The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-06-23
A LETTER FROM A DUBOIS COUNTY
MISSIONARY IN INDIA.
Five Years From Parents Firs, and
Present Impressions as TO Missionary
Work.

Miss Lily Green, an accomplished
daughter Of Mr.. w. ii. ii. Green,
Of Boone township, went to India
under the auspices of the Ladies
Missionary Society OF the NJ. +.
church in 1894. Her father last
week received the following letter
from her, and as she has many
friends who will be glad to hear
IRON her, sends it to the COURIER Tor
publication
JANDIALA, PUNJAB, INDIA,
May 3, 1893.
My Dear Father
am writing again from my India
home, as have little time to
spare these days.
Sister Shanti has been with Lila
and me since January, and she
wanted to come home to spend May
and June with her father and broth
ers, so came to bring her. She Is
too Young To travel alone, and as
her father had been very i'll and
wanted to see me | came with her.
We left Budaon on Monday at ! p.
M, got caught in heavy dust, or
rather sand storm, on the road be-
tween Budaon and Aoula, where we
have to 90 to the railroad. The air
was Just filled with dust and sand,
and the wind blew perfect gale.
1t lasted for about one hour and we
were Obliged to 60 very slowly. The
wind was agaidst our ekkas, and 1t
was something like rowing W
stream. 1t was quite dark when
we reached Aoula. During April
May and June we often have dread
ful storms, our throats, eyes, ears
and noses get filled with dust, and
it covers things in the house SO thick
that YOU can easily write your name
in it anywhere. Sometimes there
is thunder and lightning but usually
1t is all wind and dirt. OF course
it gets quite dark and gloomy look
ing.
When we arrived at Aoula we had
to wait about one hour until the
train came; then we went to Barell'
ly, and from there TO Saharanpur
v here we had to change cars again.
We arrived at Annitsar on Tuesday
at about 2:3O p. m, and from there
drove out to Jandiala, a distance OF
about eleven miles. This is a very
large place. No English people ex-
Icept two lady missionaries. To you
no doubt it would seem very strange
to be in this home surrounded by
strange sights, bat to me IT all seems
50 natural, SO like my very own
home. The houses Of the villagers
here in the Punlat are built entire
ly of mud the roofs are quite Hat,
and in the morning, at evening and
at night the people simply live on
the housetop, one gets such COED
fresh air OF the housetop. just
come with no and take walk on
the housetop. One half OF the
houses, all on one side of the village,
are for the Hindus, the other Tor
1.-The Mohammedans In the Hindu
part you can see their temples, all
covered with idols, and hear the
liangle of the bells The priests put
food before them when the bell
rings. Then in the evening they
play a sort of tune with the bells to
put the idols to sleep. In the morn
ing the first sound we hear is the
ringing of bells to awaken the Idols.
On the Mohammedan side you
can see their mosques, and hear the
cry of the muezzin calling out "Oui
IGod is the true God, and Mahome'
is his prophet = Here and there
lin the little yards you will see the
smoke, where they are cooking
their food. Boys are flying thell
paper kites women are wlnnowlne
Ihe wheat to grind for bread; neal
each door you will see COW or
goat, sometimes the goats are up OF
the housetops; men sit about smok
ing, and little children are playing
about with no thought OF tumbllnt
down, for this is their ordinary play
ground. Little heaps of wood, O
weeds, or trash used to burn il
cooking the food, are piled up ii
lone corner. Standing on this house
top at sunset one gets gllmpses o
India such as few missionaries eve
Iget. Really am more privileged
THAN can tell you. My life ha
been so full Of India in every way
aLd the habits, language, dress
food, etc, have all had such dept
of interest to me.
1t hardly seems possible when
l.l.t 49, "a -. kaa, fva vaar