Letter 5
Side 1
(Tell Johnny
that Im [Im?] just
the same the [they?]
could not
make a yankee
of me only
I got a little
thiner [thinner?]
E OConnor) written sideways at top of letter
Montreal
775 St Antoine
July 10th 11 [1911?]
My Dear Bella
Just a few lines
hoping to find your mother
Johny & yourself quite well.
I suppose you will wonder
to hear from me as I think
everybody over there has forgot
all about us I know when
you get of writing it is terrible
to sit down to write to any one [anyone?]
But I have not forgotton [forgotten?] yous [you?]
all the same. I dont [don't?] think we
would ever forget Clougherney [Clogherny?]
.if we were a hundred years
away from it But I hope it
Wont [won't?] be so long to I get back to the
oat bread again
Side 2
Teresa often makes me laugh when she
takes a notion of acting Patrick
Mc Killion or McKeagney
You would just think she was at
home again The weather here
is so hot It is just killing I
often say I hope this weather
Wont [won't?] go near Ireland. as It would
kill people to work out Teresa
& I still works [work?] in the same office
The [they]?] call me nothing But
Erin go Bragh We both like
it well. We often say We
are going home to Ireland
But they are so well used
to us now the [they?] dont [don't?] want us
to leave atall [at all?] but that wont [wont?]
keep us long. When we take
the notion about Clougherney [Clogherny?]
Side 3
If this great heat was over I must start
& write more or the neighbours will forget
about us I suppose when we go home the [they?]
will think I have been away for over
half a century If I let them forget me
I hope Ma.& Da is well also Minnie
Aggie & Joe I am thinking long for
a letter from them We hear from
John often he is well & doing well
Teresa is gone out now she will be
sorry she is not here to put something in
this letter But when I take a notion
of writing I like to finish
It & & post it
Side 4
as I often write letters & forget to
post them now be sure &
write me a long letter soon &
tell me all about home and
if Da & ma runs over the
way they used to go. Da
used to say he would not
be right sitting Down till
There there would be a string
after him with the melodian [melodeon?]
Well I hope them good times
will all come back again
before long Tell your Mother
if I dont write often I just
mind all her goodness to us
as well as the day I left home
& Johny as well If our prayers
are heard we often pray for
yous [you?] all & I hope god [God?] will
spare us all to meet in Clougherney [Clogherny?]
again I think Ill [I'll?] say Goodby [goodbye?]
for now & Remain as ever yours Ellie OConnor
Transcribed by NualaMacSherry. Checked by CMcIvor.