The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-12-28
life In Southern India.

In . work entitled The Life and Letters
OF David Colt Scudder, Missionary in
Southern India, by Horace Scudder," we
find some interesting matter. The work
Is the memorial Of one brother to the char.
acter Of another:
Itook stroll this afternoon and walked
into the temple. A crowd followed me as
usual, but didn't mind it, only not feel.
ing very laxative kept mum. Coming
to a high place, and standing awhile,
JUMPED of-about six Iceland left the
crowd behind, much to my relief Rad
gone but rod or two, however, before
was brought face about by brickbat
breaking on my. back. caught up the
pieces, and my first impulse was to let
drive right at the crowd; but checked
myself, pocketed the insult and the pieces,
and walked back to the crowd, which scat.
tered fast. said nothing. but eontented
myself with taking cool survey of all the
faces. They skunk away, and I walked
back again home. l did not even offer
them piece o: advice, but let the whole
thing pass. not caring overfnuch, except
that / did feel like flooring the whole COW.
ardly set, as might easily have done.
don't know but I was even too pacific. /
had said not a word, indeed this was my
fault, for words.always put these people in
good humor. And take this as lesson,
for l might have preached little to them
had | chosen. But the fellow who flung
the brick must have done it with will,
judging from the effects, for I am quite
sore, and only grateful that my head was
not struck, which I doubt not is contrary
to the wish Of the one who threw. Well,
] suppose that the people as whole
would be glad to see US ali stoned dead.
Writing from Madura in 1861, he gives
this glimpse Of his literary labors in the
East:
We are sitting in our hall, all doors
open-ne windows in the house, you
know-H. by me just beginning to write.
SIS vase IS the prominent object on the
table, topped as it is by pyramidal bou-
quet and set off by dish full of flowers
by its side. "Rivers Of France" lies by it.,
and our book rack, with "Palfrey's New
England" "Oxford Essays" "Irving's
Knickerbocker," "Shedd's Augustine"
"Lyra Domestics," Companions of my
Solitude" and so on, to set it off and show
our daily reading. Our famous fluid gas
lamp casts genial glow over the whole,
while the old eight day clock ticks amil-
iarly from the wall. What good time
we would have could S. and you and Char-
ley drop in on US. 1t is really home within
these walls, though the thud! thuddety
thndl OF a s0rcerer comes to us on the
evening breeze, as he beats his drum not
far off and dius heathenism into our ears.
My reading is not particularly elevating.
translate Todd's stories into Tamil and
Ia setr snko ~ H. la
generally barren enough. One Of the best
l met with to-day. Two swans and a
turtle wanted to migrate from tank, but
the turtle sale he didn't know how to 60.
So the swans told him to take hold of a
stick with his mouth. and they would carry
him between them, but they charged him
not to talk on the way. AS they were
flying with him over village, the people
saw them and laughed. The turtle hearing
the great noise forgot the charge, and asked
what it was; wbereupcn, having opened his
mouth to talk, down he dropped and was
speedily extinguished. 49," is the moral,
will it be with all who do not heed friend
~ advice"
In another letter he makes these remarks
THE ECONOMIES OF LIFE ~ INDIA.
KoDI HASAL, June y, 1867
] trust that the good people at home will
not contract any extravagaht notions as TO
the righteousness Of our surroundings
We are amongst the heather truly, and
bad enough ones, still we are not ou,lawed
from all comforts and oonveniences. As
we did not come out with the intention Ct
making ourselves as uncomfortable as
possible, we do not deem it out Of place te
take in comfort when one happens along
take II that the principle upon which
Christian missionary, as every Christian
man, should act in life, is to place himself
as far as id his power, in just such posi-
ton as shall insure the best possible use
of his faculties. We. need comforts Eel
the flesh in India more than you at hcme
that is, we take from the list of luxuries
as.you deem them, and label them necessa.
rieSs Missionaries here are not extrvaganl
at all-indeed, they cannot well be on their
salaries. AT first sight, one fancies that
money goes farther in India than in Amer.
lea, since labor is 50 much cheaper and
food simpler; but, in ruth, many things
unite to raise living to about the same
notch in expense that one reaches at home
Wages of one man are low, but man
here is not worth one.tilth as much as
man at home, as respects the amount oil
work you can get from him. The people
are not exactly lazy, but work is not in
them. Then it is not possible wholly to
ignore the customs of the country; in India
we must do as the Hindoos do. =
Scldder SONS times expounded the truths
of Christianity in the open streets; and
sometimes met able opponents, as in the
case ofthe Mohammedan Of Battalagundu
- ~ Last. week was obliged to &C
to Madnra. We passed through Devadan
apatti, half way to Battalagundu, where
Washburn met me as agreed. A grea
bazaar was holding here. = X =
After our lunch we came out Of the handy
and sat on a log, when / took a tract call
ed "The Bible Proclamation" and called
out that had proclamation to read. L
was in the thick Of the bazaar, and two
thousand people kept up constant jabber
ing, SO that had to cry out the proclama
ton pretty loudly for the fifty or more
crowdng about TO hear. Then expatiateG
little on some points in it, and in tht
midst Of speech was interrupted by /;
Mohammedan, who asked about Jesus
Christ
''Who was he?"
"The Son Of God"
"Who was his mother"
"Mary."
'Who was his father?'
"GOd .@
Take care" said Washburn at my side,
"he'll have you"
knew, Of course, what he was after
but did the best could in replying thai
God had made creatures who had snned
against him; that in spite Of all he wished
to save them; that in order to save them