The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-08-18
LETTER FROM INDIA.
Correspondence Of The Somerset Press.

Time in my life am afraid of The sun; this
6rce; white. hot sun. have seldom to GO
out in il, however. and We will soon lesve
the country. did not like Calcutta, nor
do / like this city.
Allahahabad 10 Q beautiful city and In
blulpars is a pretty town.
j had a very interesting day in Allaha-
ksbad (city Of the God.) swan in the
SACRED River" the Gonges, that day.
Some Of the company and myself went
three miles from the town. to the junction
Of the Gangss and the pumns and were
we'll repaid for our trouble and fatigue BY
what we saw and experienced. On . point
ofland between the two rivers, is . town,
or village. of natives. who have q religion
, which is. 40 ] am told peculiar to them
selves. We went through the town which
consists ofvsry frail looking huts bull. of
splitup bamboo.
On our way to the town we encountered
one Of the most heart-rending sights. ]
have ever witnessed; al old man led by q
1 oOyt hRbSohCutb us, WIN Out1kk<Cueu manu-
and mumbling come monotonous, in ar
ticulate, sound. We we're at no loss to
guess that he was q besgar-tbere are
plenty Of them here-when he came near
enough we saw that he was q Leper-at
all events he was covered with scales and
scars and running sores. which We pre-
sumed to be Leprosy. He had never had
any eyes; no vistige of an eye or eyebrow,
and the yellow matter was oozing out Of
his temples and running down his misera-
BILE, Aeshless cheeks. We each dropped q
small coin into his hand, and left him with
a shuddsr.
In many Of the huts of this town images
sre sat up for worship-rather queer look.
ing Gods.
Near this place too, we saw Q second
Saint Stilites, follower of Narnak the
founder of the Sikh Religion. He has oc-
cupied territory Of about seven feet square
the top of o rock, bis tomb. for City FIVE
years, never leaving il but once day ai
midnight, when he goes to perform his ab-
lu,ions at the confluence Of the two rivers
He lost his eyes at the age Of twenty, BY
smallpox. He accepts, but does not ask
aims. Persons.can approach and ask ques
tions, but are requested to take off their
shoes and siockir gs. He is exposed to all
} weather except great cold, and spends hil
time contemplating the Deity He ought
to be pretty we'll acquainted with God BY
, this time. personally, but don't think HI
knows nothing Of America, for instance
Gods own country? Enough about th'
old fanatic.
y After our swim, shot Vulture, on th'
I bank Of the Gsnges.
We learned. on our return, that we haC
taken some chances Of being caught b,
slligators or (crocodiles) and a. mattel
: Of fact some Of those gentry were seen b,
q others Of our company, about mile from
r Us, but there were a number of natives
= in the water where we went, SO presum
there was no danger. -5a5
On our way home, ss il to give prope
finish to the day. we we're treated to
= grand duet storm. AS we were nearing th
9 city, we became aware Of q change in tn
atmosphere, it began to grow dark G
,e rather yellow, or brown. None of u
V knew, the meaning of il, rome expecte
rain, but II flashed on me presently whs
il was. We were not kept long in donb
:! the wind soon reached us, laden with dul
TX in such vas. quantities, as to obscure eve
es the houses, or either side of the stree
rt We kept the middle Of the street. {
course We were covered with dust, and q
os most blinded. The most astonishing fes
turs Of the affair WAS. the vast height Il
VI dust reached.
One need not be told that he is in o "fo
eign country" over here. Every thir
q keeps one. constantly reminded Of it, Il
people. their dress, the houses, the street
the vehicles, cattle, dogs. everything. o.
Id Of the 6rst things q stranger will notice
Ma the vast number Of crows and vultur
a. that infect the cities; they are not allow
to be killed, the make good scavenee
VI The vulturss are silent but the .other se
Ilc try set one crazy sometimes especially
the morning, with their cawing. Once
n . while . gentleman will fly into 20
mt room and cav nt you and walk" OH wi
.v something to eat, il you happen to ha
= anything on your table. They are seq
V cious. and understand their immunity.
u Almost every nation is represented
this City. Arabs, Turks, Chinese, All
To- cans. English, Irish, ,(of course) America
FOR inshort every body. There is grea,
10 variety than / ever saw before. This
=. the great home Of the Parsees. reliei
who Prophet Zoroaster. They left PER-
some eleven hundred years ago, (persec
ed tion) and settled here; and now almost o,
tic the city. They do not bury their de-
rec nor burn them, but give their bodies 10 |
vultures. Zaroaster taught that ,nothi
should be wasted, and that the Earth mi
y not be dehled. They worship God shrou
nv his works, /. e. they Worship the slemsl
er- Earth, Air, Water Fire. We saw the smc
ofs frs which has been kept constan
The burning for over . thousand Year,.
TO were invited to the place where their de
a are disposed of-the Towers of silence b
NJ were only allowed to see the outside of
Towers. None but PArses has ever &C
10 the inside. but we were shown . model
1t. We were treated to . visit to
off Caves Of Elephants near this city. tt
were built by man. many, many years .
ed asa place Of worship. There are 90
colossal prices Of sculpture there out Of
"0' solid rock, Of Gods and Goddesses.
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