you this time back but I suppose unaccount of the baby you had no time for writing. young children are sometimes very trouble some I expect Frank was delighted as it was a son this time the men are generally looking for a son. We are getting very bad weather here at present there's a lot of rain falling, we are getting very little frost as yet. I like the frosty weather very much its so clean and the air is very fresh we get very little snow over here I suppose ye do have a share of it over there through the year. I am sending a little present to you & Frank its a little bedroom clock. I hope you'll get it all right, its a little early for sending Xmas presents but I am so busy round Xmas that I hardly get time to take my meals sometimes so I thought I'd get these things over [one?]. I am crocheting a wrap for you I thought I'd have it done for Xmas for you but I don't think I will so I'll send it to you after Xmas they are very useful I have one for myself I use it when I'm going to a Ball to throw over my shoulder when I'm not dancing I do a lot of fancy work, do you do any. Tell Frank when he's sending us presents at Xmas that Annie & George said if he sent them the money that he'd spend on anything he'd buy over there that they could get something more useful over here with it, and ask him if he'd send me a piece of embroidered white muslin to make a dress I suppose you know the kind I mean I see a lot of Americans home last year and they had very nice embroidered muslin dresses, we'd get nothing like it over here and if he can't get it tell him to send me something else that would be useful to me. I don't care for anything in the line of Jewelry. the only thing that father likes is books thats what he likes to see us getting in order that he'd have a good read. Did Frank get my last letter I am wondering what the thought of the description I gave about my boy. I suppose he had a good laugh to himself at the idea. I am sending him that Photo for Annie Dillon this week its not a very good one of us but just as she asked for it and I have no better one. Well I think by the time you have all this none-sense read that you will be tired so I will close Hoping you will send me a good long letter for Xmas and tell Frank to answer my last letter. Hoping this will find ye all well I remain with best love.
You loving
Sister-in-law
Mai.
To: Mrs. Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard St. Allston, Mass U.S.A.
My dear sister-in-law,
Just a few lines hoping that you and Frank and baby are all well. I was expected a letter from you this time back but I suppose unaccount of the baby you had no time for writing. young children are sometimes very trouble some I expect Frank was delighted as it was a son this time the men are generally looking for a son. We are getting very bad weather here at present there's a lot of rain falling, we are getting very little frost as yet. I like the frosty weather very much its so clean and the air is very fresh we get very little snow over here I suppose ye do have a share of it over there through the year. I am sending a little present to you & Frank its a little bedroom clock. I hope you'll get it all right, its a little early for sending Xmas presents but I am so busy round Xmas that I hardly get time to take my meals sometimes so I thought I'd get these things over [one?]. I am crocheting a wrap for you I thought I'd have it done for Xmas for you but I don't think I will so I'll send it to you after Xmas they are very useful I have one for myself I use it when I'm going to a Ball to throw over my shoulder when I'm not dancing I do a lot of fancy work, do you do any. Tell Frank when he's sending us presents at Xmas that Annie & George said if he sent them the money that he'd spend on anything he'd buy over there that they could get something more useful over here with it, and ask him if he'd send me a piece of embroidered white muslin to make a dress I suppose you know the kind I mean I see a lot of Americans home last year and they had very nice embroidered muslin dresses, we'd get nothing like it over here and if he can't get it tell him to send me something else that would be useful to me. I don't care for anything in the line of Jewelry. the only thing that father likes is books thats what he likes to see us getting in order that he'd have a good read. Did Frank get my last letter I am wondering what the thought of the description I gave about my boy. I suppose he had a good laugh to himself at the idea. I am sending him that Photo for Annie Dillon this week its not a very good one of us but just as she asked for it and I have no better one. Well I think by the time you have all this none-sense read that you will be tired so I will close Hoping you will send me a good long letter for Xmas and tell Frank to answer my last letter. Hoping this will find ye all well I remain with best love.
You loving
Sister-in-law
Mai.
