The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-12-28
FROM MISS ALICE WISHART.
Extract from Letter to Her Mother,
Mrs. S. p. Wishart.

Day by my calander, and we will
celebrate with special pudding,
and will start the first fire IN our
drawing room CRATE in the even
ing. lave a CRATE IN my room,
but don t use it. Ellen and buy
the fuel ourselves as we do q good
many other extras for the house.
Monday, / started our compound
school with twenty-six young
hopefuls, which you would sim
ply hurt yourself laughing at,
could you see them. None of
them are particular about the
kind or quantity Of clothes: some
of them are sharp as tacks-far
too sharp indeed. They all sit
on the floor. and study aloud, as
is the custom here. A. the close
of the three hours session, we
have roll call, bible lesson with
catechism, hymn aud prayer
which every child enjoys. All
stand with closed eyes and fold
ed hands during prayer, then all
whoop, "Miss Sahlb, salam."
"Salam, Miss Sahib!" and scat
ter like so many sparrows. We
shall havea busy, busy time Xmas
with all our big family of chill
dren, teachers and servants to re-
member, basides taking a good
time TO an orphanage. This will
reach you just about Xmas time,
so you can think of me us handing
out sweets and toys to a crowd of
duskv daisies. After all have
had their treat and gifts, we will
have ours IN the drawing room.
l am gong to get up something
japanese for US, and we will nave
loads of crysanthemums with
which to decorate lanterns, etc.
hope the little things | sent
you and father, Maude aud Bebe
will reach you safely, Wouldn't
I love to peep in on you at Xmas
time. Oh, l shall some day! |
wish / could send all the clan a
Xmas emembrance, and the
nelghbors too. My purse wlll.he
pretty well drained, as we feel 1t
a duty as well as a pleasure to
give everybody something at this
time, if it is ever so little, for their
lives are so bare, and it means
much to keep Christmas before
our people.
You know, I suppose, that Miss
May cannot return for some time
on account of i'll health. i don't
wonder that she is broken down,
either. The other missionaries
are coming later than we expect
ed, so we cannot have our annual
meeting until January, perhaps.
First it was to be here-then at
Caunpore--and now we are not
sure where it will be. l am on
the Conference committee to ar
range the meetings, subjects for
discussion, and persons to take
the Bible readings for our Devo
tionol services. On account of
having TO visit and examine our
other schools, have had to give
onr Compound school to one of
our teachers, but she is i'll, and so
it falls to my lot to keep in order
and teach twenty-seven of the
naugbtlest, dirty little heathen
you ever saw, for three hours.
My study has to come IN at
night, or whenever it can. Have
mushl (under teacher) from Z
to 8. $3.50 to $3.50 give a lesson to
one of our rescue girls in Roman,
Urdu, catechism, arithmetic,
writing and Bible. breakfast
from 10 to III a. m. School from
IL a. m. to 2 p. m. Tiffin at p.
m. Then If there are no meet
ings, am free to study until 6 p.
m. But there are always inter
ruptions.
Tuesday a big, fine, looking, old
heathen doctor, a friend of DR..
Bertha called to see me. He call.
ed In March and brought man
along to interpret for him; but
this time the other man staid out
side in the gari and we under
stood each others "boli" finely
with out any help. 1t tickeled
him greatly that | could not only