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Ontario, house and its agents in America. I was very glad that I could 

 truthfully report that you had acted towards my son honestly, 

 honourably, and kindly." 



Again, January 5th, 1883 : 



" I beg to thank you for your kind letter of yesterday and for 

 the information it conveyed to me. I hear every ten days from 

 my son. He writes in good health and spirits, and he has always 



found Mr. P friendly and pleasant. I have the impression, 



however, that he will not remain in Canada, but I am sure that 

 his sojourn there has in several respects done him good. He 



enjoys his work, he enjoys Mr. P 's house, and he enjoys 



pleasant society at O ." 



H. J. C, July 8th, 1882 : 



Wisconsin " B says they are all very kind to him at Mr. A 's, and 



likes the life very much. He speaks of the people he meets as 

 being much better educated than he expected to lind them." 



C. E. F., July 20th, 1882 : 



Ontario. " He writes in excellent spirits, and says : — ' I think this life 



will suit me down to the ground. I coula not be \inder a better 



man than the young K ; he is an exceptionally good fellow. 



We have good food, and plenty of it.' " 



E. T. M. K., August 30th, 1882 : 



Ontario. " I have heard frequently from my son in Ontai'io. He writes 



in good spirits, and enjoys tne life he is leading. He says : 'The 

 work at this time of the year is hiard ; ' but then he does more 



than Mr. P expects from him, and is determined that he will 



make himself thoroughly useful, and not be outdone by any one 



on the farm. He also says : ' Mr. P is now giving me twenty 



dollars a month, which is to continue through the summer, and 

 has promised me ten dollars a month thrt/Ugh the winter.' In 

 anotner letter, received about a fortnight ago, he says : ' 1 wish 1 



had brought out a gun or ride and some tisiiing-tacKile, as P 



always goes out for a hunting excui'sion in the tall for a fortnight 

 or three weeks, and he is going to take me with him to shoot deer 



and to fish, so I must get a rine somehow. P also hopes to 



give me a chance of meeting with bears and a few wolves after 

 tne harvest.' My son likes the country very much, and, being 

 near a lake, he enjoys the opportunity, which he occasionally has, 

 of boating and sAvimming, m both of which exercises he is an 

 expert. He further says: '1 have been here just two months, and 

 I ao not think that any other life would really have suited me so 

 well, except the army.' " 



