From: May Gleasure, Square, Listowel
To: Frank Gleasure, 36 Litchfield St. Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
I received your most welcomed letter a few weeks ago and was very glad to hear from you once again, we were very sorry to hear you buried another little baby, as you say its very hard to rear young children especially in that country, if they came to the age of two years they could be easier managed, I hope the other little chap is getting on alright. We are all about the same way here all the time. business is a bit backward owing to the advane on beer, we come very near being ruined in our business they advanced the beer & spirits again last month but it was taken off again, and it was well that it was as I don't think anybody would pay one shilling for a glass of whiskey or seven pence for a pint of stout, every kind of provision is raised to twice the price it used to be We had the Big May fair here last week it was a very good business day and we done very well. George is getting on alright at his business you would be surprised all he has learned about it, if he sticks at it for the two years he will be very good but to tell you the truth he has foolish notions sometimes of course you need not meantion it in any of your letters, he fell into company with some town lads early last summer and they did not serve him to well I'm sure, but he has dropped them since and is better without them. Several young men from Listowel have joined the army including Jack Dowling he has joined with the last month, since he came home he has done nothing only bum around only working for a day or perhaps only for a few hours to get the price of a spree now and again, there are also some fellow from Listowel held as German prisoners one of them is Tom Grogan I think you knew his sister as you mentioned her one time in your letters (Annie Grogan) there are not many corner boys (as we call them) in Listowel now the poor fellows were nearly all knocked out at the front its an awful war and it would be no harm if it came to an end Wasn't the Lusitania crime something awful did you know any of the people that were on it, there were two girls from Ballybunion went down with it Wallis was their name Frank Buckley and his brother and several girls from the town here were to be going back on her the following week they were very glad that they escaped the disaster its very dangerous for anyone to go across now. What about those papers you said you'd send me I hope you'll send a few when you get this also a few music sheets as you promised. Have you any Photo's of any of the children we would be very glad to have some of them also of yourself and wife, I have being expecting a letter from her all this time back I hope she'll write soon, I suppose all her time is taken up with the little chap. and more especially as you are out all day. I must send you a few Photos the next time I'm writing As I have no more of intrest to write about for this time I will close Hoping this will find you and all quite well. Annie & George wishes to be remembered to you With all good wishes for the future I remain
Your loving sister
Mai.
P.S. Hope you will write very soon again and also I hope you won't forget the papers. Goodbye.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
October 17, 1914
From: May Gleasure, The Square, Listowel
To: Frank Gleasure, 36 Litchfield St. Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
I suppose you have given up all hope of ever hearing from me again, its such a long time since I wrote to you. I don't know what happened to me this time I wrote two or three letters and tore them up again. I have not as as much time as I used because George is working now he is learning the Electric business here in town he is bound for two years and had to pay a fee of L60 pounds. Father don't like the idea of him not getting any pay for two years, George was commencing to grow very careless to tell you the truth about him but you need not say anything about it when you are writing and he wasn't keeping the best of company but he's steady since he got the job. he is at it since the 17th August. so you'll see that I haven't very much time now to myself as I'm in the shop from morn to night. How are ye all getting on since I do hope well and how is the little baby, I hope that he is quite strong by this, we are all about the same over here. Did Father Paul Dillon call to see you he asked me for your address he said he would go to see you he was at home for a couple of months What do you think of the war that is going on it is effecting this country very much unaccount of the way that the price of everything is gone up. We had the races here last week they were not much good this year as the weather was bad the first day. I see one of the Buckley girls at home but I wasn't speaking to her as yet she was at the sea-side for the summer and has only just returned. We had a fairly fine summer here this year I never go anywhere for my holidays now I can't even go away for a Sunday as father is so cranky he wouldn't have done talking for a week after What about those Photos you promised me I hope you won't forget them. Do you ever get any music in the newspapers now like you used to send me some time ago. One of the Buckley girls that lives next door to us dropped dead about a month ago she had heart failour her name was Lily but I suppose you hardly remember her now. her brother Frank is at home from New York for the last two months. I was expecting a letter from your wife this time back I hope she'll write to me soon remind her of it. I don't think I have any more to say for this time only I hope you'll forgive me for not answering your letter sooner Besure and answer this as soon as you can and let us know if Paul called to see you. Hoping this will find you all in good health
Iremain
Ever your loving sister
Mai.
