The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1895-06-08
News From an Old Acquaintance.


E. Stroisch, dated at Monte Carlo, Mon.
aca. Mr. Stroisch left Silver City, three
years ago, in extremely poor health,
and his letter tells of his travels since
that time. In his letter he specifies 9
number of people here and in Silver
City, to whom he wishes to be kindly
remem bered. To all the Tuscarora
people residing here, be sends his sim
cere regards. Mr.. Stroisch expected to
leay Monaco for his former home in
Saxony soon after writing.
"As you were kind enough to inquire
after my personal welfare and as to
what am doing, will give you short
recital of my past two years life.
"Asyou'll remember, wastaken sick
with heart disease and miners con-
sumption about New Years, two years
ago and was very i'll all winter, but,
thanks to good care, Chiefly Mrs Rogers
and Mrs. McMahon's and Ike Phillips
kindness, Cwhen I didn't have cent?
l pulled through, and, after selling what
l had for about nothing, I managed to
reach my mothers house in Saxony.
The doctors told me l could not live
and, naturally, wanted to see her once
more. Well, got bit better and
travelled, with my wife and child, all
summer, from one watering place and
health resort to the other and improved
very much. My wife went to her fam
ily in Ireland and lived in Nice all
winter excepting two months, when
went to Cairo. Egypt, and Jaffa, Jeru-
salem. That spring | went to Tangier,
Morocco and Algeria and Tunisic, where
stayed until July, when l went to Is
malta and from there to Delago Bay
and Fort Natal, whereI felt the swamp
fever coming on me, so went at once,
by the next steamer, back to Tunisic,
thinking the dry heat of the Sahara
at KairoDan would prevent it. There,
however, got worse and the fever set
tied in my one sound lung. (The left
lung is nearly gone now,) And be-
tween the diarrhoea and the fever
laid between life and death for weeks.
However, my brothers. arrival and the
faithful nursing of some English ladies
from the consulate, pulled me through
and was taken here to Nice by my
brother and installed into this admir-
able institution, the "Asile Evsng-
clique" The tranquility, excellent
medical attendanceland the good, faith
full nursing, made me soon leave my
bed and now am fairly we'll again, or,
rather, as well as person in my con-
dition can expect to be. Yet, | am far
from being we'll and it is matter of
time only; none can escape this terrible
miners consumption; especially
when both lungs are attacked like mine
are now since this fever. Working is,
of course, entirely out of the question,
as am very feeble and have no breath
at all, yet, 1 have managed to work
some and to earn few francs. Last
summer Isuperintended the excavation
and the timbering of the graves and
catacombs in Carthage of the Marcus
Queen Sheba and Hamilcar.
got 123 francs per day, unhe ard OF
wages amongst these frog-eaters and
monks. There l also bought me a plot
Of ground for my grave, next to the
tomb of John Howard Payne, Author of
''Heme, Sweet Home.")
tiAt present am busy surveying for
a small branch line to run to some viii
age in the Italian Riviera. Some En-
Iishmen are interested and got me the
place. am about done. If l we're
strong enough could have two splen-
did places, one through Capt. Della
mars kindness, as foreman of mine,
near Johannesburg, belonging to three
Scotch gentlemen, at present here in
Nice, and the other as travelling COM
panion to Sir Acton Burch, of London,
but 1 lack the strength, unfortunately,
10 fill either place. besides, am afraid
IF the fever iu the Transvaal
"Well, Mr.. Lamb, am afraid l have
.ired you quite bit with my long let
.er, but you must remember that it is
1ot often thatI have chance to write
20 western man, So you will please
excuse this and also my bad spelling
md language, but rarely write Eng
ish here or do l speak it and 80 one
gets muddled up. If speak English
for few days improve, but continued
Jpesking French and Italian for months