«y- 'A ' BRITip &, C{),LQ!!H)|L EMIGHATION FUND • r; ■• i vii , 1-rr c ji ii.T .'Jinn ' :M'v» i 1 i W : i .'ifn ;mi!. i: )-;:•; j;; /i -tiii i ris '*"^*'*"?Vr.«,\. Steamfr, vMedvray. 4>Hiii;e» ^Tweea ......... . ''NeKioriaii . . ! ifH.'»^f((Hi . . Scandinavian , , , ... , . » Avon . .iU ^SB'SM HttatiL { J i Moravian . , ., .... ... . Austrian t H'H.!fO'l,qe/,'{. Ip yr Ptu^sian . . , . , ,, , ,, .^f Avon""''* !•: ,r joa^6i»j •ftifairp f- i .1. HO >d 'liOm Mvtrif^W^li^ ? N^W Zet Departure, 'April 1+ 1870. ,, 27, „ If 2t>, ,, ». 28, ,, May a, „ . ,. l». ., June 2, „ Dc;.,,^; it, I i .. 25. '1 Juiy «, ■I *') 2*i, '7/ 'August 4, •K'l J"or/. London i> Liverpool /f 'f Loiutoti Livi{ « J9%; -ft^n f>(fioo ?)v; v{m» ,vfib « jjiKlIofi' •iI-so^IIk •S.H-hrf ,t9fr,i*»9«<./ (1 .'-i^oS fifi^f/j'} sffiot fit) frh-.i Hf i^tiftf'' Ycl'^liQ following letters a^xi selected from many others receiveid •frpitt Ijltnigrants assisted by the Society, and wiU afford informati(»fi itiB to the w«ll-doing aud prospects of the EmigrjiutB.,,,^, ^,([ ,y,,j,{ 'Nt^»o««^' O^^AHW^ . . . .ofitor} "%) '^«8 .Mflt'':i •■•■' mtWyiOai hi If-.ifl ,ny;j ■ -* -^■''' m •^ I THINK tl^e ladies »nd,ge|itlemen might be proud of the party ,pf emigrants tiba,t they ha^^/sent to Canada as a ^uej^ealthy lot jpf men, and in mofrtls as wej^, as a steady party. , < . , I c^me on ,|»ei-e and' got a jpl) tjhe sj>|p|.,,»ight, ..,v»^ V'^l^r "^P^ ^^^^^^'^ '^ffe coulil give you eoniet.hing in encouragement for the efforts that ^ you, dear lady, and others in Torquay mdde in sending us out here, rts I think at present, and hope it will continue, that it is the best thing that ever was done in Torquay. ... I conclude with our gratitude to you and those at Torquay A?ho helped us over here to better ourselves." Mt& ii)-'-0:fii4^y • .;\.i'»ii(' .::■■'■■ . ' : From the wife of a Torquai/ Sf course it's diffcrojit from the old country before yuii get used to it. . . . You would like wood ranging, the boys are delighted with it. The birds are very h.'indsoine, canaries wild, plain and marked ; and gentlefolks at honio would like the flowors 111 their gardens or greenhouses. . . . There are musk-rats, beavers, skunks, and other thinys they kill in the winter for their fur. Hares are very plenty ; there are no rabbits nor rattlesmikes, and the snakes that are here are very small ; tortoises are very plenty; there is a bird that sings " Whip-poor- Will," and gives us a tune nearly every night, back door or front. 'Ihere are other 1 irge birds that when thoy begin you cannot tell from the barking of dogs. Plenty of pheasants, thoy are i ut of season now, but there are no game laws. If your father has a gun, and a good axe and hand-saw, bring them. Ci-ockery is not very dear, but it's queer-looking stuff; if you have any you va'ue, bring it, but be very careful to pack all your things in very strong boxes, and band, nail, and lash them, for they are not over-nice in knocking them about. Te.i is uot choice and not cheaper than at home. Bring baking powder, for you cannot get ir. Tobacco is 1«. per lb., currants Ad., raisins Ud! , pepper id., coffee is very poor. They say j)eople can and do start farms of tlieir own on about £20. It is not likely we shall stop here more than twelve mon hs, as Edward has been offered 50 dollara a-year more by sevei'al people, but he had a written ngreeinent for twelve months. In the fall of the year you can buy cattle very cheap. They say that the winteis are so severe you cannot show yourself at the door ; I do not believe it, for they told us when we first came the weather was not a quarter so hot as it would be, and that we did uot get any breeze or cool days, but we have had many, when it rains all day, and is quite OGol with beautiful breezes. So T shall not believe it's so cold before ["ve been here a winter." *j-'" -^ .i.