Besure and tell your wife to write me a few lines.
To: Frank Gleasure, 36 Litchfield St. Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
My dear Frank,
I suppose you have given up all hope of ever hearing from me again, its such a long time since I wrote to you. I don't know what happened to me this time I wrote two or three letters and tore them up again. I have not as as much time as I used because George is working now he is learning the Electric business here in town he is bound for two years and had to pay a fee of L60 pounds. Father don't like the idea of him not getting any pay for two years, George was commencing to grow very careless to tell you the truth about him but you need not say anything about it when you are writing and he wasn't keeping the best of company but he's steady since he got the job. he is at it since the 17th August. so you'll see that I haven't very much time now to myself as I'm in the shop from morn to night. How are ye all getting on since I do hope well and how is the little baby, I hope that he is quite strong by this, we are all about the same over here. Did Father Paul Dillon call to see you he asked me for your address he said he would go to see you he was at home for a couple of months What do you think of the war that is going on it is effecting this country very much unaccount of the way that the price of everything is gone up. We had the races here last week they were not much good this year as the weather was bad the first day. I see one of the Buckley girls at home but I wasn't speaking to her as yet she was at the sea-side for the summer and has only just returned. We had a fairly fine summer here this year I never go anywhere for my holidays now I can't even go away for a Sunday as father is so cranky he wouldn't have done talking for a week after What about those Photos you promised me I hope you won't forget them. Do you ever get any music in the newspapers now like you used to send me some time ago. One of the Buckley girls that lives next door to us dropped dead about a month ago she had heart failour her name was Lily but I suppose you hardly remember her now. her brother Frank is at home from New York for the last two months. I was expecting a letter from your wife this time back I hope she'll write to me soon remind her of it. I don't think I have any more to say for this time only I hope you'll forgive me for not answering your letter sooner Besure and answer this as soon as you can and let us know if Paul called to see you. Hoping this will find you all in good health
Iremain
Ever your loving sister
Mai.
Besure and tell your wife to write me a few lines.
Friday, June 15, 2012
December 9, 1907
From: George Gleasure, Listowel, Kerry Ireland
To: Frank Gleasure, 28 Herrick St., Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank
iam taking the opportunity of writing you afew lines for the last time this year iexpect, wishing you both amerry christmas and ahappy new year we are all well at home at present hoping you both are also iwrote to Joe aweek ago and expect he will have the letter in aday or two isee where he was asking about Frank buckley and what he was doing and hays Carroll buckley was in agrocery the last iherd iwas talking to his brother John this summer when he was home and he told me that he never sent a good encourign letter since he went his father told me he was in all the ball societies of new york so that is enough hays Carroll is back to new york again for the last three months he had to go they are doing nothing at home henry is after putting in along fit of sickness and had anarrow shave they are thinking of sending him to aconsumption home in wexford when he gets alittle strong but ithink he never will be any good when he came from america he was all broke up and had akind of an old cough that iwould term as arum cough he was at the races and looked fairly well but soon after he was laid up and is so since you can tell Joe that Tom buckley stayed only four or five weeks in america and is minding the farm better since as idont see him in but very seldom he told me he met P.D. griffin while he was over and that he was in very straitned circumstances the youn lads are talking of writing to ye one of those days the young lad has got ayoung grey hound now he thinks he is going to win afortune with him igot him last july ayoung pup and he become afine dog he is six months old now you can tell Joe that John barry of billerough won 24 pounds in tralee and 12 in wexford with adog they are all the go round here now the weather is very bad here at present all the time raining day and night and even we had thunder and lightning last night it is one of the worst years that ever come here they give down as having something like it fifty years ago. isee there is great excitement over the money busines in america but is seems to me that the talk is more than any thing else imust tell you now about my sister that is in detroit there is two of them there but one dont write atall she was about coming over this year to see the old folk but it become two late until next year she is enquiring about you and told me to have you write to her iwill send you her address and write to her when you get it her husband is a cabinet maker and has some busines of his own as ihave no more of intrest at presend wishing you both ahappy new year
George Gleasure
Listowel Kerry Ireland
To Frank Gleasure
Mrs. J.W. Morris
17 Mason Street
Detroit Mich
To: Frank Gleasure, 28 Herrick St., Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.
