The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-16
FROM CHARLIE PITTMAN.
Interesting Account Of a Tour In Per.
sia Last Summer.
MEETS A FORMER COLLEGE.MATE.
Gllmpses Of His Life and Work as a Mis-.
donary In that Far.0H Land. Likes
the People Very Much.
(Continued from last week)


where we had spent the night,
soon after sun-up and travelled
slowly but steadily until noon.-
At noon we reached a spot near a
village where there were trees
and a nice spring of water. Here
we stopped and ate our lunch of
bread, cold chicken and cucum-
bers, which had been prepared
the evening before, except the
cucum bers which we bought on
the road. We rested awhile un-
der the trees and let the horses
eat grass, then continued our
journey until about four o'clock
when we reached village where
we wished to remain over night.
We asked for room and were
told that all the houses had
"ganas" in them. CThe CANA is an
insect which makes strangers Its
victims and whose bite produces
fever and sometimes death, -
Nevertheless, we stopped at a
house and put our baggage on the
fat roof and entered the house
which consisted of two apart
ments, the first being a stable
for cattle, donkeys, sheep, and
goats; through this we passed in
to the second apartment, which
was the living room for the fami-
ly.
The room was very empty and
there were evidences of poverty.
I he woman in the house told me
that there were robbers living in
that village who had taken every
thing they had. Near sunset, I
went upon the roof by means of a
ladder placed against the outside
of the house and sat down on my
camp stool IN the shade OF stack
of hay which had been placed on
the roof. Here, it was clean and
cool as we'll as high and dry
From this point, I could see all
over the village and thought, as
I sat there, that if I had my Nc.
Connellsburg friends with me
Fcould give them better idea of
Persian village IN ten minutes
than by any amount of writing
Women aud children and some
men sat on the ground in groups
near the house where they could
see me and commented on my
clothes and general appearance,
and speculated as to the probable
business which brought me into
their midst. Horses and donkeys
driven by boys were bringing
wheat strapped on their backs
from the fields to the village
threshlng floor where 1t was stack
ed to be tramped out later by OK
en-. Other boys were bringing
flocks of sheep and goats from the
neighboring hills and mountain
sides into the village. They al
knew their owners and five or ter
separated from the flock and stop
ped at each house along thestreet
Then the women came out of the
houses with earthen bowls and
MIXED them.
My servant came and said he
had been hunting something for
supper butcould not find anything
in the village but bread and that
he had brought little rice from
Zenjan and he would cook that
1 told him to do 80.
Later he came back and said
that he could not find any wood
in the village or any fuel to cook
the rice. But we also had little
charcoal with us and with that he
boiled some water and ] had some
boovil which l carry for such
, emergencies, and l made some
broth which l ate with native
: bread and tea.
: It was now dark aud we spreat
our beds on the roof of the house
and lay down to sleep-the ma
tives also sleep on the roof Of th'
houses in summer, Two days
later we reached Ardabil where
} Syrian physician trained in Eng
land is practlclng and we spen
four days In his house, and herr
; ] had the opportunity of seeing
Persian prison. ! looked througl