-^^*"*;- - ;,••• -[ . ■ ■:' hu^.k . — "■-,:-' -^■•-'' ■ -'- -■ «'-■ ■■''"•'•' "'''' !>:^'' ;:--''i •:■>■-;■ From an Emuirant per S.S. '■• (iannfs'' June, 25, 1870. .^.^.^ ^/JiiYjiniA'' Mother, Fathwr, Sisters, akd Bik>ther8, j oru/iHiH#;' I now drop you a few Hues t6' let you know that t arrived safe And sound at our destination on Saturday at 5 o'cloclJ after 2 nights and 2 days trauiug 755 miles from Quebec. You tall< about riding in a train come and have a ride on the Grand Trunl A 2 .<■ ^ Railway they don't lide but jiipi]) half tlie way. We landed at Quehee ^^ on Wednesday stoped all night there such a set out yon never did see drunk and fighting with all the English French Irish dutch and Black fellows and I was very, glad to get away. They would not send me to Hamilton as there was too many gone there. We left three parts of our chaps on the way such as Otwa Montreal Preston Cornwall I'ointhope Oshwa Newtonville and other stations. My dear Mother now about nijsolf. 1 arrived at Newcastle on Saturday at 5 o'clock and only me th.it was left here and you may guess I was in a funck so the Station Master told me to go up to the Village so 1 went and when 1 got there 1 ask some Gentle- man if I could get a Lodging so they ask me where I was from .' ' and I told them from London. When I said London it flew about like wild fire one came and gave me a house to live in rent free one lent nie a stove one lent me one thing and one another one asc me to Tea one to super. We was so tired that we was glad to restourselvesweweuttoTea. Now come the best of it. A Gentleman , came and engaged me to go to work for him at 1 Dollar and ,^ ' 60 cents a day Board and Lodging another came and offered me '. " a job and the foreman of the Agriculture Machine foundry came " to. You see 1 am not hard up for a job they ingage by the month. .; Newcastle is a very pretty town an the Borders of the Lake Ontario. There is plenty of house. Streams with plenty of fish. Wood with plenty of game.' Plenty of Mills in fact plenty of every- thing. No police no R'i'"»'* Oii^if. ' ■ " • y-' Go to Bed Early up Early.'-^^^^* ^>'"' "^^^"'^^ "^'^^^ *'^'^GlHif0h'|6y't6 Toronto. ■ ' ■ ■ i 'C'^' ^' "^^^^^ ' ' - '"'Just tell my Brothers to drop ■fee"lt Tftie ittlff setyd'tee a news- paper if they like corse shall expect one from you. Flies veiy troublesome mosketo Blackfly plenty of grass snakes the boys killed one.-' ^>K**J'^^ '^'-^^^^ i itu^*^H »«* ^^^^^^^^^^"W^, Tell ikther he must come out agaih give 'iiiy love to hirrt; -i-i Write soon as I am longing to hear from home. T shan't write till I hear from yun."*^'^' '■ ^«^- • ■-- "'"[ '^a » • -^'' -/ i v^r^iMM- !*■../■>■ . - Further Letter from the tame Kmuirnnt. '"' ■• ' ■ " > '> U"'*' ' ''' •• ■' ' ■ ' ■■•' "SKuddj/, Aiujiixl '>\ 70. "My dkar Mother, Fatiieii, HisTEns, and HuoTiiBKa, ^, i »*>:iWii.t t\t^ I ijy^ vvill drop you a few lines more just to put yon in mind of me as I think you have forgot me. I liave wrote IJ letters to you and have got none. You know how anxious 1 am to hear from home. T feel very vex whetj 1 come home on Saturday and no news from home it would be of great cheer to me in this lonely Kpot and send me a new8pai)er by all means as 1 have just made arrangement with Mail to bring me a Canadiau Leading Newspaper and I am going to send it home. Well now about myself I went to work on Tuesday following the Saturday I arrived h'ero, at a place called Orinn ab a large house building by Mr. Critivern for Mr. Lockhart the largest Miller about here, 1 don't get full money yet. Iget.