Connecticut western news., 1882-02-01
NoxslA Caroline a.~sser

Dear NEws and friends at home :-Per) Aaps you would like to hear from me again, an "a to know that my health continues to impr pye. 70 tnas begin to feel well, and can walk bev. Mllsry broken up by the government ofae grs, Catching ride in the biR wagon which ySss to tfks the property. followed three ofaoens soi lew miles over some wild roads, tul 'wa and took cross cut, while mounted ono. of their horses and rode around. On reaci ,ine the place. found long, low, log house beside q. ss5samI h;9I wnoss waters were conducted into tubs holding over loo gallons apiece, ssriy nHsd with the fermenting beer to be distilled. I've copper stills. set in stones and clay. were Dohlng over the Ire; each would hold about w"s shs hssds sseS The only part in sisht oushel basket, from which . tube ran to th, room, which made about four turns in . tub of water tsom the stream, and then eme rxcd by sPoat rom which tiny stream of whisky wss secured by government looks, as tfais vas government diestllery accused of ha king dis. s;a RSssSd of aa%Sor % without paying the ta: After stills, whisky and locks to Troy, sn,Ss lodged trial. ""~-'
 Dt. Boy, our field secretary has been to see me me snd i. sstarss matters; an to pre..ch halt expect to be ordained here the latter bart ot February. Owing to the failure nf n stor,. keeper to procure . stove ordered, i evk one of the brethren to take his farm waKos az go with me to High Point, fifty miles ho@ Troy. and bring the stove, barrels, and my sa unk. which has been away from me % hong. N tart. ing about c. m. each morning, we Tnads the trip in six days. Going by Lassisers Mn put veil there. VI. should have % rssshssS sp'fx F kin an Friday, but broke down six miles above ri oy, only reaching It ct night. had to walk tl1 rec miles to md house and to borrow an ., xe Len my thing, st Troy, and now will board at took the plank road, broad way % feet clA ar of all obstacles, except mud, which is . sts iff clay eight inches deep, and sticks like uaosta q. Asaooro shat itaelf up soon after sundows l.. s pound there. In the summer this must bs s beautiful road, stretching from High Point down into South Carolips.
 It ssenos strange to live in country where few attend on Sunday Schools, no books resd. able. except school books, two months of school in tho year, everybody drinking whisky and very few to be found who are personally pure; re- sl;ssry hss degrsdsd the white Almos, the ignorant, hcentious, drunken ex-siave holder, nor he me. There is . confiiet ofidea. which will not cease except in the death or remov9a of the combstants. How much oppo- pare, kind hearted. kindly disposed towars, the negro. and anxious for education. But this class is kept down by the old dave hold for slavery isnot yetidsad. It is legally re. moved, but will only pass away with the old generation. The poor man, white or black, Pays each Year nearly or quite the value of the sell. Free schools are taught at inconvenient seasons hen the; poor mans child must work. Tuitionat other schools is from 4l. to 42. a month. People are crying for education, and San not Scs ". O, for yankee school maam children they fight and quarrel on the way, and the main text book is Webater's spelling beck. The child will spell column or two of ." ..rds; but not. not read. end very likely not b. down house. rickety benches, no desks, a crowd of children squeezed around an open Are with their spelling books whispering talk- ing Ig loud and playing, that is . school here schools, taught by ladylike young women, with alnnost no noise. where the pupils must refrain from liquor, tobacco and bad words and on coming in the morning, open their books and study till school calls.
 In spite of ali opposition can reach many white ss well % black. I need some appli snces. Sunday Rchool books would be grestl> { appreciated, as they are almoat unknown Hunday school papers are needed, but my can carry back and forth. One or two bells to let the people know when chu,ch begins. are badly needed. Any thing which wifi at tract children to Sunday School or encoura Re \ them in any way to rise, will be greatly apprr. \ eiated. We have . band of about twenty young gentlemen anG ladies at Pekin who are ' to leave oh all unworthy habits, and do right \ also . temperance band at Troy, which I will lift little soon.
 Cannot some of you find something to send to assist In raising the moral standard of the people here, both white and blackP
 REV WM. Fl. ELLIS.