The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-11
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, MAY II, 1871.

CARRYING THE GOSPEL TO THE HEArHnN
UNDER DIFFIcULTIEs.-Ths Dayton (Ohiol
journal, of the 4th inst, publishes the follow
ing with the explanation that 1t Is Q q COPY
VI an interesting letter from Mr.. Joseph Qe-
mer' who left Dayton, Ohio, a few months
ago TO represent the missionary service NJ the
United Brethren Church in Air,c..
SHENaAr MISSION, WEST AFRICA. \
May IL, 1871.
MY DEAR R: My wife SAYS tbis Ia IN.
place she has been looking for-it Is right In
the bush. The leopards come about tha
house at night, and steal our chickens, but "a
let the latter sleep in the kitchen now, 50 they
are safe. Porcupines and wild cats are very
troublesome about night. Oaly on Feb. I'd.
just after Sabbath-school, . young boa con-
strictor came within ten feet OF our front door
and caught chicken. / was eating dinner.
Mrs. q. heard the chicken and ran out. I
sent for the boatmen, they were present in 0
moment; we surrounded the gentleman and
captured him; he measured eight feet ten
inches: The boatmen skinned him. II you
want the skin you may have 1t. Tom, my
Doat captain, was coming up from the boat
tne otner dag, and stepped on a whip-snaks
Win MS bare foot. The snake took after
Tom, aud he had to run, as he had nethlns
70 ngnt with. Tom Is quite genius I was
up the Bompah River with him a short TINA
ago. Inc people were making great fuss
over some great god Of theirs. / asked Tom
II he could not get me god. He went into
house and soon came out. "Please, Massa.
fetch him." says he, handing me . sp,ooth
stone about the size of q large apple. sWhere
you get him, Tom?" "Psease. sir. I thief
him." 81 don't think that's right, Tom" II
don't think 60 to hell for that; he can not
All the hands about the Mission have to
wear clothes. One OF The boatmea has liylag
with him sster-in-law, ifteen years old, and
she Is frequently sent ON business to the Mis-
sion House. Aer usual dress and her only
dress at home 10 several strings OF bea1s about
her waist. Ny wife gave her enough OF cali
CO TO make what they call here cover slip.s
She got our house woman To make Il for her.
when she comes here now she carries her
dress In htr hand until she gets 10 . large
9,eAnasf push a. tne corner OF the house.
Here she sips lt on, when she returns slip ID
OF at the same place. They -lotes every.
thing on their heads, except their babies, n 10
Is bottle, q plate. OF \ bar of soap. Up ssss
Of these rivers are great quantities Of alllxA-
tors and monkeys. Ths whits tr.slers Do Q
great deal OF mischief.
wkxD FACES ON WINDOW PAxss.-Oos-
eerning the strange phsnsmsna of fAees sn1
animals being formed en- vindov p2nes ia
Milan aud sand1sky. Ohio. tbs sdltor q Ne
sandasky Register ssys be has dlsoossrsd IN
North Fairfield. uaroa County. Ohls. Q fsw
dsys sinee. twelve lof .hese pietarss On oas
window u a sawmln. One ef them, how
ever. 10 group of two persons. eas = man
II HtfA a hal a4u aha a.f aSw sun
occurs immedlAiely In front u ths nas, soth
looking out q The uindew. Soms q ths
ofhen have the appezfknes u ane,cnt phllsss-
phers, and some ef them bear 4alts Q strosz
resemblance 70 Washington IN his ed ass.
Also In the house Of the owner si ths mil, %
an upper window. there wsy be seea ths pio-
tures of three persoDs looking eat of the via
dows OF this house, % which lt 10 not worth
| while 10 refer especially. Also on al uppsr
| window ON large brick hoass there u q
large pane Of glass very strikingiy stained, 10
| which We can pereieve tuo pictures. We
called the attention Of our friend DIR. Faust
who, by the way, 10 no visionary, but . pre-
found man. who believes In the reign Of lag
Ito these pictures, and bis Impressions
agreed, in the main, with ours, amer . littls
study Of the stained glasses. Passing ON IRON
Fairfield 10 Plymouth, We discovered thess
pictures by the bali dozen In that
| town; one 10 of . cat 10 the Post
Office window-a lower window on the left
side OF the door as you pass in. This outline
Is so distinctly defined that no one can fail to
see 1t after having his attention called 10 il.
On window Of another building thsrs ID
one OF horse; the head and breast only
shows. This Is also a clearly defined outline.
There are. also, on other windows Of the
same building pictures Of persons which II
requires no great stretch OF fancy to see. VIZ
called the attention Of several persons to
these pictures; some can see them and some
cannot.
Nobody can give a satisfactory solution to
these phenomena. II it 10 natural pheto-
graphing. Is some suggest, why did they not
occur in times past? Some maintain that
the proportions of the constituents Of glaaa
are different from shat they used to be, that
the satin on the glass b the result OF the san
on this new glass. But these pictunss occur
on glass OF a very ancient date. Astrono-
mers stated, over year ago, that ths atmos.
phere of the sun would expand during the
summer of 1870 several millions OF miles,
that the effect on the earth would be very rs-
markable. If it 10 trpe that the atmosphere
of the sun did expand last summer, 1t may b<
that the chemical effect Of that luminary d
different from what 1t used to be, and y thS
cause OF the phenomena.