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CHARLES HUNTRISS - LETTERS HOME

Accident

Thank Jessy for her letter. We have had holiday since Thursday at 12 but it has been pouring all the time until today which has been very close and sultry, we have not been anywhere.

I had a letter from Mr Eskrigge this morning, he says that Miss E is going to a ball at the Salts on the 5th April, he will most likely go with her ...

... as far as Halifax.

I shall most likely go up to Ned today week to stop over Sunday; Fred is away at the Isle of Wight on business, but will be at home then.

On Wednesday I saw a pony phaeton run away and catch the hind wheel inside a fish cart wheel and turned both the cart and pony in it over on its side. The phaeton went on again after that and caught the other hind wheel on a lamp post and that pulled both off.

I have nothing more to say so believe me your affectionate son

Phaeton

A phaeton was a form of sporty open carriage popular in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Drawn by one or two horses, a phaeton typically featured a minimal very lightly sprung body atop four extravagantly large wheels. With open seating, it was both fast and dangerous, giving rise to its name, drawn from the mythical Phaeton, son of Helios, who nearly set the Earth on fire while attempting to drive the chariot of the Sun.