The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-27
4 MheeIinE Boy In India.

UALcuTrA, Mafch 70, 1881,
Editors IntsllIsOncsr.
Only those who have been out Of the
"nest" can appreciate what a braclng et.
feet the face OF an old friend has IN one
when seen In a distant land. I'll not soon
forget my delight one morning in rs on
board q little steamer on Lake Lucerne,
when to my aStonishment | saw our
friends Messrs. Brose List and james
Cummlns standing on the deck. 1t was q
delight-a luxury-I assure you. Thus
the old familiar face Of the INTELL1dEScER
comes to me here In the antipodes, and
you could Judge as 10 my appetite for ls
contents by the unCeremonious way In
which the wrapper comes of, and then
well, l luxurlate In reading even the
advertisements. 1 remember how happy
I was once when q boy visiting New
York l discovered o car with Wheeling
chalked on Il. Wheeling Is Slightly"
dirty and smoky. The parks and drives
there are not as charming Rs I've seen.
| must confess Calcutta leads the nall
city in breathing places and royal drives;
but not one word against the smoky city.
Wheeling Ia home, where | used 10 play
marbles and spin tops. I'll never 60 back
on Wheeling, but will be glad when the
time comes for me 10 go back to It.
But l must coniegs l was just q little glad
that | escaped the pleasures Of drizzle and
slush, snow md the thermometer below
zero which have been yours this winter.
| think OF all the attractions about the
"home city," for instance q day In March
when the rain comes DRILLING down
through an atmosphere darkened with
smoke on to q slushy, nasty icy pavement,
on which one often In astonishment ats
down TO the amusement Of biz fellow pc.
destrians.
After q tour Of sixty days, in which
l passed through England aud Scot.
land, France and Italy, we went sailing
from Brindisi, In the latter country, to
Alexandra, In Egypt; thence across the
desert by rail to 6uez, and thence by
steamer 10 Bombay. While passing down
the Red Sea, II struck me that some enter
ptialng advertiser might immortalize him
self aud dot world OF good by utilizing the
barren rocks that border 1t for hsraldinR
"Chew Jackson's Best" 81, Jacobs Oil, etc.
IT'S a pity 30 much rock 10 standing idle.
I have now been three months Ia Cal.
cutta. The weather has been delightful
ave for a few hours In the middle oil the
day, when the weather lie too warm for
comfort. We have had several rains dur.
ina this month that have made The air de-
%licious, especially the. evening bretzss
from the sea. am glad 10 hear that they
blow the Ehnle year around save Tor tSo
months, August and september. The
city lie fiat; not go many palaces az ones
geography would lead him to look for.
Tie native quarters are thronged and pecu.
liarly tilLhy, One Is struck by the num-
her Of tanks partly Oiled, In most cases,
with death breeding nllh, that the natives
balhe In. They are very fond Of bathing,
quite public 10 It, too, as their clothing
lies not embartass Them much. To pre-
rare for q bath lie very easy. OF the chill
dren Il has been said A.faw yards OF shoe
airing would Clothe q family. We have
AZ missionaries, plenty 10 do, preaching ID
English and Hindustanp every day. 4
lew weeks since, for the first time, mount
ed on . box on the public square, !
preached 10 a etowdi was going to say
mob. My congregation was made Up o
Hindus. Mohammedans, EuFasiAns, cor
responding 10 Ctsoles, and Anglo.saxont
Of all shades, grades, casts and sizes. The
attention was marked, the "babus" or ed
heated natives who speak English lotnlnI
The greater part oil my audience. We have
Sunday School at 7 A. NJ, and preaching .
$3.50 here, oil over before hsEefit OF break
Lao I. 4. SfOHR.