£l 10s. MS '^, tfiidtmi ■■' ' Ail ivwat >)^o-ir.;;/.J.i o-i-)^l .umii frwr^*.- slJfrt t«rf> ^M. . I I , 111, ■) I I I !/■">/ 11 ll • •>.'»/ / <'l,l .•(■».. Tl.i ( I l(. I|l U»'"l' '''•'' ' " ' '•' I (1)1!. .|i ', Ti ,| tier.' . » ■ f ■'III' ■•I'lJMi..,' !!i- ;•. iri I ii.. Juki ; ,< itifi« ' J,\nm ihe Wi/f Ot'Jfte nfimi- Kmiftmnt.'^ ■'> *"'' ''"i v^ ■•.■•." 1 tfi , > (., , . _ • 1 ' " ■ !' 'f' , ■ ■til-' ' ;' ' raV I riM ••• i -"tiri'i ' ':■'•) ''d " Wmj/^w/ il. " My DEAR MCTHKK, '""'■' " '' •^'' ''' nf My. v-t Tr... ■.. ■■. -j't , ,!ii !■, ' '■.• i('Mi< •'[(111 '7 ^'.ii, t!:r f fi /•> ij ., ;i, i! ■ >) •n'>.l- '•Ci\ni \uf ' '' ' ■' ' '■ I wi'ito tlifwe few linos to you Iio[»inj? they will find yon all quite Mt'll. Thank (Jod 1 gettinj^ strouj; now. I had ii very had bout on lumrd ship. Ar 1 talknhout the Uailway cars 1 shfdl never forget then). Meat is very cheap here 5 cents Bread is doar 15 cents a loaf, llnninett got work as soon has he gotiii Newcastle ho don't get fall pHy at first as the work is now hut ho is kept well where he is and cotnea Iiojuo once a week. W'o have a cottai^o with 6 rooms in it for a dollar ^ a month. Wo bought a bedstead for dollar and a half and stove for 5 pounds currency. Dear Mother I am glad to tell you Hamnett very steadv. We are obliged to he very saving for we have many things to buy and winter is f> months here. Tell Archie to learn all he can and come soon. You must write to Sarah and sister and brother. Tell them to write soon. I will to them write as isoon as I can but to write to them all at once ■would cost so much. Children all well and send love to all and give my love to all and accept (he same youi-self from your affectionate Daughter." •'■-' '''* '"• '"" *> ■■"i.-- '• ■ v"' '■'"' '-'"" ' '"'■ n ■•• -■..• • ■: ' ;iii//sail j; 'iMl ImI'J^"? nh' U.h \luT ■ .ril '>! I.'I 1)M.'; liL^olMtul' ) Jiiit, (iov7j(l;j!';;i i,lti - 'V-( >•••<; i/4^jihl'i\ md ui>"( trviij oi /mii! ihj n<&>l\ tuhjl'.yi'- iiov '^i \'it iVu))i t.fiiit ««w y/rii'itl ni .inn-uif } vf^idl vl)t'> '♦d T nTfd "i ii'"»'-7 3u:ji; lift ^MewU /)ir ^■ifjfloi;{^\ Jh^u. imdi J*^.^^«*« i«-Milf')iiB„,a„AM, Lower CANAnAE^T/'-^V^"^' ,0. ,v-,.. .....? .,,, .vr.. ol^nfwi... ■ ■-■vi-.,,?,,wp_^.>^.-^'" ■'<;". /i^^28/rtt'' -t>v- "Dear Friend, >- •■ ■ '"'','' "^'' If: .! ..ttiijfO'f ' ^- i should of sent a few lines before, Eut not knowing ^ whcatber i should suit my master or not made me unsettled. My Master agreed to give me 15 dollars per mouth. But finding me ftuited for hi» purpose He rose n>e to 18 dollars per month. He is » good master and so different to those in England^ there i» not that Pride al)0ut them. Here they dress more like Drovers than Cirntlemeii, thoy (Hniverne with you iind mnko thoro Way to you Kvery inorniiig niid iiKjuirw after health and rniike Siicli FrieiidHlup if yon aro Walkiii;^ niiywhero uhont the Iiuiph they Mtop the chiiiso and VVi'loonie von to lide that is very kind of the.n. We have a ChriKtiiin CnuKsh ahoiit 2 files off and they oull Kvory time Some «»r thv.TM to take nw to chiireh, and knowinji; we aro Knjilish one or the other seut Farms Work year after year in the