The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1881-09-09

shot. 1hey cauShC up The papers
eagerly out of the water and we saw
them mounting and falling in the
great waves until they were out of
sight in the distance. Of course our
interest to learn the news was just as
great when we approached the other
shore, and as the pilot climbed the
ladder and set foot on the deck at
Londonderry, the first question was :
"How is Garfield? And at the
answer: "He is BETTER" cheer went
up from the whole ship that | wish
might have reached to Washington,
and have been heard in the Presi
dent sick chamber. How many such
incidents have occurred Of which
Garfield will never know, which at
test the sympathy and affection OF
the whole American people.
But speaking of dancing on board
the ship, Financing it might be call
ed, which was frantic throwing of
arms and legs to keep ones balance
against wind and wave, and in which
I was shocked to see certain of the
clergy participate, reminds me of a
notice which l read in the Heidelberg
paper yesterday. 1t was the dedica
ton of church, at which would be-
music, dancing and refreshments.
thought how pleasant that would
look transferred to the Owosso
TIMES like this: dedication of the
new (?) Congregational church, music
by the choir. The deacons will con.
duct the dance, and the ladies of the
church will furnish the beer.
And yet that is the pious way Of
doing it in this country, and one has
to remember as Peter did, that God
hath made all nations, each in it,
own peculiar way to seek for Him, il
haply they may feel after Him and
find Him.
Travelling as we do from one coun
try to another and zigzagging back
and forth down through central Eu
rope, we naturally find use for tho
whole stock in trade of the languages
which we possess and sometime
more. 1t sometimes happens tina
on waking up in the morning W.
have to inquire of each other what
language it was that we were speak
ing the last thing before going t.
bed. We find the Pawnee Language
often more serviceable than any 9th
er. Especially the other day, when
alighting from the train in Frank
port, we were descended upon by al
unusual array of porters and guides
On they come in solid phalanx, elk,
wolves on the fold, their cohort
| cleaning in red-tape and gold" W.
tried to draw off our forces O
satchels and handbags and retir,
from the field in good order, but il
spite of all it looked as though w
must sacrifice our baggage train t,
escape with our lives, when a luck,
stratagem turned the battle to tn
gates of the enemy and gained II
the victory. Turning suddenl,
round and surveying the field for
moment l began to open fire on then
from a masked battery in the Pawne
language.
| "Usque, Pitcha, Towit, Sheedix,
l counted up to seven and before
reached nine the field was strewl
with the corpses of the vanquished
the survivors fled and we walked O
grasping our handbags in solem
triumph. 1t was a victory like tina
of Samson over the Philistines b
the simple but well-directed use O
the jaw-bone.
| A certain young man with whor
l am travelling and whom, much t
the wounding of his American prid
everyone takes for an Englishmar
except when he opens his mouth j
expressions such as, 81 guess" an
! "You bet" and "Git out!" Whic
! mark the American better than
suit of clothes would cut out of til
! American flag, is making rapi
strides toward the mastery of tn
French language, though with occ;
sional difficulty and some little di,
enlargement He came to my ROOF
the other day, his face lengthene
} with melancholy, and said he, eve
, have had another tussle with thu
, miserable language and l get floore
: every time" He said he had trie
5 to buy cigar, and he and III
t woman behind the counter had ha
| a regular set to, English VS.. Frenc
and French VS.. English, both throw
: ing their arms in frantic gesticul
: tions like wind-mills. Finally
0 had taken cigar out of his peck
f to show her what he wanted and tn,
;. settled the whole business. 81
: thought that, of course, as he a
: ready had cigar, he must want
/ light, and so gave it to him. TT
o scene ended in the woman's ringing q
e bell in desperation and shouting f,
y some one who could speak Englis1
l. But there is one language whit
J. we can all understand alike, and tn
!, is such as we heard as we took O,
+ seats one night in Brussels, two HON
4 less wanderers in house full of stran
ers. We heard the old familiar tut
) composed by an American und
t just such circumstances. "Hom
e Sweet Home"
IS We were gladdened at first as
: the warm pressure Of a friend
hand reached over to us fro
: across the ocean. And then folio,
: i Il c-al..-