{The Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada
Waterloo, Ontario} Maynooth, Ont.,
Aug. 28, 1926.
Dear Mother:
I arrived here this evening at supper time and found Pastor Jannau looking for us anxiously as he had been expecting us for the past three or four days. We are all – Pastor Christiansen and Pastor Pfeiffer and myself – to preach for him at his Mission- Fest to-morrow. We had a hard trip over the mountains and it took us from 8 o’clock this morning till 6 this evening to reach here. But even this was not so bad as our trip from Pembroke to Denbigh – a distance of 70 miles – which we covered from 11 o’clock Thursday till 2 a.m. Friday morning. The old Tin Lizzie in which we were riding gave us all sorts of trouble except car trouble, and when there was nothing wrong with the car the owner of the car, Pastor Pfeiffer, didn’t know how to drive her over the hills and mountains. As a consequence we had to walk up about all the steep hills and often times push the car. I wrote to Bonnie the other day that I thought I would write a book when I got back on the theme “A Thousand Miles in a Tin Lizzie”. I think I could make it quite interesting. For long stretches we made less than 5 miles an hour. The first 15 miles out of Denbigh this morning we covered in 5 ½ hours. But the country is picturesque and beautiful and we had a little time for fishing. At Deubigh we caught a dozen fine black bass weighing from one up to 3 or 4 lbs. Of these I caught 3, which was almost my share. At Pembroke we crossed the Ottawa river and camped on the shore on the Quebec side. I had a good swim in the Ottawa river the next morning nd another good one
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morning before breakfast in Cedar Lake at Denbigh. I could not stay in very long, however, as the water was too cold. The weather has been consistently cold on the trip until to-day, which has been nice and warm. I think I wrote you about our fishing experience on White Lake near Arnprior last Saturday. We have met most of the pastors of the Eastern Conference, to which I belong, on this trip. At Petawawa we had tea at Pastor Kleine’s and took dinner the next day with Pastor Schultz, one of our last year’s Seminary boys. At Eganville we called on Pastor Voss. Besides we have seen a large part of this northern country, and in spite of the drawbacks I am enjoying the trip. Raspberries and blue berries (Huckleberries) are ripe up here now and are very abundant. Wheat and oats in this northern district is not yet cut, though the harvest is over down with us. We have had two rainy days on the trip, viz last Sunday and Friday of this week. The people all speak German and I have had to fall into the habit too, though most of them can speak English. The rivers and lakes around here are beautiful and as clear as crystal and fishes are very plentiful. The worst feature is that we have had so little time for fishing on account of spending so much time on the road. We expect, however, to stay here over Monday yet and fish for trout. We were out experimenting after supper to-night and found the stream all right. Among us we caught four trout, which shows that they are there. We are put up in a log house to-night at a Mr. Perkowski’s; but everything in it is spick and span. On the whole this is a great outing, but we ought to have a better car and a better driver. But I must close for this time. With love to you all, I am
Most Sincerely yours,
[singed] Carroll H. Little.
