Mahone, N.S., April 6, 1911
Dear Mother:
Your most welcome and highly appreciated letter of March 26 with its hearty congratulations and good wishes was received. I wish I could give you a good letter in return, but I am too tired to write more than a few lines. I have had two funerals this week one on Monday and another one today. I will have a Lenten Service with address tomorrow night and two sermons for Sunday besides my paper work and sick visiting, so you can see how busy I am. Next week I expect to have services every night except Friday night and possibly Saturday night. On Good Friday I will have services here in the morning and up at New Cornwall in the afternoon. My confirmation class has dwindled down to about zero and at present I am away down in the dumps and quite discouraged. Today was nice and warm – the first spring-like day in April. Yesterday it snowed all day. I suppose six inches or more of snow fell. I had my sleigh out and Carolus and I had quite a sleigh drive. It went as well as at any time in the winter. The storm was so bad yesterday that we had to postpone the funeral which was set for that day until today. But today the snow went fast and very little of it was left in the road. Saturday and Sunday were very cold days. It scarcely thawed a bit those days and I found it about as cold on my Chester trip as at any time during the past winter. The thermometer went down nearly every night to 10 or 12°
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above zero and up to yesterday morning ice froze over running brooks. But now that the snow is down it will probably be warmer. Pastor Berman and his wife of New Germany had an addition to their family last night in the shape of a nine pound boy. His name is Paul Forney as I am informed by a note from Bro. Berman tonight. Mrs. Buchholtz is next on the ministerial list. I had called a meeting of the Executive Officers of the Orphans’ Home to meet at the Home on Tuesday to call a House Father, Rev. Bager having declined. I rode over to the Home but there were not enough present for a quorum and the meeting had to be postponed. I am expecting now to hold it in connection with our Convention of Conference at Chester. Tell Herbert I am sorry I did not get his letter answered but I have been so busy lately that it was altogether out of the question.
My boys are both doing fine. Herman is growing very fast and seems to be bigger than Carolus was at his age. Bonnie says he is prettier too, but I will hardly agree to that, though he certainly is a handsome baby. We would like so much to see out little niece whatever her name turns out to be. We don’t specially fancy Faith for a name, or Evelyn either on account of it connection with the Thaw Case. But I must close. With love to you all,
I am
[signed] Most Sincerely yours, Carroll H. Little
