Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
MISS BESSIE MOORE.
Extracts From a Letter to
This Office.

Aug. %. About $50 p. m. we
cast anchor near the forts Santa
Cruz and Villegaignon at the en-
trance of the harbor Rio de janet
70. This was the worst day we
had. A storm of mist and rain
shut out almost all the imposing
scenery. 1t is said that Rio has
only one rival in the beauty of the
entrance from the sea,-that one
Sydney, Aus. The forts are about
one mile apart.
The Yorktown, U. S. man-of.
war, was in the harbor and fired
salute of 10 guns to our flag. The
captain and his officers and Ex-
Minister Conger with large party
of Americans came out in steam
launches to welcome Mr.. Thomp-
son. They came on board, and had
speeches from Messrs. Conger,
Thompson and others. In the way
of oratory | never heard anything
better than Mr.. Conger's address.
A gentleman proposed three cheers
for our flag and it rang out clear
and strong from many Americans.
1t was good to see so many faces
from the homeland. Revs. Tucker
and lilly were with the party, 80
they took me in charge and warm
| ly welcomed me to Brazil, although
they did not expect me on this
ship as the mail was delayed and
they had not received a notice of
my departure from home. They
carried me ashore in a steam
launch, then to the home of Rev.
Mr.. Tucker where / spent a week
very pleasantly. 1 felt sorry to
part with my fellOw-vOyagers and
felt grateful to Our Father that he
had given me friends among them
The next afternoon after | ar.
rived at Rio Mr.. Jeff Ross, former.
ly of Savannah, came to see me,
He seemed glad to see some one
from his old home. To him / am
indebted for seeing part of the
city, also trip to the Botanical
Garden. l felt like / was in fairy
land as l walked up the avenue Of
Royal Palms one hundred on each
side and as far as l could see trop
ical trees and plants Of many va
rieties. 1t is indeed a lovely place
and seemed to be well kept.
Does it not seem strange tt
think of opossums and wild mon
keys in a city, Yet they are il
Rio. They live ON the mountains
and steal down into the city.
You see almost every nationali
ty represented on the streets, fol-
Rio has become a cosmopolitan
city.
l left the city on Friday, Aug
81, for Sac Paulo accompanied by
Rev. John Hall, a Presbyterian
preacher of that city. After {
, long day and until 11:30 at nigh
we were in a crowded Car where
the men smoked, we arrived al
our destination where Rev. Mr.
Bruce met me and took me to hi
home where l spent Saturday an(
Sunday very pleasantly.
The scenery was very beautiful
along the way to Sac Paulo, an(
only eighteen tunnels on the road
On Saturday l took great pleas
ure in going with Mr.. Bruce tt
various places of interest.
On Monday at 3 p. IN. L arrived
at Piracicaba, where Misses Phil
lips and Moore with the othe
teachers and pupils of the Cole
gio Piracicaba, Rev. Mr.. Dicke.
and wife and the native paste
gave me hearty welcome at tn,
depot.
J am in good health. | hay'
, some school-room duties, hav'
two classes also the evening class
the evening devotions three night
in the week and that with m,
study of the language takes mos
: of my time for the present.
!, The people here are going o.
g with their work as usual. notwith
standing the revolution that is &c
ing on. Of course whicheve
gains Floriano Peixote or Admir-
: al de Mello there will be har
/ times in Brazil for a time as a
9 most everything used is imported
Our mail is very irregular now.
More anon,
BESSIE MOORE,