The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-12-20
IN FAR OFF INDIA.
Interesting Description Of a Trip Made
by Miss Alice Wishart. Of Wells
Taunery.
FoRDs RIVER ON BACK OF NATIVE.

Miss Alice Wishart, of Wells
Tannery, this county, who is sta
toned at Allahabad, India, engag-
ed in mission work under the au
spices of the Board of Foreign
Missions of the Presbyterian
church, writes the following in
teresting letter to her mother,
Mrs. S. P. Wlshart, through the
courtesy of whom we are allowed
to publish 1t. The next best thing
to visiting those strange lands is
to read about what those see who
are permitted to 60 there. The
letter is dated at Jubbulpore, In
dia, on the fourteenth of October
and Is as follows:
"Mother Dear Now do you
know where l am? If you were
only here to see this pretty place
l would ce glad. AS l have told
you, this is Duria Puja time and
| got orders to go away and stay
away somewhere until the house
was cleaned; so l tried TO bring
all our ladies with me, but Miss
Roderick was the only one, not
otherwise previously engaged.
We gathered stock of provisions
and started with fifteen boxes
and bundles (as we carry our bed
ding along) for the r. r. station
where we were fortunate enough
to get put in a second class CON-
partment on intermediate fare.
Leaving Allahabad at 11:50 a.
M, we reached Jubbulpore at $50
p. M, after a delightful journey
through forests and plains. AID,
oh the joy of 1T 4. real mountains
and hills, beautifully wooded with
here and there tree all golden
like the mountains at the begin
ming of autumn at home. Except
for the nice fields, palms, half
naked natives, and the queer look
ing water fowls along the marshes
it looked like dozens of country
stretches in America which one
sees between Huntingdon and
Philadelphia.
This all changes quickly when
one cones near railway station,
however. AT Slumanabad, l think
it was, there lay PROSTATE on the
ground the image of Il god IN the
form of man fifteen feet long,
whitewashed, and with horrld
red eyes. Everybody is doing
puja now so I'suppose this "gen-
tleman" gets his share with the
rest.
We always carry tracts in a
couple of languages with US, and
although we did not leave our
compartment, there were oppor-
tunities TO hand them to people In
the train on the next. They al
ways like them immensely, and
these men were particularly hap
py to get some free amusement,
and began reading at once. There
seemed to be only one who could
read well, so he, at the request of
the others, began and as we were
just across from them, we could
hear frequent exclamations of de-
light and approval when somes SEN
tence struck them forcibly, and
when our train pulled out we were
still smiling at; "Yes, that is
true! Very good, very good !" 1t
Is needless to say that prayer
went up from our hearts that His
word might be blessed and not
return to Him void, but accom-.
plish His purpose for those dark
ened souls.
We left Jubbulpore the next
morning taking tongas to bring
us out here to the jungle, drive
of thirteen miles over a road full
of interest.
You know the roads here In In.
dia are smooth and hard and level,
making driving pleasure. Lun,
CURES (monkeys) as big as our,
selves swung from the road side
trees and came perilously near
the tonga, but that only added Il
the zest of 1t all. About half way
we came to huge ponds of exquis
tie white water lilies, but how
were they to be picked The
Tonga mala stopped the ponies,