{The Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada} Oct. 4, 1925
Dear Mother:
While Bonnie and the big boys and Marion are at Church to-night and the little ones are in bed I will try to give you a few lines to-night. I am writing big because I haven’t much news of interest to write about and don’t want my letter to look too short. We are having real fall weather now. The leaves have put on their brilliant colors and from some of the trees they are falling fast. We have been keeping fire steadily going since I wrote you last week, but have changed fireman since last winter. I used to occupy that station myself, but have retired in favour of my eldest son. I figured that I would have to give Carolus a little spending money through the winter anyway, so I decided to make him earn it and am paying him $1 per mo. to tend furnace. As I have Alberta coal it will
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not be much of a job this year. While I’m on the subject I might as well say that while we are suffering comfort at home we are freezing in the Seminary. The Board early in the spring authorized the installation of a blower in the furnace in order to burn coal scrapings. As this wasn’t needed in the summer time the installation was postponed till the cold weather set in and is just in progress now. As a result many of the professors and students have colds and one student is laid up with quinsy sore throat. I have had a cold myself all week and am not feeling any too good yet. I don’t mind the cold outside, but to sit in a cold room is not conducive to good health. However, I think they will have the furnace done this week. Otherwise everything has been going along nicely at the Seminary. We have had only one little riffle and that was with Chicago Seminary for taking one of our boys. This has resulted in some rather sharp correspondence between myself and Dr. Stirewalt in our official
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capacities. After stating our case I told him what we thought was the proper line of action and added “But maybe you have a different system of ethics in the U.S. from what we have over here in Canada.” Bonnie had quite a scare yesterday morning. Catharine took a convulsion, presumably from eating too many peaches. I was down town at the time paying my bills. When I got back she had the Dr. here and appeared frightened out of her wits. However, “All’s well that ends well”, the spasm lasted only for about 10 minutes and to-day she is apparently as well as ever. Our children attending the public school had holiday Thurs. and Friday on account of Teachers’ Convention, and enjoyed their freedom very much. Eileen is being initiated into the mysteries of arithmetic, particularly addition. At first she couldn’t see into it, but is getting along very well now and likes it. I had a man over Friday from Kitchener to over-
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haul my typewriter. It required a new platen, oiling and cleaning and some other little repairs, which cost me all told $5.50. But now I think I have a first rate machine. All I need now is practice and skill in running it. I held my catechetical class at Bridgeport last Wednesday, but only four showed up. Unless this improves on the coming Wednesday I don’t think I shall continue it. I walked back from Bridgeport. It is only two miles by the highway – not as far as from here to Kitchener. Well, I must close this letter which has already grown to unusual length. With love to you all and all good wishes, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[signed] Carroll H. Little.
