Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-03-19
AFRICA LETTER.

Through the kindness l.. X. Scaweier
we are permitted 10 publish the following
letter fr"m A. ID Noy =. former res Il Mt
Of GraliOt county Mr. Noyes lfl GratiOt
county and civilization behind i'm early
last fall but does nOt yet se' III 10 regr' /
I step. The letter is dated Feb 3. 1886,
and has been quite a while 81, NJ here.
beg your pardon for not writing -oou uer and
trust you will not bc M negligent as | have
been. IL takes so long for lett : 10 ~ back
and forth that II seems rather Ill our ging 20
write to 80 many ss We have since Our arrived
here aud get no answer, but tr.y will come
after awhile have just receive some Michi-
gan papers which il quite trc { 10 nyOne
Is lated as We are here, still | q Nc no desire
10 return 10 America 10 live unit my work Is
done here and. from present al l' frances, That
will n I be soon The harvest truly is plcnte-
ons, but the labOrer- are few, Ouiy few mis-
siunarics scattered mere ana L. rt hlOuR the
coast, while stretching away iut Ca usands OF
miles across the continent lies utathcn world
la darkness, aud comparatively dlkun Wn. but
Ht some ia ure y Africa viii op'l wide her
gates, Civilization viii mdrcl ia, develop her
resources and she will take be place among
nations worthy OF "A name NtrH lNely We VIII
not live To- see it, but her pO~s I1ilitICs, and !
might add, her prIbdbintics, are grand. Gold
has been discovered In Liberia bat the govern
ment IS not able TO open up sLCh thiugs while
foreigners are excluded by Inv. Iron ore of
the richest kind 10 very HbuuduAt Within two
hundred miles towards the int. nor. ia what Is
knuwn as the MundingO CyuatrA, gold IS
found in pure state ana ty the natives
made into va. ious ornament. ,pcCimens OF
which have seen. Tbis cliua.a Is not adapt u
to white people but when he Great Desert
comes tO be hooded we may l.Ok tor results
that will revulutionizc all the mtlarial d.
tricts. IL rs not extremely hot here IN the shade
I ne thermometer Il ually uEi'R from ~ 10
~ - The sun Is hot anu fore. neTs urc ublig-
ed To carry AN mbreila VIII q ulER OUT.
IL rs now the dry season WhiCa Wiil last until
April or May when the rainy 20, son Will set In
and continue until October or Nov 'mDer la
sumr sections even ytning bee, mes pHrchCd and
dried up during the dry scHs but mere yeRt-
tation docs NOT suffer Ia any great extent
Thcfr H. not IT diy in the yer but that some
thing might be planted ana tht same ~ also
true of gathering. The I, /. ing fruits Hour
ish here wncn properly put ut ana cared Tor
Oranges. Lemons Limcs, Pa f-piW', Bauai,us,
Guavus, Mango Plums Oi ucreiit Nariettcs
Butter ears, Piantains, bT- dtrtlt Pinc-hp-
pl. Is well ~ Utho' vHricti,s which grow wild
C.counuts also do well wner, vrr planted and
cared Tor and In some parts tho continent
AIN told, tncy are ,icntitui ia the forest, but
such Is not the ease here. CUuet teems To ht
| perfectly a. home here, great deal being
! raised along the ST PaLls riNCr; sugar Cant
also does well aud several mills are now IN op
Grafton, making sugar AMI syrup. Any infor
| maIiou you may desire respecting tins part ol
| Africa please make known kcucmbcr US O.
/ all the good people Of Alma AM vicinity Writ,
soon. Address A, ID. Noye-, II 'nrovia, Liberia
| N est Africa. via liverpool.