From Amaret Dakin Waters to her granddaughter Janet Cairns Dickey (March 25, 1902)

by Chris Evans | March 25, 1902 8:57 pm

[No envelope. Elizabeth Dickey Evans, who transcribed these letters, had it placed in 1902.]

March 25

22 East Chestnut St.

Aug. Me.

My dear Janet

I received the “Multum in Parvo” letter last week, and I must say that it is about the most satisfactory correspondence that I have. I read the letters at the tea table on a rainy evening and we were highly entertained, we enjoy Amy’s rendering of household news—about the pattern for lace edged handkerchief I have just one and that has one partly done on it then as I will be obliged to take it to Boston to get the lawn for centre, I am afraid it will be two or three weeks before you will be able to have it. I will send it for your own just as soon as it is free. “Floss.’ will draw it as she has lots of the right kind of transparent paper and she always does a good deal of drawing for me. I expect to go to Boston within the next two weeks. I have made four handkerchiefs after the pattern and sold three for $2.50 apiece. I forget whether I showed your Mother a centre piece that I had at Mrs. Morse’s in Digby, well I left it there and it sold this winter for $2.50—also 4 collars for 50 cents apiece. I have 15 of those turnovers worked with silk, for sale, to supply Boston customers, am busy now making sun bonnets will put 6 in the women’s exchange in Digby—to sell for 25 cents apiece and the whole of them together only cost me 18 cents—cotton 3 cents a yard and they are very pretty, ruffle around the edge & corded, high crown & c.c sample of one enclosed.

Well I believe there is nothing more to write about this time. I had a letter from Edith Waters yesterday she says come Grandma come right away—she sent Photo of house with two little images that looked like flies, on a snow bank.

I remain your aff. Granny

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