Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-02-23
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10 T,ukpi. TOKYO, JArA>, Nov. ?i.
IDsdr Frissds
Your letter dated August 2jth reach.
.d "a. after a journey of month, which
!. about a. qaickly a. they come. How
II recalls the pleasant hours spent la
YOUR ho.pilable home, so full of kind
n-ss and good cheer, aud 80 many are
the delightful memories associated With
IL
Thanks giving 1. near AZ hand, bat no
bnckb-frle. from Maine as at TIL. time
last year: hut wc shall have turkey,
pesch jclly, ple., spong, cake, &c, which
our cook With hair op end, is fully COM
petsnt to prepare; aud la. Vile, cur
house-Noman, With th. kindest oi fsccs
aud genilc.t IL manners, Will sciNc a.
.he aiNays does, with ease aud ciiclcn-
cy. We shall eat while you sleep, for
our day !. lu.t two hour. gone when
your. bcgin..
our fooi IL the same as In America,
splendid cookery at all times, aud well
served. Have plenty of bccf, chicken,
green corn aud peas, beans, bcct., as
paragus, lettuce, radi.hc., tgrhip., hue
Strawberries aud ricc, the latter b.lug
the chief diet ~ the natives, aud cooked
wonderfully. They boil II la az little
water a. pos.iblc, aud never remove the
Iii While cooking, which results la larg.
light grain. dcliciou. to the taste. \
ricr field la its growing stat. u most
Interesting not quite high a. our oats,
Niih head. - heavy ss our wheat, aud
straw when ripe, about az yellow. The
japanese Va. no bread, rice taking t.
place. which they Season With nothing
shat.,cr, aud dcSour In large quantities,
Que person eating four or h,e ani some
time. six bosls the slfe of our coffee
cup.) at a meal. On going Into the liich-
en the other day, ! found the cooks
preparing locust. for their breakfast,
Nhiyh fOr me at least, had no attractions.
They cat uo meat, aud often eat their
t.h rue.
Have read II i'nbeaicn Track. In Japan"
a. you recommended, also "Ili.tory 81
japan" by Reed, aud ~ Social D-psrt-
utc. since Coming here. They tell "a.
the rural custom. aud habit. are differ
cut from those In the ciiy-th" country
people t.lug particularly smisble aud
gentle In disposition AMI manner.
There Ia. teen = very severe earth
quake rvccntly which cau.-'i the house.
to cfrsk aud rock a. though on rollers
moving over ,lodiy ground, causing q
SENSATION of .casickness. They tell "a.
.canely thirty hours pass without an
earthquake, though often they are so
.light that only ia. delicate Instrument.
.hos there has b.en Que. Hut thl. time
tll- people we're very generally terrified,
rushing inio the .tfysts Ia crowds, cry
ing And wfinging their hands. Have not
Yet heard from Ogtiying districts.
RsCeutly took q day. outing-,isltssi
a .,.Jt where thr-- hundrrd year. ago
there "a. city of one million lnhab.t.
ants. nov only struggling village.
saw q iine aud famous tcmple near
which VA. al old tire. saii to bc thou.
.ani year. old. VIII send you leaf.
hut cannot ,ouch for the age of the
tree.
Went 10 see bronze image forty-nine
feet In h.ighi, With gold ryes AMI sfsc.
over eight fc,t in length aud It, ear six
f-,t, .iN inches. There ~crc eight hun
drri aud thirty curls Ou iis head On
going Inside, flttrru steps tax. one NJ Ia
the shoulders. two windows at the hack
without glass giving light, and iuiher
on. a shriBc !. PLACED In the head. Thl.
Wa sald 90 be- erected In the year l2is,
Visited al.o the cave described 10y
Edwin Arnold, Who, by the way, s,w
thing. la such favorable hosery light,
a. to mi.lcsI thos. having no know ledge
of Whit he Write.. Ilos,,er. the thun-
,irring of the ocean a. IL ru.hes Into the
mouth of thi. cave I. truly, awfully .uh-
lime: AMI We iind la many respects, th.
utmost beauty AMI harmony In thls
lhiiherto. to us) strange country.
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