Bricktield, and at the fall of the Summer they draw their money and go homo and Cut Wood from otf their Land, the money supports them in the Winter, and hefcre they come hack they Put their (Jr(i2)s in for the next Summer ; and When they are at Work in the Snmmer the Let the ontting of their Hay and Corn to men that make a sort of Harvest of it ; and they Have got very largo Barns to Put it in out of the Snow in the Winter, and to keep there cattle in; they Breed Sheep, J Corses, Calves, Poultry. There are men sxich as Butchers come and Bye tlieir LamV)s and Calves, and tliat Puts more money in their Pocket. They make their own Butter, and (let their Sugar from the Maple Tree. Thoy Barter (jtoods with each other Sometimes Butter for Sugar, Some of tiiem make extra Butter and Sell it to the Stores. We have a good advantage here for We can get Lamb for 8 cents per pound, Beef at 8 cents. Eggs new laid ^d. each. Bread is dear, 25 cents for a loaf about 6 Pounds, a Barrell of Flour 7 dollars, i am living in a House one Room is as large as 4 in England, for I dollar a month and I of an acre of Ground to it ; as for a Neighbour i have got to go a mile for one. It is very hot here in Summer, and just as cold according in Winter ; tliey say We have 5 feet of Snow nearly 5 mouths in Winter. It is a Beautiful Place here. I am in Lower Canada, i don't know what the Upper Canada must be, But i am told By men that as been there that it far exceeds Lower By ^.'Wages and living. A single man is only losing time in England lii When he- can come out here and lo dollars a month with Board . i^and Lodging and Washing. There is no drinking here without you go 2 miles, and that you Don't want to go when you aro done work. He can save nearly all his Wages, and in a few years can Become a 10 Wealthy Man. As fw fruit there ia Plenty here, for Htispberryw grow out side my House ouly over the Road, and Pleuty of aiif)ies in the Gkirdeu. Please to Renienrroer me to nil those kind (Jeatle- lueu that had taking an interest in Sending n»e and my family (Hit here, and Except the same yourself, from your most Hunil)le Seivant. ■; ! mj; '<>' -it m.,:-! ;,•■•• .i!-rr; ■'■. ( -ii ■..:,,! i.) i-' .tl ) ' ■ -You must excuse my spelling. , I iWii'.'.) I ' >\',.: '1 '■'i ! ■(••■■; i ' I ■; ,"■! .' 1' i li ■' .• .1 i V'lii , ■ Please to tell any Person that thinks of coming out not to be afraid of coming out here. If they take the ad* ice of the Agents they have got all sorts of Employ in their offices, and it will cost you no expense Whatever, i got to Montreal iu the morning at 8, and at ^ 8 i had got a an^^wor to go to this job By rail at \ to 4 iu the afternoon, mid When i got to the Station which is called Faruham i had 9 miles to go, and the Agent gave me 5 dollars to Pay for our ride, for there is Plenty of men get there living By taking Emigrants to ditterent Places. My Master employs between 20 or 30 men in his tannery^ for He is a large merchant in Hides from the States ; Tans the Leather and imports it to England. He Has a large Saw Mill, a large Tannery, Besides a Large Brickyard, and some thousands of acres of Land. He finds his own Bark for Tanning, His Wood for His Houses and His Bricks, and grows His own Produce fov to Board His own Men, for every man has to Bo ird at his House, it his a large wood House, enough to Hold 100 People. Some People Say it is a good time to come When i came. But for my Part i say come m April, for the time is short, you caunot secure anything for the Winter, Please to remember me to Mr. Grant Mr. Kersey and all our kind friends that attends tlie Meetings aud i Hope that although We are missed that it will encrees Tenfold. If you get this letter Please to let me know how , all niy Missiori Room Frieuds are. Pleasu to tell me if Thomas Fever is gone. Good-h.ye. With thanks to you all. i shall send more news next time." ... , ., ^ ,, ' . ,, . .,,, •• xr <, ii\n j Jufl ,od imm-nhnm"* •iol j'aob i ,/5b«J!