October 8, 1908

From: May Gleasure, The Square, Listowel
To: Frank Gleasure, 4 Franklin St., Allston, Mass, U.S.A.

My dear Frank,

I received your most welcomed letter last night and we were very thankful for what you sent us. We had very good races for the last two days, father and George went to the island the two days so I had to stop at home but I had good times from 7 till 10 for I was let out then.

Dick McCarthy died this morning, he got a fall off a ladder about a fortnight ago and split his head. He got all right then, and was walking about, and in two days he had to go to bed again, it was the way that Dr. Dillon did not sew his head right and Dr. Lane did half wash it, so it turned into blood poison I did not send those papers that I promised you, because I was out at Ballyhenessy for a few days I will send you some now so you will see all about the races. When the people were coming across the bridge yesterday there was an awful crowd on it and about the middle of it down it went and in all the people went to the water. father and George were on the bridge and John Parkinson told them to stand back for a half an hour to let the crowd go and so they went back and they were hardly of the place where it broke when it went down so then they had to around by the road. There was one man nearly drowned he was carried into the castle hole and some other fellow went in after him. I think I will close now, hoping to head from you soon

I remain
You loving sister
May

I will send you another one of my Stickyback in the next letter so hurry up and write. 

April 8, 1908

From: May Gleasure, The Square, Listowel
To: Frank Gleasure, 34 Hichborn Street, Brighton, Mass. U.S.A.

My dear Frank

We received your two letters last Tuesday and was very glad to hear from you.  We are having some fine weather now for the last week.  I must have forgot to mention the money which you sent to Annie and I, we got it all right and was very thankful to you for it.  Annie did not get any letters from S. Natick yet.  Paddy Connor is going to live down at Gentleman's lodge now untill he gets a more sutiable house, he brought his wife home  We are expecting her into town today this is a horse fair day in the town.  Annie did not get her sticky back taken the man went away sooner than she expected.  I am sending you one of mine, the girl that is along with me is Eva Cuthbertson she is my only companion.

The measels are raging in the towns and country now now, there are any amount dying form them, all the schools are shut up in towns and country alto ours.  The whole lot of Adam's children got them but they are rid of them now.  I saw by the papers that there was forty people died from them in Tralee during the last three weeks.

Did you get the P.C. which I sent you by post, do not forget to send the books which you promised us.  I will send those long promised papers this week for sure.  Will you try and get our Sticky backs enlarged and send us one of them.  Dick McCarthy is giving up business in Listowel he is having a cheap sale father was down there yesterday and Dick carried him out to the stores and when he came he told us that he couldn't sell out the things that are there for the next 3 months, there are some of them things there for the last 15 years or more.  We are all quite well at home here I hope you are the same way.  There are two girls from convent street going to America this morning I expect they are halfway to Tralee by this.  I will close now as I have no more to say.  Hoping you will write soon again

I remain
Your loving sister
May

Excuse this scribbling as I am in a hurry for school.

January 21, 1907

From: George Gleasure Sr., The Square, Listowel, Kerry, Ireland
To: Frank Gleasure, 22 Herrick Street, Brighton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

My Dear Frank,

We are very glad you are in good health and got agood job ithink that job will suit you better than any thing you got yet if it holds and you mind it we are all verry well at present and all the people out at tullig also you went to alot of expence about them presents you sent they are all delighted over them and verry carefull of them and showing them to all the friends some people is surprised to see them we got all the papers and letters you sent all right afew days ago we got the last bundle of papers we are having verry fine weather here just now the streets are as dry as they would be in summer we had verry rough weather after the holidays lots of snow and some frost there was other parts worse than here railroads blocks well how what about Joe going out to you in the spring iam sure he is verry anxious to go out and ithink it would be better have him with you iwould rather have him go for yer own sake as ithink ye both would get along better what ever iwould do without him ithink we would be able to get along alright there about twice as much to do as when you were here if you send him apassage card you should have it here before the first of april iwouldnt like to have him to late write as soon as you can after you get this letter and let us know all the connors boys is all at home yet only tom he is in england yet he got married to jude daughtons daughter he is getting along verry well old jude says herself and [jameres?] people dont speak to one another over the matter.  we got averry good town tennants bill part through parliment at last it gives the tennant the right to compensation for emprovements and also for unreasonable disturbances and entitles the tenant to sell his good will of the premises with the emprovements so you see it is agreat facility if aman wants to give up busines

bill Mcelligott the carpenter is going out california isuppose you new him he sold his house and furniture it was alicensed house as you go up to the raily and got 400 and 75 pounds for it but it was asplendid house bill could not have luck by all accounts going around listowel with girls getting them into trouble so you see things like that wont prosper Mrs. Gleasures daughter is one of them from banmore she was down at dick mccarthys couple of years ago iam glad to here you say that you thought of going to church as the man that dont realise where he is will never be any good you are not recognised by any but the rough element and then what you have is of no good to you if the hand of god is against you a man will never prosper

as i have no more at present i hope you will have a happy new year from

G. Gleasure
Listowel
Kerry Ireland

to F. Gleasure
Brighton
Mass