The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-05
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wheeling, 10 the IAIand ChildFsn'I
Meeting.
My DEAR LlTTLR FRTRSDs:-I have beer
waiting some time, now, Tor letters from
you. ! hope you have not forgotten me
The letters that come from home every
week are eagerly searched for news from
you, l cannot forget the grand times We
have spent together. cannot rub Out
from the slate Of my memory the faces OIL
90 many oil the little ones, and big ones
too, drawn upon it. Oh, no! When
forget the Island OhildTen's Meeting, and
the Moundsville Camp'meeting children,
it will be when am so old that my mem,
DRY has faded out / can this moment call
up numbers Of you and hear you singing
"Singing All the Time" | am very anx'
ious to orranizs similar meeting to ours
here, but there are some difficulties here
in the way. First, the sun; the old fellow
Ia very unkind to the children about the
hour Tor their service. He, with bis burn.
ing eye, blaZes 90 on them the very moment
they put their heads out OF the door, that
everybody Is afraid Of him, dare not 60
out without my iOpicG, or sun.hat, on,
which 10 Q very brOad'brimmed round.
crowned hat made OF cork. The material
Is an inch thick. Besides this, also take
o white umbrella 10 hold over me-
Even then, going every day on the
sun, reflected from the water, hurt my
head, You see, we children have some
difficulties 10 overcome In attending Sun.
day school and Children's meeting that
you are free from at home. For these
reasons we have our Sunday School al Z
O'Clock in the morning. What q horrld
place to live In, you will say. But don't be
in too big 10 hurry. This Is lovely place;
the sun Ia only 80 very hot from 10 until 4
During that time, In our thick.wAlled
houses, with their great Good rooms, and
"PuEcas," or large fans, suspended from
the ceiling, kept In motion constantly by
cords working over pulleys, worked by
native boy, we can live nicely. In the
mornings and evenings We 90 out TO our
work, or walk on the fiat roof OF our house,
enjoying the cool breeze which the Lord
oil the mountains and Ocean causes to
blow every evening. The air Is laden with
the fragrance OF the millions OF beautiful
flowers that bloom everywhere. So you
see 1t 10 not such an awful place after all,
Now, about what we eat. Well, before
going out In the morning, we eat our little
6reakias Of tea and toast. At 10, otter the
morning work 10 done, we have bout
what you do at home, for instance, this
morning after Sunday School and church
we had for breakfast, cracked wheat, with
milk and sugar, mutton chops, Irish and
sweet potatoes, curry and rice, bread and
butter and prese yes. Our dinner at 4
o'clock consists OF roAstH, fresh vegetables,
pudding and the inevitable curry and
rice, and always fruit BY the way, II
you will Just be kind enough TO send me
an apple | will give all their oranges and
plantains the 20 by. II you can't get an
apple send the first fresh apple sauce that
you make from June apples. How ]
would enjoy some bread and butter and
apple sauce, or 0 piece Of apple pie.
Some OF the fruit here-well, ] believe one
Of our well.bred Chester pigs would for
ever look on with turned up nose. Yes
terday O plate OF chocolate 0olored balls
about the size OF walnuts with the hulls
on, was put on the table. ! tried one, but
only bite. Did you ever taste an apple
In the spring that had been alternately
frozen and thawed all winter Well, that
fruit was worse than syeh ap spPle would
be. ... ....
There are three very important sets Of
individuals In our city. The crows, SOL
emn, independent, impudent black rRs.
calS, The famous yellow pRriah dogs,
meek, pious looking ours, but arrant
thieves and towards. The only time
when they show any bravery Is when
asleep in the street and some driver or
"tahby," as they are called, drives over
them, They would rather be run over
than get up. Next to the crows the tackals
make the most noise. During the
day they hide In the sewers
or dark hooks about the city, but OF night
they p1owl about the streets and yards,
making the night hideous with their
cries, that sound remarkably like the cry
OF a child In distress. | am told they
sometimes carry the native babies of. in
the hot weather q native mother sleeping
out In the open air awakeng At the cry Of
her helpless babe, carried of by the mis-.
cradle wolflike jaCkals.
Then the natives, how do they dressH
We'll, many Of the children don't dress OF
all. The men wear q breaChcloth and .
turban. In the cool mornings they wind
a white cloth about their bodies and
shoulders, bringing II over their heads
In he form Of hood. This the better
class Of natives wear all the time. In many
INSTANCES the robe is made Of very fine
material. Tho women dress MUCH like
The men Of the better GLASS, resembling
our home ladies only 10 the wonderful al va.
riety OF ear and nose rings, and also brace.
lets. They excel the barbarianism oil
their American sisters only In the nose.
ring, passed through their nostrils. Some:
timss they have row Of buttons arranged
around he whole ear. II you won't tell
any one III tell you how you girls 20
ahead Of them--"bangs." America leads
hesIhendom In bangs, hut the Hindoo sis.
terra aro o little ahead In nose and ear.
rings, by the way, ] have seen % many
flbgs on their Toes as they could Conven-
iently hold. =,
Goodbye thistlme. Write any or all Of
vou, SUMNER.
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