Dear Frank
iam taking the opportunity of writing you afew lines for the last time this year iexpect, wishing you both amerry christmas and ahappy new year we are all well at home at present hoping you both are also iwrote to Joe aweek ago and expect he will have the letter in aday or two isee where he was asking about Frank buckley and what he was doing and hays Carroll buckley was in agrocery the last iherd iwas talking to his brother John this summer when he was home and he told me that he never sent a good encourign letter since he went his father told me he was in all the ball societies of new york so that is enough hays Carroll is back to new york again for the last three months he had to go they are doing nothing at home henry is after putting in along fit of sickness and had anarrow shave they are thinking of sending him to aconsumption home in wexford when he gets alittle strong but ithink he never will be any good when he came from america he was all broke up and had akind of an old cough that iwould term as arum cough he was at the races and looked fairly well but soon after he was laid up and is so since you can tell Joe that Tom buckley stayed only four or five weeks in america and is minding the farm better since as idont see him in but very seldom he told me he met P.D. griffin while he was over and that he was in very straitned circumstances the youn lads are talking of writing to ye one of those days the young lad has got ayoung grey hound now he thinks he is going to win afortune with him igot him last july ayoung pup and he become afine dog he is six months old now you can tell Joe that John barry of billerough won 24 pounds in tralee and 12 in wexford with adog they are all the go round here now the weather is very bad here at present all the time raining day and night and even we had thunder and lightning last night it is one of the worst years that ever come here they give down as having something like it fifty years ago. isee there is great excitement over the money busines in america but is seems to me that the talk is more than any thing else imust tell you now about my sister that is in detroit there is two of them there but one dont write atall she was about coming over this year to see the old folk but it become two late until next year she is enquiring about you and told me to have you write to her iwill send you her address and write to her when you get it her husband is a cabinet maker and has some busines of his own as ihave no more of intrest at presend wishing you both ahappy new year
George Gleasure
Listowel Kerry Ireland
To Frank Gleasure
Mrs. J.W. Morris
17 Mason Street
Detroit Mich
Friday, February 17, 2012
April 9, 1905
From: Joseph Gleasure, Square, Listowel, Ireland
To: Frank Gleasure, 459 Cambridge Street, Allston, Massachusetts
Dear Brother,
I hope the arrival of this letter will find you in good health as we all are present. We got your last letter all right and I intended to write before now, but we were expecting a letter from you one of these days.
We have very poor weather for the time of the year that it is. The farmers have nothing set yet the ground is so wet. Ye must have grand weather over there now after the snow and cold. Ireland has the worst climate in the world nearly, there isn't a day but we have rain. I will be glad anyway when I leave it. I suppose I will only put down this year here, I will be 20 years old then and the 21st of this month I will be nineteen. I am getting on very well at school and I don't think I will go anymore after this term. We go through a certain course every year and it is nearly the same thing every year, so when I know the course I only have to make myself up on that and as you must do it yourself, it is as good to do it at home as in school, paying for the privilege of sitting down there.
There is a gymnasium erected in the Sports field now and in full swing for the past two months. They have an attendance of about 40 with Peter Buckley included. They have a barbell weighing 140 lbs. which Frank Buckley puts up three times and it gives their instructor enough to do to put it up once. Frank is fearful strong and he is only five feet six inches high. I suppose you didn't follow up the exercises ye used to do in the loft long ago. Peter told me you had terrible muscles. I am sticking to them all along and I will try to get a muscular picture taken in the summer when we go swimming and send it to you. I hope you won't forget to take your picture one of these days now as the summer is coming on. You know how much we all would like to see how you look, for you must have changed a good deal in the last four years. The camera I had got out of order so I sold it for half price, but I will try to get another for the summer. I am sending you some pictures that I had since last year and I dare say you will recognize them as soon as you see them, specially one of them. They are not very good ones for I was inexperienced when I took them but next time I expect to send some nice ones. In the picture of our house, you will no doubt recognize May and Georgie in their bare feet.
