The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1886-12-18
ALetter from MIR. Darsie.
BOsTON, MASS, DEC. II, 1886.

Boston, MASS, DEC. II, 1886.
Dear R0undObOd:-We found the
Hub" on our arrival last Wednes-
day evening, buried in snow foot
deep. Every possible kind Of vehi-
Gle had transferred itself from wheels
TO runners and was gliding along to
the music of bells. 1t is wonderful
to see the ingenuity displayed in
| transforming wagon or carriage into
sled. Sometimes they look as if
they had retained quarter section
Of each wheel, spOkeS and all, fasten-
| ing the two on each side together by
some magic trick or Yankee notion,
all patented and ready when the first
snow comes. The facility with
which all Boston takes tO SleighS and
sleds compells the chilling inference
that snow here during the winter is
abundant and continuous. The one
now here, however, is fast disappear
! ing, giving us dose of s!ush that is
decidedly the most heroic for size and
discomfort l have ever seen. All
classes don gum-boots, knee high,
even the little girls and young la
dies, and also the old women. Because
i'm Boston, whatever the weather or
the crossing, people must be on the
go. We heard III. NJ. Stanley, the
great African Explorer, in fremont
Temple, damned and crammed, tell
i'm lecture, two hours long, last
Thursday night, the marvellous story
of his trip "ThrOugh the Dark Con-
tinent" 1t was a very quietly told
story, whose daring exploits you had
to take in without any announce
ment from the modest lecturer that
i'm them he was acting the hero Mr..
Stanley is a small, stubby man with
very unimpOsing presence. He has
a low forehead, small eyes, very
red face and d!yed mustdche.
fact you would judge him, without
proper explanations, as did, Il gen
uine tough. He was introduced by
Mark Twain in fifteen minute
speech that was simply side-splitting
The curious drawl with which Twain
speaks is one Ofth bigelememts in the
funny things he says. He compared
Stanley with Columbus, affirming that
while he was not there to disparage
the latter, none the less his achiev-
ments were az nothing, viewed from
the standpoint OF the difficulties to
be encountered, compared with Stan
ley's. "All Columbus had to do was
to sit in his ship, hold his grip, keep
right on and America would discover
itself in a very little while. He
could not get around it. He couldn't
help discovering it. And if he found
any part OF ii he found the whole"
But Stanley had to push his own way
across vast continent through
perils, privations, hardships, suffer-
ings simply appalling, and that, too,
not for six weeks but for 999 days,
nearly three years. lie had to find
Livingstone somewhere in Il vast
"slab'' of Africa as big as the United
States, in what particular spot his
own ingenuity must decide, for Liv-
ingstOne was the "wOrst scattered
man." the ''scarcest man" the world
ever heard Of.
| had the pleasure Saturday after
noon Of hearing Rev. DR.. K. II
Meredith conduct the celebrated ;.
S. Teachers class of twenty-five hun
dred teachers in the study Of the les
son for the following day. He lee
tuIcu anu uu'StiDlIcu WI luii Hpul
and with wonderful freshness and
power brought out the points of the
lesson concerning the 'Saints in
Heaven" (Rev. 7:9-17). 1t was an in
spring sight to see the intentness and
concentration of the great audience
on the great thoughts unfOlded. The
Zest and interest that would be felt in
teaching the lesson after hearing such
"A mastery discussion of it must tell
with great power on all the Sunday
schools of this great city.
That we are hOmesick goes without
saying. We cannot, Of course, love
strangers with such strange ways like
our old and beloved friends i'm Frank
fort. We think continually, and
dwell with fOndness and longing
upon those we have left behind. We