{ST. LAWRENCE PARISH
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
THE REV. C. H. LITTLE, D. D., PASTOR
MORRISBURG, ONT.}
Dec. 1, 1915.
Dear Mother:
To-day we enter upon the first day of the Christmas month. The weather was so mild through the whole of November and starts in so to-day that one can hardly realize that we are so near the Christmas holidays. The roads are almost as good still as in the summer time and we have had very little rain and practically no snow. Yesterday I had another working party on the Cemetery down at the lower Church and they accomplished considerable in the way of putting it in shape. It will probably, however, be the last we will be able to have this autumn. We have sent an invitation to the Nova Scotia boys in the Waterloo Seminary to come out and spend Christmas with us. I received word from Mr. Hirtle the other day that he would come. I haven’t heard definitely yet from Mr. Zinck. The furnace cellar in our Church here is ready and we expect to have the furnace put in to-morrow. That in itself will be quite an improvement to our little Church, and I expect a number of others to follow by spring. I will not be here next Sunday to enjoy the furnace for the first time, as I am to go to Ottawa and supply that Sunday. Pastor Mauer will preach for me here in the evening. I think I will go up to Ottawa Saturday morning, which will give me a chance to see the city Saturday afternoon. I had a
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wedding down the river last night. They came up for me in an auto and brought me back in the same. I also got a handsome fee $10.00 which tickled Bonnie immensely. These weeding fees are scarce here as hens’ teeth. This is the third I have had in over a year. The little children Marion and Arthur have been more or less sick for the last couple weeks with colds and after effects, but both are pretty well again now. Marion had canker sores in her mouth and couldn’t eat anything and was pretty fussy. I don’t think it is quite as healthy here for children as in Nova Scotia, but it is a nice climate for all that. Arthur says a number of words now and understands almost everything you tell him to do. He is a bright little fellow and everybody likes him. Carolus finds as great pleasure as ever in going to school. Last night he wrote down about 100 words that he has learned since he started to school. Herman is anxious for the 18th of February to arrive, so that he can go too. But I must close and go down town. With love to you all, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little