«0. bmi^i3. m Offwi ' j}«^^ ^^ 4 Wiifn '^l^nih lit"*^"* if ; 1^|; fe|« '/i^b bi«i>^' ii w' ill Hom 4i^iuim$ it iiiik'inbitfii6']Qiinki n/ti*^»^W4il^-- .11 From the Wife of an Emiyratd insisted hy iJie Xoltiiuj Hill C'Qmmtke, per S.ii. '' Atlqi^' Juxit!% ISli),. ,. •,.!v,4i ,M. .v.n- ,., , . " Hamilton, Canada, ili/.j/jw< 27/70. " Dkau Miss Hou«ii,iToN, , ,. . ,/ ,» I have taken the first opi)ortunity of writing to you after our sate arrival in Canada. 1 should have writen heforo but I thought I should like to get a little bit settled first, so that I might tell you about the country. I need not tell you how very thankful we are that we made up our minds at last, after the many jn-ivations we endured during the last nine months we were in England, we'owe a great debt to you Miss for all the kindness we have received from you and your friends, which I hope we shall be able to repay sooner or later. I must now 'tell you about our voyage. We had a very rough passage which was long and tedious, we were '25 days coming over, the wind was bard against us all the way, we had one or two dreadful nights, we scarcely lay in our beds with the rolling of the ship. My eldest little boy was very poorly all the voyage with the diareaha and the measles, he was obliged to be in the Hospital on the ship, he as still the diareaha which he as had ever since, he as fell away weak and low but I hope and trust by the blessing of God he will soon get better. I found the arrowroot and sago most useful that you was kind enough to give me my last morning, for we had no Bread after the first 3 or 4 days on board only the hard sailors' biscuits the rest of the voyage, which my poor little Boy could not eat, he use to cry for hours for a bit of bread and the Doctor gave me but very little nourishment for him, he had 3 table-spoonful of l^ice a day and a glass of Port Wine between liim and another child that was ill, was all that wa& given him that I was sadly afraid I should lose him before I got to the end of my journey, as for the Baby he as got on wonderfully, so I think the change as done him good, he as got so fat that I dou't think my friends would hardly know him. We arrived at Quebec on Friday, August 5th, we had then a journey of 2 days and 2 nights by Rail up the country to Hamilton, the 3 of us that left Notting Hill as managed to keep together so that we are in Hamilton, a most beautiful country, a:ad plenty of work for Carpenters which I am most happy to say my Husband was fortunate enough to get the day after we arrived, the Emigration Agent i2 perceived us here and took us to a large shed standing on the water where we could remain till our Husbands got work and a house to live in, which we found very difficult to get. We have managed to get one hut it is rather heavy rented at (j Dollars a month, so we intend trying to get a cheaper House than this for the Winter. We have no fire-places in them so the first thing we have to do is to get a stove which will cost us 21 uoUars, and then a stock of Wood so that we have all our work and short