The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07

Fren szr >p-rssa c~rwsrse~s

In fay lat letter fgpsn fokohsEns
Which ~as E5vsa yoa opoo our Arrival
IN japan. sihon OF StrfSsn. ssnt.
called. lpromi.ci 20 tel you ~hsi
We have found here Sol all hsAg1n
r1th the story of our landing IL wss
on the sftsrnossn ofscp;emlssr slst and
by the time our vessel hSi al an
cor He vers .uIroana~i ~ vas;
nnmh.r 81 the ns,is. cuoiscs. Chinese
ana men q! different nstionzii,ies. al
esscr ~ hoard ogr ~yessl. - "a capture
passengers OF luE<age 80 soms kind
anal convey The . q shore. Such a
scramble and rose a. they NAE ~
equal "a . lanyard gahtle snaog thr
:oSs AZ feed ;.ae. Aarr al hour.
waiting the ru-h wa- over and ~e
cIrsfu,ly gn' on tosrd IL q small
steam launch which .. Tun by the ho.
tells. AID started for tara Grsal. and
now niceh, did sppear ;n step Of solid
grO-ni. could then .ee ~ the hrsi
time ally Christopher Cokmhus kis>
Ell the earth when he reached San "a.
yadnTe. DoIit.e-- :; mas have tesU
TIE means 81 s-;''.gg Aas sea-ick ston,-
acn. .ac next encounter wa- thr
"JInrssaa Men. = lInerosi ~ Wci!
A. a very necessary evil \ llnuklsha
Is a two wheeled CArt with a body alH.
top like = pastor. Very neat and
nice Ia ride ia, and large enough for
a man and Lis wife. especially for a
young man and hi- girl, all vii lee seil
If the coolie Who draws YOU can no,
understand the English language and
| can assure you there il n" danger,
! a',er the vain efforts ! have had m Try.
ing 20 make tncm understand, How,
ever, We allowed OuT guide Ia -eud oui
wives Il the hotsl, and we remained Al
the custom house for baggage inspec
ton which was merely formal. ",
: found ex ;cllent accommodations and
good board al the moderate price o
so per week. After having met anC
been highly entertained by our mis
s~ionary friend, We laid our plans 10.
visits and sightseeing, only - few o
which can name, n space ami time
will not admit pf more First. she bsIu.
ties around the hotel; it, lawns. eve
/ greens, beautiful birds, museum or NJ
! gallery. Then the Imperial pOsi q:
| flee, 4 grand Union church where iot
! years those heAthens have been calle'
To hear the gospel. aad now TO see
full congregation Of japanese and
native preacher will at once show &
your mind that the labor of the Chris
tan has not been in vain. Next W,
zee "Seaman's Mission IL nice ston
building beautifully furnished viii
furniture. books. papers, music, etc
for u public reading room for the sail
! ors who come { o this port. TO see the
beautiful pictures, immature ships. an
the gift. bestowed by the sailors serve
to satisfy the most skcpiicsl Mind
TAT missionary work IL not a farce b.
any means. The next day We wen
out for u ride to see what We could
We went up over the bluffs. visi,e'
Treaty Point, and on out in the cOun
try. We had opportunity TO see tn
Japanese in their country homes ans
costumes. Please bear IN mind tina
they IRE not 80 unsOcial as 70 live on,
family in a place. but they live III i.
long village or continuous row q
houses. You all have access To de
scriptions Of Japane.e honses, there
fore I VIII not describe them, ~ for III
nothing but a sight will ever tell wha
a house consists of. either Ia shape .
material. In the adornments ! cal
.ay there is a great .:lmen-s-, viz: Pig.
dos. babies and red lanterns. TIE.
the fields and gardens 10 he found II
IN. la,niscape views. can Say japan
With It's plains and valleys. their toll
age surprising IN richness that Of any
! other tropical region. he'cnts. Us al
nine peak. towering in weird ganduT'
above torrent rlyiues. and hesdIand
with a thousand other charms. give !
n claim 10 be considered one OF Ia
;,irest portions vi tne earth. Pas-in.
along 81 We did through the agricul
! tural fields We had chance TO see som
natural products. the nc noticeable q
which Was cotton, rice. potato. mile
and tea. land here ] wish To say tina
I'm Japan il where We get tea that
very fne.) We came tn Yedo bay an
sang the old song ~ " gathered u
the shells from the sea shore" An,
all Of our party joined In saying tha
this was one Of the grand treats. On
coolies having had n rest we place
our shells in and seated ourselves o
onr iinrikishas and started one ate
another for home at no slow pace | a,
SIRE YOU. Tor u man will draw you thil
~ or more miles per day IN tho
things for Tvs yen, which equals SIS
in u. 5. money. September "a "
started by rail for Toxic. the cap
tai of the empire. Toxic has a pop,
lation Of soniething over a million pes
PIE. will necessarily have TO I
brief in making mention of her pc
pie. The first thing l noticed was III
c~ivili,y Of the people. Willis; theI
are Uyer 23lo0p Tnnkisha men At
carts, hack, street cars and for n
there seemed to be such a guie, ar
orderly erowd, indeed it i well tire
did Keep quiet for ten policemen /
and around the depot "a eli ~ hu,
dreis OF them on the streets are COZ
slant incentives for quie;gde and L
der, knowing that the penalty %: Dis
be.iience Is 10 be cut doTn by the p
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