{Evangelical Lutheran Synod at Canada
Rev. J. Reble, President
104 Hughson St. Hamilton, Ont.
Rev. J Maurer, D. D., Vice-President
49 Irvine St. Kitchener, Ont.
Rev. H. Schorten, German Secretary
170 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. A. A. Zinck, D. D., English Secretary
Waterloo, Ont.
Rev. E. Holm, Treasurer
St. Jacobs, Ont.} Waterloo, Ont.,
July 19, 1925.
Dear Mother:
The time has arrived again for me to write you a few lines. Things have been moving along at a very even gait and there is not much news, but I will do the best I can. We had some quite warm days since I wrote you last week, but the last two or three days have been nice and cool, and I imagine if you had been here you would have wanted a furnace fire or at least a toaster to keep you from having cold feet. To-day, however, was warmer and might have been a little oppressive had it not been for the strong breeze that was blowing from the west. We have had no rain save one little shower since I wrote you last and everything is drying up. My corn is all shriveled and nothing in the garden looks well except the tomatoes, marrows and carrots. Our seeds are all up, but are making no progress. The raspberries have all dried on the stalks and it looks as though we will have little to can this year. I made arrangements, however, with a Mr. Schultz, one of our Seminary students, to take us up sometime next week in his car to the blueberry fields to pick some blue berries. If this materializes we may have something in the canning line after all. Mr. Rumball came up Friday and made
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fruit shelves for our cellar, which will be more convenient than setting the jars on the floor. My Elder-blossom wine is coming along fine and gives promise of turning out as well as that of last year. I have 10 gals. of it on the go. I was down at St. John’s this morning. Dr. Hoffmann preached and gave us an excellent Gospel sermon which was much appreciated. Next Sunday while I go to Bridgeport, student Schultz will preach at St. John’s. I received five dollars last week for my funeral services on Sunday. This will tide me over till next pay day, I hope. In any event I will get $5 at Bridgeport Sunday. I am to preach two Sundays in Aug. in the Unionville-Sherwood parish above Toronto. This with my Bridgeport appointment will give me at least three Sundays in August. We haven’t had a word as yet from Bikleˊ as to the date we are to expect them. I hope they will enjoy it when they come. We have decided to put them up in the Seminary. It may interest you to know that Herman has decided to buy Johnnie Laurman’s hens and is fitting up a section of the barn to keep them in. It will not help us a great deal however as he expects pay for his eggs. Dr. Hoffmann’s company came last week, his daughter and family and his daughter-in-law all from Phil’a. The children are having great times with Johnnie Menscher, who is about Arthur’s age. Carolus’s firm – the Globe Furniture Co. – gave their employees a picnic Saturday at Conestogo. Carolus took Arthur with him and they reported a great time. Herman couldn’t go as he had to work that day. He worked pretty steady last week except that he was laid off on Friday. I have been taking my regular
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swim every day since you left us. Some days it was a little on the cold side, but then I didn’t stay in long. To-day it was just fine. Arthur and Robert were also in this afternoon. The rest of the time I put in reading and studying with an occasional smoke between times. I expect soon to finish up another of my correspondence courses. Dr. Willison, I understand, has secured a man to take his place in the College next year, which means that he will take the course at Queen’s University. He will probably try hard to complete his M.A. in the year. The family are all away now and the big house across looks quite desolate and is so except for the Schortens dwelling in the back. As we are still without water, I see where I have a big job on my hands carrying over water from the Seminary for washing to-morrow. But I hope that this will be the last week for so strenuous manual exertion, which goes against my southern nature. Bonnie is planning on having the Zincks and their company up for tea one evening this week and intends having a swell affair from a culinary point of view. She has had great success with her bread lately and wishes she could only have had such bread while you were here. She has also been busy sewing and made five garments last week. Robert is looking forward toward his birthday which occurs the last day of July. Little Catharine is as sweet as ever. She takes interest in everything. The other evening I was sitting by the north window holding her, and the sky was all aglow with a beautiful red, and she said “Father, look at the sky
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up there!” She says every day “Father is a nice girl”; and she can’t get over the fact since I took her over there that they have such a nice toilet in Seminary. Well, I guess I will have to close here. With love and all good wishes, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little.
