Letter from Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. to Fr. Bonaventure Murphy OFM Cap.

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ST. BENEDICT'S RECTORY 320 264 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK CITY 8. VIII 24 my drop to Boni. I am afraid this work to in Time for your feast day next week, but even should it be late it will be an assurance that you are not forgotten, may this feast day come to you laden with the chocoest graces & blessings. I am at above still & potably will be until beginning to Attortain next week, when I expect to be devicing my clefs it I have left here & I do have left here long ago not wore it for the many friends who are anxious to see me & give me a welcome. I have not many already & yet been, to you I have expounced the greatest things yesterday at 1. p.m. I lunched with Dr Shallow - a Kilkenny man who is an educational Inspector - and labor denied with Stugh Stoltham & wife - his Brothers met with Garry. The heal is Killing - my 1st purchase was a white shaw hat & to-day I had to get light short - socks or suit. Strange I got no decidedness as to what dottes suited their climate. To a fine Caly - though I prefer Landon - should strange & wide. Subarts portuculony good. But his impossible to get living accommodation is a house for yourself - except you wore a millionaire. I mold to of of wages goes in rent. I have seen men with good caly offices living in cellars. I have been in both. another thing about it - is a caly of noise, Landon with its rush is quite in comparison. The Insh who respect themselves, keep away from don't & work moderately hard get in - on rather make good money but what good is all that if you made him in a cellar or in flat where you could not keep, I would say a Kenny Blue, but even a decent "Pom" as for the children - I feel them am feel here more than at home that Ireland is the country for the Insh - I feel absolutely no interest in it. I it wellingly go back, to do my learning cycle - be it long on short, on mountain. I have been asked to speak at a meeting on Sunday but could ST. BENEDICT'S RECTORY 320 264 WEST 53RD STREET NEW YORK CITY not see my way to do so. The Insh here who are good - are all deviced up with same porties under different directions - each section hostile if not to the other sections - at best to the section leaders. The Refreshmenters who have come from Ireland have not healed the differences, in so many cases I mold they intensified them on created new ones. on Sunday last I was visiting at Poor Regn - one of the Doleys of Memorial - & met three 2 Vins. we recently have from Australia to leave for last next Saturday - the other has been here & in the movement for years. when I asked him how things were he answered "not satisfacting, but not as had as they were it yrs ago" The prestion at home is reflected but here & intensified - as I wrote an elevated Train is warning into my ear - it passes every few minutes, Seems rather, & underneath it the street car never ceases to run. In Phil is fortunate in being 3000 miles away - I never thanked Joe for the bandle of P. Cord of Dallen he sent me. Two only on the…