The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-01-24
IFrom the Boston Transcript
An East Indianss second winter I'm
New England.

| An East Indians second winter I'm
New England.
Bosros, Jan. 8, 1860.
Nh. EDITOR Wherever 90, the frst thing
| am asked il my impression Of the winter.
"How do you bear our New England winter,
| sir 2" "L0es not tbs weather affect your
| health" TO-, are the Inquiries OF my friends.
In answer, would say, | bear the cold as
we'll AZ any body, and l like the American
winter, it 10 so full Of new and amusing
scenes to me. The skating, sleighing, snow,
queer-looking caps, tippets, are all novelties
to mo. Before coming to this country, /
had read about the western winter--of water
frozen so hard that heavy teams easily pass
over it--of the ground covered with snow
| several feet deep. These accounts believed
Ia part. and the rest sounded like grand
| mother's story. OF course saw ice 10 Cal
cutta imported from Boston, bat was puzzled
to know bow water could be so hard by
freezing. This was natural perplexity,
because had no idea Of the thing ct ALL
When told the ladies here that the Hindoos
boil simple milk so hard that they make
dolls, flowers, &C., out of it, to adorn their
tables, they hardly believed it until did the
experiment before their eyes. They by their
own hands made flowers OF different shapes
and sizes, which in half an hour were hard as
rock.
As it was year before last May that |
came to this country, Inquired Of my friends
how soon the snow would fall and water
freeze. used to look through the windows
early in the mornings to see il there was
any snow on the ground. Ia September /
noticed something white spreading ever the
ground; rnshed out in ecstacy, and told
fc.o d. - ~.
disappointment when they said it was merely
frost? In Boston saw the first snow. As.
tonished, stood to watch the hakes falling
from the sky. ''Father,n said l, ssthrs thy
blessings fall upon us, abundantly and i'm.
partially; upon the good and the evil alike. y
| wished very much that my Bengalee friends
could see such sight; and finding il vas
impossible, thought OF some wav to send
them little relic Of the white mud. made
a solid, heavy snow -bail, which seemed so
durable in the open air, that / hoped to send
il to India BY the FIRST opportunity took I,
to Mr.. Ms and carefully put II on the y
Ito piece. Need tell you the resu' n :. !.
well known to you oil. 10 my let. ~. = IL
dia described the leading t.. Os ~
American winter, but could -. u. &c y ~
thing about fraesing; hop "A 70 do 4 hvsana.
by, after bad some ez- ,e,;snca ot;s Wn.,a
you smile, Mr. to-, rhs0 unDe =, II ,s.ll.
WIS.,. xisneo y freeze little. lust to know wha,
. .ae sensation was But the Indian heat vas
SO much in me p.as no such thing has 90.
CURED yet. l dare say there will be some
chance this y inter for me to understand
Pressing. tIou remember the cold days YOU
had in last January;I rode then several
miles u, the country on an open sleigh, with
out scarf or anything to oaver my ears.
The second winter is said to be more try
ing to tropical man than the first. There
10 some truth 10 the proposition, but not a
great DEAL Last winter / did not have an
overcoat until Ohristmas this season wore
it in October; did not wear gloves most oil
the time this winter, besides the mittens,
put my hands iD the coat pockets. This il
!. not for the GOLD, though; fear / have
learned q Yankee habit. Last Monday
rode IL miles in ON open sleigh, and did not
! suffer more than my companions. My health
Il, on the whole, better in shis country. My
friends tell me to eat meat, even ii II 10 .
very little, and to drink some warm milk
! bat cannot do II. never ate any meat 81
used any drink but that which comes out o,
I the bosom OF our mother earth. Now and
9 then wish to be in India, TO see the lane
! smile, the flowers bloom, and the birds sins
. 10 these mouths. On the late Christmas YOU
churches wore l.ool...s ~,sn leaves o1..y,-
. there were hardly any flowers there. Il
: Calcutta, you could cover the church yart
! ! with . few dollars' worth OF flowers; 70,
! could entertain party OF twenty ladies an,
b gentlemen, for instance, with fourteen diff
4 ferent kinds Of fruit, at the expense Of -onl
! two dollars. Contrasts like these create
! bit Of Inconsistencies in me-, but cover il VI
Il with the garment Of duty and 60 on N
ls way rejoicing, singing and praising the CLIO
., ~ OF the Most High. j. g. GANoooLY.
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