The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-06-27
Letters from the Old World.
BY MISS JENNIE A. NELSON.

1 am sorry to have allowed three
weeks to pass without sending let
ter to Hillsboro. This is the gap in
my letters. l was prevented one
week by the illness and death of Mr..
and Mrs. Woodside's little boy.
He was beautiful child, Is months
old, and quite and idol in the fami-
ly, owing to the fact that their 9th
er son was left in Ireland when just
Is months old, and they have not
seen him for fifteen years. Ny heart
and hands were full all that week,
as Miss Woodside could not be in
School at all.
Scenes of sorrow and joy follow
each other in rapid succession in this
| world. Ihe next week we had q
visit from bride and groom, and
my time was taken up in helping
to entertain them. My friend Miss
Sly, who came out with me, was
married on the End of this month to
a Mr.. L6cas, of our Mission at ALA
habad. He is from Danville, KY,
and one of our best young Mission
aries. He knew Cyrus Trimble at
Danville. This is quite a romance
in real life, as they had never heard
of each other until the night we ar
rived at Allahabad. It was a real
Case of "love at first sight" While
they were here 1 received the paper
with my letter telling about Mr..
Lucas meeting US at the train. l
have now given you the sequel.
They spent few days here and
l went with them; and Oh, such a
delightful excursion! How can I,
with this little old pen, give you an
idea of anything so grand as these
Hills, las they are here called) and
of the novelty of life among them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas, Mr.. Heron,
and a young DIR. Graham, from
Philadelphia, who happened to find
US out as Americans, started at "5
O'Clock in the morning" in a "Ghora"
to Rajpore,a village at the foot of the
Mountain, and Z miles from Dehra.
We had sent our horses on some
hours before, that they might rest
before beginning our ascent. We
were soon "upon our winding way"
the three gentlemen and myself on
our horses. Mrs. Lucas was taken
up in a 'tjanpon," kind of convey
ance carried by Coolies. The morn.
ing was so bright, the mountain air
/ so delieiously cool and bracing, and
filled with the perfume of flowers of
great variety and beauty. The
Hindustanle word for taking a ride
or walk literally means eating air,
and you feel in it that you cannot
take in enough, and that it is delic>
ious.
As we ascended we could see our
beautiful valley, with its mango
groves, rose hedges and green fields,
contrasting in its quiet beauty with
the awful grandeur of the mountains
as they lowered above US. How
small one feels in the presence of
such majesty The narrow, wind
ing road was thronged with Coolies,
carrying heavy burdens on their
backs, donkeys, and ponies and OK
en-, all heavily laden. This is the
season when the people from the
plains 60 to the Hills for the
summer.
By 9 o'clock Mr.. Heron, DIR.
Graham and myself were upon the
top of "Tal-Te-ba,p the highest
point in this range, 5000 feet above
the level of the sea. Here we had
a magnificent view of the Snowy
Range, whose tops seemed to reach
the sky, for we could not tell where
the clouds and mountains blended.
The Himalays are succession of
ranges, one after the other, for more
than 100 miles. There is the
Sawalik, then the valley of the
Doom, then two ranges called the
Sub Himalays, between these and
the Snowy Range, with a valley 80
miles wide, separating them from
the SHOWS. am told here that the
word Himalays literally means
1.-THE Home of the Shows"
What struck me as almost as won
derful as the mountains themselves,
is, that there are two towns, Lam
deur and Missoori, on the top; and
most beautiful homes, with flower
gardens, on these almost inaccessi-
BILE peaks, and that vegetation is go
luxuriant-(Of course am not
speaking of the Snowy Range.) 1t
will detract some from the poetry of
my observations when 1 tell you
that potatoes are growing on many
of the hill-sides. The rows seem to
stand on end, and the wonder to
me is they do not roll down hill
I might write a week and not tell
you half would like 20 say, but
must come down. l remained with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucas until Saturday
the 18th, when we returned to Dehra
Mr.. Heron and DR.. Graham, ouI
/ American traveller, had returned the
3 same day we went up. l must con
{ fess to some feelings of homle>sickneS'
. as babe DIR. Graham farewell, anC
, saw him turn his face homeward.
We took break fast at Mr.. Herron's
about 10, on our return. Soon after