WP2062 WPG - LAW COURTS

POSTCARD

Date: Posted September 4, 1908 from Selkirk, Manitoba to Wm. Craig Esq., Sunny Beach Farm, Auburn, Maine. The sender wrote this card at the north end of Lake Winnipeg as he travelled to his new home even further north. Presumably, the card was posted by a crew member when the ship returned to port in Selkirk.

Publisher / Photographer: Russell Lang & Co. #9

Notation: This postcard was written by Richard Faries to his new father-in-law William Craig - twenty-one days after he wed Mr. Craig's daughter, Isabelle. (For more background information and Richard's message to his new mother-in-law, please see this other card in my collection: www.ipernity.com/doc/567275/40998630)

Mr. Craig was a pomologist (fruit scientist) who owned a well-renowned fruit farm, Gibbland Farm, in Abbottsford, Quebec. From about 1904-1909, Mr Craig operated Sunny Beach Farm in Auburn Maine and he was prominent in Maine's horticultural circles.

On to Richard's message to his father-in-law, written as he and his bride headed north to York Factory...

"Dear Bro. [I am assuming that Richard is addressing Mr. Craig as "Brother" in a religious context.] We are out on Lake Winnipeg at present & expect to reach the North end tomorrow. It was a little windy & rough last night & today we were compelled to run in to harbour. We had a fine time in Winnipeg, seeing friends and doing some shopping. Isabelle was quite charmed with Winnipeg & all my friends thought I had secured a rare jewel of a wife. No one knows it better than I do. She is the greatest jewel any man would be possessed of, & I am sure my life will henceforth go along like one sweet dream. We shall soon reach the place where our canoe journey begins. hope you are well. your affectionate Bro. Richard"

Added on the side, from Isabelle; "Don't forget to write us. Hope you got our photo. - Isabelle 'Lovie dovie all the time'."