Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-09-12

SADIYA, March 9, 1888.
DEAR BROTHER HYATT:
l was gratiied 10 receive your kind and
affectionate note, enclosed in Mrs. Hyatt's
letter. Yours | believe is the only letter
have had from any Of my brethren in Yer
mont Except my fathers family since
came to Sadiya, which is now two years.
You have no idea how welcome are letters
coming from friends IN the land that is far
away-friends whom we shall never forget,
but whom it will be no more our privilege
70 see, until we meet them around the throne
of our blessed Redeemer. The prospect Of
this meeting is very dear to me, and sustains
my soul when sinking in dependency for
want OF that Christian society which | once
enjoyed.
do not know that can afford any in
formation that will be interesting, on the
subject, which you have mentioned in your
letter. The truth is, that all heather coun-
tries are so much alike, and so much has al
| ready been written on the various manners
Of the people, that it is difficult to say any
thing which has not been many times said
before The heather are just such kind
Of people as you would naturally expect men
to be- living without the Bible, and given up
to a lite Of gross wickcdncss. Still the diff
ference between tie people Of the east and
those Of our own country is not so great as
many people imagine. They have the same
feelings, wants, passions, as others, and the
same natural disposition 10 love sin and for
sake holiness. They are sunk lower in ig-
norance, Of course, than any people IN Amer
lea, and their style Of living is generally
more wretched than that Of our pauper> =
they live in little frail huts: or wigwamS,-
their clothing is slight and Of the coarsest
materials; and their food consists almost
wholly Of rice, mixed with few vegetables.
The people Of Asam generally sleep upon
the ground, even in the rains-a practice
which would inevitably bring a European
or an American to the grave in a very few
days. In regard to the expense Of living
here, it is just about the same that II would
be in America; and we live in just about
the same manner that we should if living In
Brandon-though we cannot Of course o0
tain every thing we want. For great Por
tion of the necessaries of life we are obliged
TO send to Calcutta, which Is very expensive
az it takes loaded boat three months O
more to come from that place to this.
Hitherto We have experienced great bless
mos from the hand of our God, since ;h
time Of leaving our native shores. We haF
been preserved for the most part from sever
sickncss-have been provided with ever,
thing necessary for our comfort, and hav'
been protected from the assaults OF sava9
hands. Oh that we may realize our oOIIg0
lions to be faithful to the precious souls
y moncst whom> our lot is cast Pray fer U
dear brother, that our faith fail not; an
, that we may erelong witness a glorious d.
= pIav ofthe outpouring of GODS grace.
Yours, ever, aGtctionately,
c H. BROWN
" P. S.-Give my kindest remembrance
to Mrs. Hyatt and to all inquiring friend
. We have had some Disturbances on accou
" Of the war with the Singphos, bot we ha
- been graciously preserved from all HARM
IS, sADlYA, March s, 1888.
d. My DEAR Mrs. HYATT:
to sit dewn to write you a Few has
. lines, in answer to your kind letter OF ia
Oh 1887. Many changes have taken place
.er our family since last wrote to YOU
lat would be impossible to mention the Par'Ic
to lars of them all, in the narrow limits oil
an sheet Of paper. l will give you, IN 0''ei'
he most important events which have TAX
place ia our own family-aLso in this 'nI0
DIV aniSsion-since our first arrival htre' l
lst, years ago this month.
all We arrived here after long and haZa
tn. ous VOYAGE of abou, four months up
nth Brahnaputra river, in company with Dr0
ear or and sister Cutter, in safety. Our
hat business was to look out for buildings
and build us some houses. This we accc
plished, under the most difficult and PerPI
ing circumstances possible, IN niue
to Than year. To give you little idea
Are our difficulhes-we could not speak a W
the of the language Of the people, who are
las, civilized and understand nothing Of the
$ in chanic arts. They seemed very shy OF
we're at first, and it was long time before
eet- could induce any Of them TO so out into
=. -. Enr or assist u