time to do it in to prepare for (J months' hard Winter which tliey tell us is most severe. There is not much differfnce in men's wages here, my Husband gets a dollar and a quarter a day. Some things are cheaper, and some are much dearer thati in London. Meat is very cheap, I bought a fore-quarter of lamb last Satnrday morning in the Market for Is. 6(Z. which lasted 4 days, butter and milk is cheap and good, we have 2 quarts of milk a day instead of Beer. I should like to tell you a great deal more Miss but I am afraid I have not room, 1 sincei'ely hope this will meet you with your health fast improving, and all tlie rest of your family quite well. Please to give my duty to yonr Sister and Mr. Brown, and please to remember me kindly to all the Mothers at the Meeting and tell them not to be afraid of coming to Canada, as 1 use to hear some of them say, as there is plenty of work here for those who are willing to do it. I often think of the many happy hours I liave spent at the Missi(m Rooms, I wish there was a place here like it. We have a very nice Church and a good Minister which we attend every Sunday, there are no shops nor public houses open here on Sunday, you see the streets throng'd with people going to Chuich morning noon and evening that it seems so quite to London. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin tliac came out with us as got a situation together in a Gentleman's family, and Mr. Bishop as likewise got work. Will yo\i be kind enough to tell my Sister if you should see her to direct my letters to the Post Office, Hamilton, Out. Canada, W. instead of my house ns we mi^ht have moved again before she writes. With my duty." . ''■' '^ ^ l^. 07) :i -'l-^'f •j ,v!,i From ail Kmifjrmit from the Nottiup Hill Didri^t, ^ ,,_^ r«i' .'7- ^ '. .' " Smul'ty, 2Hth Auyiist, 1870. *• My deau Mothku, , ,. , , . , . ,,( i, I have ju«t received yoiu' inoBi, wdcome letter, at last, aud was glad to hear you were all quite well as it leaves us all liear. I just posted a letter to you ju>*t to remind you of me so you will have two this time. JNly dear Mother, I am takiug your advice and doing very well at present aud 1 liojie to keep on so, in 6 weeks 1 saved 4 pound and live up to the door. 1"he weather has been very iiot, you would hardly know me, burnt l>rown, took all the skin off me, I got Canadian skin now. 1 have received a letter from Ben Jones, very swry to h ar he out of work, it sounds very strange out here "out of work " as I tell you the solemn truth that a man willing to work can get a good living and save money. You say is there any pawn shops they don't know tiie meaning off it aud a good job to. Only think what a ble>8iug it is to get pn iSundiiy morning dress yourself did I say dress yourself, 1 DID, and go to our little village church, and go for a nice walk along the woods or the shores of the Lake in the evening. My dear Mother, you say you will try and send me a little to buy a lioat with if you have any to spare to send for me to buy a few Joiner's tools and Oanadiati farming tools, such as axes, augers, cross-cut saws, our tools for fixing an house out hei^e, and they are so dear that I cannot touch them, and if I had some Joiner's tools; I can go in at bench work in the winter, but don't send any to distress yourself, and I will do the best I can. They say the winter is very severe, and if I can't get a coat I must do without, they are 2-5-0 a-piece. Clothes are very dear. 1 wish I had come out earlier and then I would be all right