The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-03-14

about IL steps on a level rock. The
constant dripping of the water,
which is strongly inpregnated
with lime, has formed stalactites
overhead, and from this it takes its
name Goods Drop" The natives
say this was milk many years ago,
but when the Gods were angry it
was changed to water.
An old Fakir, or priest, was
there, ready to receive offerings.
These are generally green leaves of
some kind, and marigolds. have
some which / took from the altar,
which 1 will enclose. While we were
eating dinner, the old priest brought
some sugar-cane, some lemons and a
string ofmsrigold5, laid them down
very near us, and started off. Mr..
Heron, understanding him, called
him back and gave him a Rupee
100 cts.) Soon after we started home,
as we were going up the bank, the
old priest brought me handful Of
beautiful ferns. He had seen me
gathering some, and thought L must
be fond of them. The natives are
very quick at reading character and
noticing peculiarities.
AS we came home we met a
Leper. Oh, such a sad, sad sight!
He was in rags, and held up his
hands, with his fingers all gone, and
said to Mr.. Heron, "You were once
my father, and gave me food, and
now you are goner He had once
been in the Leper's hospital, under
Mr.. Herron's charge. His face
lighted up as soon as he saw him,
but such sad, sad tone of voice! it
haunts me yet.
That same day regiment of
British soldiers, passing through the
city, encamped for the night in
large mango grove. In one of the
companies are about 25 Christians,
who have prayer meetings every
evening, and act as missionaries in
the regiment. Mr.. Heron knew
them some of them. We met two of
as we were starting to the Picnic,
who asked if they might come and
hold service in our chapel. When
we got home in the evening they
were all in the yard, or "Com-
pound" as we say here. We had
a very pleasant meeting. Mr.. Her
ron and Mr.. Woodside addressed
them, and one of their number
made some remarks. played the
organ for them, and our girls helped
to sing. They did seem like such
earnest, faithful men.
DEC. Ill have just attended
ndtiUe Ueddi'lg, which l will try to
describe. Very early this morning
I met the older girls in the chapel,
where we had any quantity of flow
ers, and for some time were very
busy arranging them in vases, max
ing wreaths, &c. The natives are
very fond of bright red and yellow.
Marigolds predominant in their
wreaths and bouquets. There is a
plant here with small yellow flow
er, and around this cluster of the
reddest leaves 1 ever saw. These
were used very abundantly. l,
however, made a wreath of cedar,
with white jessamine, white ros"s,
with a few pink ones, and filled the
baptismal bowl with white roses.
The girls were well pleased with
this.
The bride is q daughter of the ma
tive Pastor here. The happy pair
came in a carriage, with two sisters
of the bride who acted as attendants.
Mr.. Heron and l took them to his
study, and showed them how they
were to walk into the chapel, join
hands, &c. The bride had on white
Swiss, with thin white chudder.
This is just the drapery we always
see in the pictures of the Madonna,
and is very pretty. The groom
was dressed in black, with white
vest and flowing red neck-tie. They
were very fine looking couple
Mr.. Heron performed the cere-
mony.
, We then went 10 the home of the
} bride, to partake of cake and wine
and such tables never saw. There
were two long tables, with plates o
. sweetmeats in great variety, just as
close together as they could set, ant
each plate ornamented with mari
, colds and these fiery red leaves
: You cannot imagine how strange i
3 looked. The brides cake was blacl
cake. We all sat down to the table
: 1 have not time now to speak of th'
: different things we had to eat. Th'
whole house was trimmed will
, those same colors, festoons over al
8 the doors and around the walls.
We are to have another weddin,
, soon-one of the orphans-the on
, 1 mentioned in the first part of thi
, letter. I hope the groOm's heel
: are better.
LIDO wish you knew Mr.. Heron
! He is so kind, thoughtful, tende
, and fatherly, and yet so intelligent
f genial and lively. The style of liy
r ing here is very congenial TO mt
In some respects it is very muc
3 like our Souther life before tn
war, only these servants are no