Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-27
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large audience assembled in the
-, church On Monday evening, TO
4. d. Rowe, Lutheran 'foreign
s,;..ioury," deliver en- address or lecture
an Everyday Life in India" Mr.. Rowe
hs, . resident of India seven years,
"a expects to return to that country
The Lecture was not missionary lecture,
-, .s de, ated 70 a description OF the
-. across the Atlantic, with incidents
:, sbip among people who were vel and
among people that were Frustrated with sea
.L,sss Quite q while was devoted to
nrntioa the size of London, which was de-
.,,,.d 70 be As large a. twelve OF the largest
,..;c,n cities; il contains 4, COO, 900 Peo-
a. and is the focal point OF the shipping
;,,srest to India. His description OF the
;,,r,.v from London to India by way of
,,s suez canal was interesting. The length
=, the canal, so odd miles, and its width,
t..,x.sn three and four hundred feet, and
-. ,oll charged for the passsge-the ship
,s came through on paid 5000 toll-and
.,s r,te Of speed, about four miles an hour,
matter of solid information, which
va, highly appreciated BY the audience.
The Americans and Europeans who re-
.,d. in India live indoor much OF their
time and adorn their houses TO greater or
lass degree. The natives of India live
nearly all of their time outdoor and pay no
attention TO house adornmcnt; they use
their houses as much to stow away-a brood
Of chickens, goat, COW, or any other
5op,esticated animal, as they use it ts stow
themselves in. He cited a case of rich
Hindu merchant who built fine house for
show, and lived out of doors, or II the way
n. had lived previous to the building of
the large house. They sit on the ground,
spd lie on mats, and in some rare instances
al network of ropes. His journey to the
country mission post, several hundred
miles inland, WAS by ox-csrt, and made at
night. There j. another method OF travel
ing, that of by "palanquin," covered
rhair or couch IN which the traveller re-
clines or sits, ard is carried on poles on
the shoulders of four men. There is e
double set of men for this method OF trav-
cling, and they charge one cent a mile for
each man, which makes thai tind oF travel
ing expensive. Labor is not dear, as a man
osn BE- hired 10 run a fan IN a house for niue
cents day ard board himself, and serve at
,he same occupation at night for ten cents
The speaker said that the mistake of the
writer's or book makers on India is that they
leave too many things untold, the common
things OF everyday life. They devote their
labor TO description of the prince, and his
elephants and horses to the exclusive wo-
men that peep through tie "blinds" in the
windows, passing by the common EVERYDAY
people OF the country. There are trades
men there, merchants, and the last named
are the weslthiest class. A large percentage
OF the people are farmers Four-fiiths ol the
women are not exclusive and housed up
they work, and live outdoors ss mea do.
The dress adorament of women vas spoken
of At considerable length. Bells for their
ankles and toe. were exhibited by the lee
turer, and nose and ear jewels, and brace
lets for the srlrs were held up for the audi
euce TO lock at. A piece of beautiful red
goods of India manufacture for a lady's
dress WAS unfolded. Mr.. Rowe requested
Miss Alice Siehsr, daughter of Mr. Michael
Sieber, of Walker township, to allow him to
dress her after the fashion of the ladies of
India. Miss Sieber stepped forward aud
the missionary proceeded to dress her by
winding the goods around her in a manner
peculiar to Indian skill, and when the dress
was complete II was arranged with a hood
10 cover the head, as in that far away coun-
'-y bonnets are unanowz TO the natives.
An immense turban was placed on the head
OF Homer Berry, son Of Rev. Mr.. Berry.
II had the appearance of g complicated
piece Of head wear, but in a twinkle Mr.
Rove unFound it, and then it appeared
as broad piece of cloth, that the mission
ary said could be used for dress for lady,
or as turban, just as convenience might
dictate. A convenient article, like the one
exhibited, which might be either turban or
TUman's dress, costs in India one dollar
and fifty cents. Motamnedan slippers and
Indian sandals, and combs, and hair dryers
were displayed. All the articles mentioned
we're passed through the audience for the
people to look at, also a good-sized ortho-
dox Idol for general or public worship, made
OF some kind of metal, and lit;is house,
hold idol, which looked as II it had been
made of North American maple sugar, but
which in fact was made of India mud or
clay. Numerous other scurious" Indian
articles were passed around among the au-
dlehce. A number of pictures taken in In
Ola were also shown to the people; among
them was one that attracted uncommon at
tentioni it was the picture of number of
people in almost the last stage of starya-
lion. 1t is no uncommon thing for a fam
lie TO prevail in India, and for people to
starve by thousands. The lecture was
quite interesting and entertaining, and was
outside Of the s' beaten track" of mission
sy lectures.
The Bloomfield .idrocate of last week
published the following: On last Friday af-
'ernoon the people of Duncannon and vicin-
ity were shocked TO learn of the sudden
death of DR.. A. J. Warner, for years prac-
'icing physician in Duncannon. DR.. War
ner had been visiting in Aliens Cove, Penn
township, and had taken his dinner at Mr..
Whites. About one O'Clock he left Mr..
Whites house, and had driven but short
distance, when his carriage was noticed to
De standing In the road. Mr.. White, think
ing the Doctor had left his herse and car
rage and had crossed the field to see some
one thought nothing strange about seeing