The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-01-31

Account ~ Its tnssronmrnt>.
.h,.k. comfortable letter that
VA IL IL might be the bearer u
news and much loving gossip.
from hand 10 hand Ina the DE-
r..,.oi,ire. says the Free Press OF
e,tv ana at last found refuge in
..m,ii-hag II postman whose route
jefferson avenue. and was duly
,.,,ssr,d 10 the address recorded on
sn,.lope. II would have startled
~. ,o.,-oficc officials and the postman
VA delivered 1t could they have known
~, Il was lcpcr's letter. and that Il.
.,,s from a lepcr's island. it is. i'm
,..., doubtful In any one Of those who
r.ralel il noticed the postmark 'Molo-
M ~ II they did would have known
..~ r,ason Why they should throw IL
..,se md cry 'rncIean' unclcan'7 Nor
-..l3 thcv Judge by tho pleasing bulk
.s.ha mis-iye that ID was the last fare
~sil n wrctched leper to his former
s-,.,a. and relatives in Michigan. IL
III been permitted tho FREQ Press tc
make few extracts:
Tne writer states: THE location OF
M. Macs X about fifty miles from Hon
.,.,,1 IN the island Of Molokai. with
nv communication by steamer. IL
!. point Of land o. about 5000 acres.
,h-nun out 81 tn. sea abreast Of range
n mountains It's height is ?. 900 feet.
I. j. the bed ofan extinct crater and is
tue grazing land for cattle and horses.
III 4 a. beautiful and romantic as any
,k,nr nat can b. found in the new
worlI: tropical vegetation Is perpetual.
TIE cattle feeding on the mountains are
via. ami in driving down herd ten or
.lozen Of them will fall. and when
,saud nothing will be left but the hides
.ua horns. This j. one Of tho livclicst
nfae... etcr have seen. Lepers are full
n btlaritv. GIRLS. boys. children some
very bad an playing together a. II
.here uAs nothing wrong. They play
IT, r.Irar and fAte constantly. When
AZ, came here and had 70 20 through
-ow 81 lepers win their hidcous faces
All hands I wanted TO die. but now
Al n-el ID them | don't mind them 50
much.
..When first came up here l wanted
rs tornir suicide. but l am Gained
noS ! have built neat little
some distance away from every
Az inclosei with stone wall I
horse and sulky. plenty Of news
kan-, ani magazines. Ny great trouble
my eye>ighf- When can't read
ore THEN want to die. / would
sr IA here with this disease than in
TIER part of the world. where
n stunned BY every body
M righ. hand j. giving out have
nrers kas DO not have much feel
|nr then. Ny left foot Is also an
X am breaking in horse. liz
NM ~ a my foot. I let him stand
.ame time and had no pain. You
curious disease that appear
~ \ :rpy without pain There i nc
trlt y Is sure to kill and Is only
! Ton " time."
m postscript sheet he says: II have
". ~ nusrwho will So me prop.
'rlt riele~hichI hope will be soon. {"
t letter abounds in horrible details
' among the lepers. and Is gro
AZ times in It's hiieonsncSs. but
NJ encs and descriptions are better
F| the tmaEination. Since It's re-
ist tne news Of the unfortunate mans
A,n ~ suicide al the leper hospital
Honolulu. las been received. Ills
fris aiFf AZ Plymou \ in this state.
rFf AereF> letter going the rounds
rr A. salua e mortuary testi-
'Astic I'd dreaded disease
\ elent israelites bequcathcd
y the plague Of leprosy.