for the winter. When we arrived at Quebec we were mustered on the dock room and received our tickets and 1-15-0 and told of to trains and we liad to buy all our provisions for the journey, they made us pay pretty dear for it to aud they robed us thick aud thin. If you give them any large money they will keep it till the train starts and tell you they gave you the change, so you go or else lose the train. I gave one half-crown for some tea and he served me the same, so just as the train was moving I ran away with his soup so I was not much out. 'Twas very nice, so I kept on till I arrived. Tell Mr. Brown that he must not paint it up so high to people, give my u b«tMt veapect. him and tell him 1 am getting on fii^^t rate, and I have not seen any of the others, they arc all at Toronto. Tell Archie if he intends coming to make up his mind at once and let me know, and I will try and give him some advice, or any of my brothers that intend coming, iind when they do come I hope I will give them the ^ame reception I received. I should like poor old Dad here, I could find him some things to pass his time here, a-shooting or" fi>hing, or smoking his pipe cm the rooks, or catching mud turtles, plenty of them very large ami very destructive to young geese and ducks, but above all I want my poor old Mother here. Never mind, wait a bit, if it please God to give me health and strength,' out you come. No more starving for a half-crown a day. Tel! Walley not to come V)y Telegraph, but to get on the Rainbow and slide down the end of it is just here and then won't want to come back again, tell liim if he don't write I won't know him when he comes down the Rainbow. T shall look out for him. Carpenters are in great denrnd here ; 300 or 400 men can have work this minute. Carpeuters 10.i. a-day, Painteis 8«. 9d. a-day, Lal)ourers 5s., and so on. Ask Father if he ever saw the Bilalur that curious bird that sticks his beak in the ground, and the Whip-o-Will, there is lots of them. We have a wood pigeon pie for dinner, very uice, there pleijty of them." . . . '. . . .,:')!■ . I .-• I - c; f>'!j^My (Vt /:.,: ■ /..li ;;!••...•'."-; ,.UJv-''-.v>.''1j .• - — . . — _— ^ ». ;->r 'j<;iii''i!!> t'r.Jnwi'- ' From an Kmif/raiU, a Mason, in theS.S.^' Moravian,''' June 19, 1870. a ^ • » " Trois Pistolks, PuovtNCE OP Quebec, U:u) ,yiii7*. y;i.r/ ..! 1-jim^f ,,.J Vj.^ V' ' " «' Sept. ISth, 1370. * '■'"■■ " Mn. Brown,— Sir, ^' -'"-'^i^'^'^ ■■•' -i^"'-^ ■ ^^-^ y- ^ -'^ i -n., { u With much pteasWr^ l wiPt^'lKeAe few lines, hoping the^ may tind you qoite well as, thank God, it leaves ua at present. I am ba^>py to tell you we are getting on very comfortable, I am working oa the Inter-Colonial Railway, building bridges over the waterfalls, it a very good j)lace for stonemasons ; we ai'e getting Us. per day ; but it is not such a good place for labourers, they get from 4.s. Gd. to 5s, per day ; they have to lose a great deal of time in wet weather. Charles Allen came down with us, we were the only two families out of ten hundred that came to Lowet* Canada. Allen did not stay hear, he did not understand mason work, &nd the master offered him 5s. per day, and he would not woik for it. Provisions are rather dear : Bread, Is. 2(1. 