Friday, October 12, 2012
October 22, 1913
From: May Gleasure, Listowel Square
To: Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard Street, Allston, Mass. U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
I received your most welcomed letter about a week ago and was very glad to learn by same that ye are quite well we are all about the same over here. We are just about getting the bad weather now it was just like summer until this week we had a very good year. We had the Races here last week and had a great time at them. The weather could not be better than it was and the town was packed with people there was never such a crowd seen at them, we done splendid business at them. I did not go to the Race Course at all but all the others did they never let me go to them. The Big November Fair is coming off next week I suppose you remember that, thats the day we'll have to work, the town is impoving every year in the line of fairs and markets and business is increasing, father has given me charge of the place now I have to see after all the accounts of the shop we don't keep any apprentice now because George is a lot of his time in the shop. Annie would like very much to do some thing for herself but she would not say anything about it to father she'd like very much to go out to you, and in fact we all want to go over I'm getting sick of this place its so dull the same old life from year to year, that fellow you see in the post-card said he'd take me out in a few years if I went with him we are going together for the last 2 years and a half, he is in a drapers shop here in town and is a very steady boy, he is a Catholic but that won't make any difference between us you need not say anything about him in your letter while you're writing as father would see it and I don't want him to know anything about him you can write it on a separate piece of paper if you are saying anything Annie don't go with any fellow she only plays away with them all. I will send you that Photo for Annie Dillon soon, its a wonder she never drops us a line or even to her father did you say anything about it to her, he always asks me if you say anything about her in your letters or about Lizzie do you see her at all. Well Frank ye ought to have come home this year for awhile is there any chance that ye'd come next year Father Paul Dillon is coming home next April and I don't know if Mike will come or not. by the way I was speaking to Katy Buckley about a week after I wrote to you the last time she said that you were doing fine she told me all about the little baby. I got those last papers and music alright send some more soon if you can as we are short of reading lately. I will now close Hoping you will write very soon again I remain
Your loving sister
May
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To: Frank Gleasure, 4 Bayard Street, Allston, Mass. U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
I received your most welcomed letter about a week ago and was very glad to learn by same that ye are quite well we are all about the same over here. We are just about getting the bad weather now it was just like summer until this week we had a very good year. We had the Races here last week and had a great time at them. The weather could not be better than it was and the town was packed with people there was never such a crowd seen at them, we done splendid business at them. I did not go to the Race Course at all but all the others did they never let me go to them. The Big November Fair is coming off next week I suppose you remember that, thats the day we'll have to work, the town is impoving every year in the line of fairs and markets and business is increasing, father has given me charge of the place now I have to see after all the accounts of the shop we don't keep any apprentice now because George is a lot of his time in the shop. Annie would like very much to do some thing for herself but she would not say anything about it to father she'd like very much to go out to you, and in fact we all want to go over I'm getting sick of this place its so dull the same old life from year to year, that fellow you see in the post-card said he'd take me out in a few years if I went with him we are going together for the last 2 years and a half, he is in a drapers shop here in town and is a very steady boy, he is a Catholic but that won't make any difference between us you need not say anything about him in your letter while you're writing as father would see it and I don't want him to know anything about him you can write it on a separate piece of paper if you are saying anything Annie don't go with any fellow she only plays away with them all. I will send you that Photo for Annie Dillon soon, its a wonder she never drops us a line or even to her father did you say anything about it to her, he always asks me if you say anything about her in your letters or about Lizzie do you see her at all. Well Frank ye ought to have come home this year for awhile is there any chance that ye'd come next year Father Paul Dillon is coming home next April and I don't know if Mike will come or not. by the way I was speaking to Katy Buckley about a week after I wrote to you the last time she said that you were doing fine she told me all about the little baby. I got those last papers and music alright send some more soon if you can as we are short of reading lately. I will now close Hoping you will write very soon again I remain
Your loving sister
May
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
August 29, 1907
From: Annie Gleasure, Square, Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ire.
To: Frank Gleasure, 28 Herrick St. Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank,
I'm afraid its no use making excuses for not writing to you long ago but I would rather do any sort of work than sit down and write a letter. But any way, as I wrote to Joe on Tuesday last, I said I wouldn't let the week go by without writing to you. So here goes.
First of all we are quite well here and we got your books that you sent May and I, the pater received the history and we got the photos yesterday morning. May's came out very nice, didn't it? but when you get this, stick mine in some corner out of sight.
George went back to school last Monday after the vacation. He spent three weeks out at James Conners, the house at Tullig is quite filled so he couldn't go there. The only day that May got away for her holidays was last Sunday when we went out to Pat Carrolls for the day: very nice place out there, our first time going there too. You will be surprised to hear that Henry Carroll came home about a month or so ago. He had a fearful cold for the last three months before he came, so I believe the doctor ordered him home. He was in hospital quite a time over there, but he is getting better now. He says that he wrote to you for over a year after he left Annie Dillons and never got a reply from you. Perhaps you would write to him when you get this, he was asking May for your address but I don't think she gave it.
There is no fun here, it's an awfully dull place and no one to make up with. The McCarthy girls are generally away visiting or some where: they were at school in Belgium up to last August. They are quite grand people now, they don't live in town now but out at Woodford House. They wouldn't go near their shop at all. They don't make up with anyone here either except us and the Patersons. Their brother Jack that went to So. Africa seven years ago returned last spring. I was out there when they got the letter saying he was coming and they nearly cheered the roof off the house.
Jenny Sweetman was at school in England for the last year or so and Eva has gone now. There brother Dick is a regular duffer after all the schooling he got he couldn't pass an exam for the bank: he's only loafing about town now. We are rather busy just now, the pater is doing up the top rooms papering and painting etc., so May has to stay in the shop mostly all the time. she doesn't care about it atall. We haven't got any boys yet. I suppose you must have some jolly times over their. I don't know Annie Buckley or Beatrice Grogan that you write about but I knew Eileen and I was introduced to Katie Buckley just the evening before she went away. How are they getting on now? I suppose they wouldn't live here by any chance now. It must have been a glorious time during Old Home Week. Have you been out to So.. Natick lately. If you have seen Miss Reardon Miss Bailey, Mrs. Burr lately tell us how they are getting on.
