The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-11-21
MINNESOTA LETTER.

Five weeks have passed since We
came to' this ciJv. The time las sped
rapidly. - numerous have been the
social entertainments. and sr hearty
the greeting 1f the hosts Of oar new
friends. that wee hIy- S,-rcrly hern
conscious oi ;ha passing nf time. Vet
often we. in hours nf quir; retirement
seem To b. livinsziH the presence of
our dear friends III Tifin. The dsso-
Citations which We cHioyrd with the
people Of Tiiiin can never be forgotten.
since We came here the weather has
been most delightful. with the excep-
ton of few dayS. Two weeks ago
last sabbath 4 light SNOW fell in the
morning. but all went OF before noon.
The health OF the people here is most
excellent. have known Of Int two
funerals in town since / came here.
Political agitations have Sulrside,l. ana
the citizens are giving their energies
to business pursuits.
We have been living in our new AMI
elegant parsonage for a week. The
carpenters We're closely followed hy
the painters and rs soon rs practicable
about two score of intelligent ladies
came and got the measurement Of the
rooms and then started for the carpet
store, lOf course tiIe doniav and wife
were Obliged to 81 alons) y hearty
good will and chat over the yariOIIs
patterns WIS indulged in. After
spending half hour in examination,
the selection of most beautiful pat
tern Of Brussels was made. with which
two paTlors, bed room and hall are
cdTpeted. The rooms on the second
floor, including stuly, are carpetrd
with ingram carpet. Next the COM
mittee went in quest of acOok stove ana
most excellent one WAS purchased.
Then the furniture dealers had an
opportunity of making their most
polite bow to the ladies' and showing
them their best wares. in due time.
after purchases and donations were
made, very respectable supply, both
in quantity and quality. was in readi-
ness for the parsonage. I'm few days
the carpets We're down. Then came
the furniture, which was soon put in
position, and the new house was ready
for occupancy. Then the good ladies
said, Now we are ready for the 'recep-
ton, which WAS accordingly arranged
for and came off last Thursday even
ing. As the shades of night We're fall
ing around us, room after room was
lighted up until the whole house
was radiant with light. Then came
scores of happy friends, greeting
us most heartily. until the house
was filled to OyerilOwing. One very
happy feature Of tine occasion was
that al the Pr0testant-English minis
terS and their wives in the citv, were
present. How swiftly the evening
hours passed, How numerous were
the interchangeS of happy thoughts
and the upwellings from hearts too
full for utterance. Too soon the hour
came when many hearty good nights"
were said and happy friends were
vending their way hOmeward-glad
that they had done something toward
making an itinerant strdnger-minis-
ter and family comfortable and happy.
Soon we were alone again Light after
light was turned down in the rooms.
but not in our hearts. Now was time
for reflection. Surely the Lord hath
been good to us in that He has raised
up SO many kind and good friends to
take the place of those from whom we
reluctantly parted so recently. But
the latter will never be forgotten,
though we are separated from them.
j. WHISTLER.
ROCHESTER, MINI, Nov. Ilth, -.