Adam and his folk are all well and grandfather and grandmother are quiet strong and well, but the old man is not as strong as when you saw him last. I suppose you don't go out to South Natick at all. I wrote to Miss Reardon last Autumn and I didn't hear from her since.
I suppose you would have time to make up some papers soon and send them. Those ones with the stories are very interesting. We are doing very good business all along and it is increasing every year.
As I have no more to say of interest I will
Your loving Brother,
Joseph Gleasure
To: Frank Gleasure, 459 Cambridge Street, Allston, Massachusetts
Dear Brother,
I hope the arrival of this letter will find you in good health as we all are present. We got your last letter all right and I intended to write before now, but we were expecting a letter from you one of these days.
We have very poor weather for the time of the year that it is. The farmers have nothing set yet the ground is so wet. Ye must have grand weather over there now after the snow and cold. Ireland has the worst climate in the world nearly, there isn't a day but we have rain. I will be glad anyway when I leave it. I suppose I will only put down this year here, I will be 20 years old then and the 21st of this month I will be nineteen. I am getting on very well at school and I don't think I will go anymore after this term. We go through a certain course every year and it is nearly the same thing every year, so when I know the course I only have to make myself up on that and as you must do it yourself, it is as good to do it at home as in school, paying for the privilege of sitting down there.
There is a gymnasium erected in the Sports field now and in full swing for the past two months. They have an attendance of about 40 with Peter Buckley included. They have a barbell weighing 140 lbs. which Frank Buckley puts up three times and it gives their instructor enough to do to put it up once. Frank is fearful strong and he is only five feet six inches high. I suppose you didn't follow up the exercises ye used to do in the loft long ago. Peter told me you had terrible muscles. I am sticking to them all along and I will try to get a muscular picture taken in the summer when we go swimming and send it to you. I hope you won't forget to take your picture one of these days now as the summer is coming on. You know how much we all would like to see how you look, for you must have changed a good deal in the last four years. The camera I had got out of order so I sold it for half price, but I will try to get another for the summer. I am sending you some pictures that I had since last year and I dare say you will recognize them as soon as you see them, specially one of them. They are not very good ones for I was inexperienced when I took them but next time I expect to send some nice ones. In the picture of our house, you will no doubt recognize May and Georgie in their bare feet.
Adam and his folk are all well and grandfather and grandmother are quiet strong and well, but the old man is not as strong as when you saw him last. I suppose you don't go out to South Natick at all. I wrote to Miss Reardon last Autumn and I didn't hear from her since.
I suppose you would have time to make up some papers soon and send them. Those ones with the stories are very interesting. We are doing very good business all along and it is increasing every year.
As I have no more to say of interest I will
Your loving Brother,
Joseph Gleasure
Friday, February 10, 2012
April 7, 1904
From: Joseph Gleasure, Square, Listowel, Ireland
To: Frank Gleasure, 459 Cambridge Street, Allston, Massachusetts
My Dear Brother,
I hope the arrival of this letter will find you in the best of health as we all are at present.
We are greatly troubled at not getting a letter since Christmas. My father wrote to you in January, and he told me to ask you did you get it? We thought when you didn't write that you were sick or that something happened to you so that you couldn't write.
I wrote to Miss Reardon some time after Xmas and got an answer soon after and I wrote last week again to her. She told me she would send me some papers about the Civil Service when she gets them from Washington and that she would give me any help she could. I am getting on splendidly at school. We are just after our Easter holidays and this is the first week we opened.
Some time ago I didn't pay half enough attention to my studies as I am now, but when I see how far back I was and the time slipping away quickly, I made up my mind to work while I had the chance. It is just what Miss Reardon told me that young fellows think it a fine thing to be done with school and then when they are out of school for a year or so they begin bemourning that they didn't stop at school longer. Any kind of a smart fellow can get a situation in any office nowadays.