The old folks at Tullig are very well, they appear just about the same as when you knew them. They don't come to town very often. Old Mrs. Fitzell was buried on the fifteenth of this month. I suppose you know that Fanny Parkinson was married to John Fitzell? Marianne Parkinson is in a drapery shop in King's Co., and Frankie is married to a sister of Adam's wife. Richard Parkinson left the police force at the commencing of the month and he doesn't know what to do with himself. Tom is coming out later on.
Tom and Pat Dillon went away yesterday after their holidays. Ned couldn't come just yet on account of a strike in Belfast. Tom is in Queenstown now, he has to go out on the ferry when passengers are coming from America to see that every thing is all right. Ned is in Kildare and Pat is in Cork. Bridget was married to a man living about two miles from their place, so the old couple have to live and do for themselves now. Lizzie Carroll goes down when there is any heavy work to do. We are to have the races here in six weeks time, on the eigth and ninth of October, and I wonder if you could send May and I the price of dresses: we havn't a rag to put on. I havn't been out to the races for the last three years.
I am writing this in a hurry so that I shall get it done for if I leave of it will be an age before I'm in a mood for writing again. Hoping you will excuse the scribbling, I will remain
Yours affectionately with love to you and Joe Annie.
To: Frank Gleasure, 28 Herrick St. Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank,
I'm afraid its no use making excuses for not writing to you long ago but I would rather do any sort of work than sit down and write a letter. But any way, as I wrote to Joe on Tuesday last, I said I wouldn't let the week go by without writing to you. So here goes.
First of all we are quite well here and we got your books that you sent May and I, the pater received the history and we got the photos yesterday morning. May's came out very nice, didn't it? but when you get this, stick mine in some corner out of sight.
George went back to school last Monday after the vacation. He spent three weeks out at James Conners, the house at Tullig is quite filled so he couldn't go there. The only day that May got away for her holidays was last Sunday when we went out to Pat Carrolls for the day: very nice place out there, our first time going there too. You will be surprised to hear that Henry Carroll came home about a month or so ago. He had a fearful cold for the last three months before he came, so I believe the doctor ordered him home. He was in hospital quite a time over there, but he is getting better now. He says that he wrote to you for over a year after he left Annie Dillons and never got a reply from you. Perhaps you would write to him when you get this, he was asking May for your address but I don't think she gave it.
There is no fun here, it's an awfully dull place and no one to make up with. The McCarthy girls are generally away visiting or some where: they were at school in Belgium up to last August. They are quite grand people now, they don't live in town now but out at Woodford House. They wouldn't go near their shop at all. They don't make up with anyone here either except us and the Patersons. Their brother Jack that went to So. Africa seven years ago returned last spring. I was out there when they got the letter saying he was coming and they nearly cheered the roof off the house.
Jenny Sweetman was at school in England for the last year or so and Eva has gone now. There brother Dick is a regular duffer after all the schooling he got he couldn't pass an exam for the bank: he's only loafing about town now. We are rather busy just now, the pater is doing up the top rooms papering and painting etc., so May has to stay in the shop mostly all the time. she doesn't care about it atall. We haven't got any boys yet. I suppose you must have some jolly times over their. I don't know Annie Buckley or Beatrice Grogan that you write about but I knew Eileen and I was introduced to Katie Buckley just the evening before she went away. How are they getting on now? I suppose they wouldn't live here by any chance now. It must have been a glorious time during Old Home Week. Have you been out to So.. Natick lately. If you have seen Miss Reardon Miss Bailey, Mrs. Burr lately tell us how they are getting on.
The old folks at Tullig are very well, they appear just about the same as when you knew them. They don't come to town very often. Old Mrs. Fitzell was buried on the fifteenth of this month. I suppose you know that Fanny Parkinson was married to John Fitzell? Marianne Parkinson is in a drapery shop in King's Co., and Frankie is married to a sister of Adam's wife. Richard Parkinson left the police force at the commencing of the month and he doesn't know what to do with himself. Tom is coming out later on.
Tom and Pat Dillon went away yesterday after their holidays. Ned couldn't come just yet on account of a strike in Belfast. Tom is in Queenstown now, he has to go out on the ferry when passengers are coming from America to see that every thing is all right. Ned is in Kildare and Pat is in Cork. Bridget was married to a man living about two miles from their place, so the old couple have to live and do for themselves now. Lizzie Carroll goes down when there is any heavy work to do. We are to have the races here in six weeks time, on the eigth and ninth of October, and I wonder if you could send May and I the price of dresses: we havn't a rag to put on. I havn't been out to the races for the last three years.
I am writing this in a hurry so that I shall get it done for if I leave of it will be an age before I'm in a mood for writing again. Hoping you will excuse the scribbling, I will remain
Yours affectionately with love to you and Joe Annie.
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