6 lbs. loaf-; r 15 Flour, .V hi. H Uw. ; Potatoes, 2.1. per biisliel ; Meat, any kind, fcom 3ff. tH r»lf/. per 11.. ; Untter, Wd. ; Milk, iff. half gnllon ; Fgi:[«, Id. rtnd 8g at a French farmer's; There is not one in the place can speak a word of Enulish. The people hear are all Roman Catholics, the nearest Church of Englattd is 32 miles from ns ; bnt we find the books you gave us very useful. I should have written to you before^ but I have been expecting to be sent further down the line, and I wanted to see the place before I wrote. The people here seem not to know what want is ; they save enough in the summer to keep them for 7 months' winter; but their is no Public houses hear, like their is in London, for them to Hpend their money at. I have been able to save nearly enough to keep us for the winter, besides buying winter clothing, a thing I never able to do in London. The Contractor I am working for is a very thoughtful man when we have to shift for the work, he sends teams and horses for the goods and a man to help. I hope I shall be ^\ble to pay back my passage money next Summer, it God spares me. Will you please remember us to Miss Ackland and Miss- Georget and we hope they are quite well. 1 wrote to Mr. Catlin jibout thr«je weeks ago. With kind respects from my wife aud myself." •'•■ii^;'.WtKU liil 'iV ,"!.' ■sii. From a Stonemason. Sent from Torquay in tJte S.S. " Tweed, ^^ April 28, 1870. "London, Canada Wkst, " Sept. 28. " I worked about two months harvest with a farmer at a dollar a day with board, he is a Devonshire man, and as good a man as ever T worked for. Now I am back ipi London again, got work in an oil refinery, constant work, and I may state that last week 1 got 8 dollars, or fl ISs. 4(7. for 10 hours a day, and that is the lowest pay out of more than 50 men. A dollar, oi' 4s. 'Id. is the figure bricklayers gets per day ; carpenters 1^ dollars per day. Meat is high at present : beef, beat cuts, 10 to 12 cents, mutton 8 cents., rk 12 cents., eggs 14 cents, a dozen. House rent is high, I pay 1ft '^ dollars a mouth for three roomH. ITuruitiire is dear but L have b«en able to buy eoough for our wnntH, including a Htuve, ho you Be« that 1 don't intend to freezo thin winter, and manaj^e to keep a few dollars by us, which could not be dune in the old coiuitry. . . . Wages with farniere in from 10 to 12 dollars a month for new oomerH, with board aud house rent and firewood if married; if Hingle, about 14 dollars a month, with board, washing, and lodgings. .... Hours of labour are from G a.m. to 7.30 p.m. allowing 2|f hours for nteaU. .... We take this opportunity to tender to you and the Committee our uin^cere tbauku for the interest, you have in our behal(;,.-j.,{^.Jj3g^o»rf«fM*''t ftiff^l^il ►b 'i'Hi^iiil1i\trA' \iidf i^\ \ ifldvJ*- «■<=>«]*' a*'5yt)rt 'ittaisr 9't'Jd rjhfoyfp ; 1Wi^^WltnoHJ V'^l^iffoWF^!^^^^^ 'i ni il [ Funds are urgently required to meet the expenses of the large xchetne of Emigration carried out by the Committee, and to continue the Jiehe/.t.^.^^ ^^^, ^,«^yji,(^ ,^^ „^,j ,|^:rtfitrt Ifi^iffw-rto^i viww- ' Su/}8criptions will he recAved bf/ the Lord Mayor, at the Maimon Ilouge, and by the following Bankers : — ' "pj'l «** oidit .'• ^^ I ^r ^/ (litJr/ ^ '•■ ':'■'- :({ yv7 fjua ,ogioiji> , The London' and Wkstminstkr Bank. Lotlibiu'v. , ,- . ^ ^. Mkssrs. Glyn, MiMiS, and Co., 67, Lombard Street. ,, .tl'.)-7i.|(W8«8.,Herries, Farquhar, a^p Co.,, 16, St. James's Street., ^j^iyjS\ .'iV''i //.: ^^; :. ,, By order of the Com-iaittee, J. STAN DISH HALY, Hon, Hec. ^ ' i^'o^'i. Vl*KsfMiNsTER C^^ Vfc'fottrA'KrRREl', s.'wl'''**"*^'^' an nJ vho'v? ,toi|*t«ii;:;ijVbi'i;5, 1(^70.: 3{(>«dvi^i^ i>w ■ -i, f loiS i i&viV/ ijf'ftf Jjjth ^>J«i.-. Yijiii i -^siin) jj{.'to'/r/i1iii ,Viut:U/i iki ^i^tttnr-tRt?raoiil''t>J 0i-^8Ji! i!