The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-13

INTERESTING LETTER FROM REV. 4. W. PARKER.
WEsLEYPoRE. INDIA, June 80 '62.

IN INTERESTING LETTER FROM REV. f. W. PARKER.
WEsLEYPoRn. INDIA, June 30, go.
DEAR BRoTuER WEBSTER In ny I9st
letter mentioned tie fact OF Our Christian
village and also briefly stated its objCct. This
village is situated in the Province OF OuIh.
in cue of most fertile districts ofthe Province
It is about twenty miles FROM the station Of
Luck impcre and is easy CT access to all the
stations Ct the mission The land or or
village or town Is bounded on two sides by a
small witdNg river, On this river are sev
erai bundled acres of fine meadow land no."
coy1red With 'aii grass ike cur " e7tcrn pra-
RE. THIS !and is flowed with water during
The lpiuy season. o. The year, thus making y
eXce.&l; land tor rice ~ The ANY >cAaQn,
aud for wheat ana barley IL the uIy season.
luc ICE y SoWu as the iys5 rain tolis--usu
ally .aout The frs, Of June, aud grows W
through tie water, aud is found after many
days 1t is usually harvested III October.
after which, as the ground becomes dry, wheat
on barley Is s1Wn, which i. usually harvested
Ia April OF May. The remainder OF our land
is Il little higher, all very level ana fertile.
Water is excellent kere, and Is found AZ Il
depth CT ten ieet, thus making it easy TO
provide toy watering the fields during the dry
season. We have 10 all five thousand acres
OF land which We receive tIom Government
as grant On condition that the land which
Is now covered with forest be brought under
cultivation within a certain number Of years
alter which time certain portion OF the
profits OF the land mgst be paid to Govern.
ment. Our land will remain free from taxa
lion tel years more.
The work here was commenced asst October
at which time DR.. Butler and |, with ahouy
twenty naive Christians came here We
spent the first day 10 selecting u site Tor ou4
village, which we finally located on the main
Gentle OF our land, ia the midst Of dense
forest. We sent immediately for our ten,
and bagsage- built large fire and made al
engagements Tor the night. While | pitched
the tent and rSed our baggage, DR.. But
Ier attended to the supper, WHICH was quite
important a. " left home at II clock mid
o'gnt, had been travelling nearly all day
and up until this time 9 O'Clock III the even
lDswe had eaten neither breakfast nor din
ner. Alter our supper, all our people having
come togehet, ne sang hymn 10 Hjndostan
and sought the blessing Of God upcu tn,
place, the people, aud ourselves, praying tha
this wilderness might be made to blossom Il.
the rose both literally and morally Toe mex
morning We commenced our work some of tn,
/ men dug well, some cleared u place fol
houses, while others prepared matcria! fo
building Ia a few days spot was cleared
and our temporary buildings commenced
These were made OF poles and grass, and wer,
built on three sides of a square, while ou
tent was pitched in the centre of the fourth
SIDE, thus leaving an open court into whicl
all the doors OF the houses opened We bull
thus AS IA protection against the winds an,
wild beasts.
"hen t"eNe temporary arrangements wer
completed, the men sent iol their families
MIS- Parker also caLG out, and for week
wv IlVcd among tie people IN small tent
which served also al Il chapel and school
house Tor the village. We bad not been her
long before many VI our people were take
sick with fever ana agne. This nearly nat
stop to our entire NO K. 4, this sime W
went for !cw day to Nce'a pore and on ON
return 20 Luckinporc sc touud !e;tcr from
William, ear native preacher saving tina
nc anu "5ary all the men OF the Village wer
sick. Leaving our work at Luekimpore. W
hasteucI to the toros; aud found, as we ha
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