Annie has got a kind of a job now with a bank clerk. Mr. Brunker was removed and a married man with one little girl about 6 or 7 years old. Annie has to go down to them about 3 and carry out the child for a walk and teach her a few lessons every day and after get their tea ready, and she is done then at 6. She is getting over a L1 for 3 months. It will be bringing in something to her and besides it will make her handy when she goes out in the world. I am practicing with dumbbells now every night since January. A fellow would want to be a bit tough to bear all the hardships of the world. Somers, the fellow that came home from Africa with the wounded finger, I don't know did you know him, has a gimanaziam in the town now. He was with Sandow for a long time and came home last year. He is all muscle, they stand out on him like big thick ropes tied around him.
It was lucky yourself and Peter stuck at them all the time for it is now your are reaping the benefit and only for them you would hardly be able to stick the firing so long I suppose. Frank Buckley is at them for the last couple of years and he do be casting in those country sports. He threw a half wt. nineteen and a half feet in Lixnaw last month, and he can beat them all around the town casting stones.
You will be gone three years the middle of this month and it only seems a couple of years ago since you went away. We would hardly know you now I suppose you must have got very stout. I think you ought to take your picture now coming on the summer. We would all like very much to look upon your features after being so long away.
I hope you won't delay in writing to let us know how you are getting on. My father said the people you are staying with might keep your letters and that you should be careful. As I have no more to say, I will close, hoping nothing has happened,
Your loving brother,
Joseph Gleasure
To: Frank Gleasure, 459 Cambridge Street, Allston, Massachusetts
My Dear Brother,
I hope the arrival of this letter will find you in the best of health as we all are at present.
We are greatly troubled at not getting a letter since Christmas. My father wrote to you in January, and he told me to ask you did you get it? We thought when you didn't write that you were sick or that something happened to you so that you couldn't write.
I wrote to Miss Reardon some time after Xmas and got an answer soon after and I wrote last week again to her. She told me she would send me some papers about the Civil Service when she gets them from Washington and that she would give me any help she could. I am getting on splendidly at school. We are just after our Easter holidays and this is the first week we opened.
Some time ago I didn't pay half enough attention to my studies as I am now, but when I see how far back I was and the time slipping away quickly, I made up my mind to work while I had the chance. It is just what Miss Reardon told me that young fellows think it a fine thing to be done with school and then when they are out of school for a year or so they begin bemourning that they didn't stop at school longer. Any kind of a smart fellow can get a situation in any office nowadays.
Annie has got a kind of a job now with a bank clerk. Mr. Brunker was removed and a married man with one little girl about 6 or 7 years old. Annie has to go down to them about 3 and carry out the child for a walk and teach her a few lessons every day and after get their tea ready, and she is done then at 6. She is getting over a L1 for 3 months. It will be bringing in something to her and besides it will make her handy when she goes out in the world. I am practicing with dumbbells now every night since January. A fellow would want to be a bit tough to bear all the hardships of the world. Somers, the fellow that came home from Africa with the wounded finger, I don't know did you know him, has a gimanaziam in the town now. He was with Sandow for a long time and came home last year. He is all muscle, they stand out on him like big thick ropes tied around him.
It was lucky yourself and Peter stuck at them all the time for it is now your are reaping the benefit and only for them you would hardly be able to stick the firing so long I suppose. Frank Buckley is at them for the last couple of years and he do be casting in those country sports. He threw a half wt. nineteen and a half feet in Lixnaw last month, and he can beat them all around the town casting stones.
You will be gone three years the middle of this month and it only seems a couple of years ago since you went away. We would hardly know you now I suppose you must have got very stout. I think you ought to take your picture now coming on the summer. We would all like very much to look upon your features after being so long away.
I hope you won't delay in writing to let us know how you are getting on. My father said the people you are staying with might keep your letters and that you should be careful. As I have no more to say, I will close, hoping nothing has happened,
Your loving brother,
Joseph Gleasure
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