Two Aylmer Boys Return Home 1905, Part: 5
Sept 25, 1905 from Frank in Port Arthur to “Folks” in Bayham, Ontario, ‘P.S. Just had a letter from Tom Smith. He says he is feeling some better and is coming home not later than October 3. I feel very sorry for him F.A.B.’
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Sept 25, 1905 Mary, in Bayham to “My dear Frank” in Port Arthur,“... Pa went to town this morning to see about the boat. He could’nt get the Huronic so is coming on the Monarch. The Huronic left Sarnia to-day and not again till Oct 4th so you see you would have to wait quite a while and we thought you would rather come on the Monarch than wait so long. Everett said it was very nice and comfortable… Pa is going to take his fur overcoat for you to wear on the boat and I going to try and get a ship rug to wrap around your feet when he is in London. Vi says it is just what you will need for your trip home and this winter too. It is like a big wool shawl and so warm and light. It will very likely be cool on the boat.”
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Sept 26, 1905 Fred in Fairfaix, Manitoba to Father in Bayham, “It rained here yesterday it made the wheat to soft to threash so we have nothing to do but we will get to work to-morrow. We have the gang of men here now every machine furnish their own men. They have what they call a caboose a small building on wheels and this is where the men sleep. I am glad we do not have to sleep in there they are packed in like a lot of hogs and they are not much cleaner. There are men in there from nearly all over the world. As far as my pocket book is concerned I have lots of money. Frank let me have some. You do not need much money in this country I have not spent any yet. Poor Tom Smith is having a hard time we have had two letters from him I am going to write to him now.”
Wheat Fields, Canada, circa 1905, Benner Photographs
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