Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-04-29
/. REV. JOHN LAKE.
On a Preaching Trip South
West From Canton, in na-
tive Boat, Hired for the trip.
Dear Advertisers:

| ITleIuS AupSs WI 'Y nv iA'SN4i'. :.
q tall man, | reached back OF my
head and touched the other end
of my apartment with my hands,
so that my living room is the
length of me. from tip to tipl
Then stretched rnY. arms out
and laid my hands at the same
tina on the opposite sides of tho
boat, and lying there. hfted orr
of my feet to the ceiling al the
highest place fer this Chinese
boat is covered with a thatch OF
bamboo and palmetto. In this
boat I slept last night, ard viii!
travel all day. NY Chinese boy
cook and Chinese teacher also
slept with me in this apartment
and sre trayeliog with na in it
too. We al aieps on The noov. for
there is 10 furtitllre III the apars.
meni.
Now sbig apartment, orr roo"r,
Ia: ria entire floor, covered With
my steamer rue eil other bed
ding, aud tho saparate bedding Of
tia t;so Ctiaesa, end YOU cast
t II whefe ;he Blankets Of cna
nan leav7 Of sd the III, r Gaa
begin. This aIar'ment S ~ fef
fi,e la-rar half Of = q bt.t. he
oaly other apartment being . Ill
tie over half the ,;za Of oGra. II
that apartment The boatman, BIS
wifa'and his mo.ber.ia-law sIepI.
1t is Their living rnon. If1heY
had haif o dozen children they
woul l.l'-a in The apartment VII
hem. This is oft~}2 the cage IL
some Of my trips. >nd there is 10
sort of partition, 1ot nvan cur
tain between the so apartments
none whatever, day OF night.
Atthis particular mHnent, after
I have risen and eaten :tice
breakfast, prepared Nv the hoy
cook in ms aDartme! he and 'ha
Chinese teacher are eating hr@ak-
fat in the other apartment. | ate
sitting on the fanr. using knif.
ant! fork and spcon; tary are eat
Ing, sitting or the Goor, using
che psi icks Sometimes eat with
chopst;cks too, hut my haa'th is
better, ard | srl less exposed TO
cholera, and aooduass 'knnws
what, when I bring mv own cook
and eat uv own food ate bread
made il Hnrgkong, butier etip-
ped from Ausirsii9, some kind Of
hrea3 fast food from America, and
eggs from Cnina. I alap hal a cup
of cocoa. So / have nothing tn
complain of so far as he fool is
copcerned, if the living qparters
are small and crowded The boy
cooked it we'll too. Mre. Lake is Q
magnificent bousekeepsr as well
as a magnificent missionary, and
she has trained the cook we'll. He,
by the way, is an earnest Chris
tian.
And by the way, my wife often
accompanies me on these trips,
aud lives just as [ am living, e,s=
.ceptT that we have curtains. which
We, bring along, between the aSart-
ments. to keep out the wind
and the gaze of the natives. |
don't mind it now, for 3 mar in
China is not supposed to want
any privacy, and I have learned
to get along without il. I might
aay that IN case like that the
l0v cook would sleen with the
4in9se family nr over the ii
d tho teacher vai stav =.
aaIlo or uaa ano.sr boat, or
a.t, as I u.a lir d. VA n alone.
!woa,d mae 2tsGsr ta 5s!k now,
rat Gm crigipg bag g a.d
B oEs for q hraa WaeHs' stay Ii
giil he . lonely stay. ! rust COZ
Tess, for 81 Il uot see white
face, AID I can Only e. letters
feom the dear ,o,o It Canton oc-
casionaily. But ! 90 Il Tor Chri-'s
seke. He had less of this worl i's
goods, than ] have. I have a rice,
comfortable rented hopse, or raih-
er part OF the house IL Canton,
sud l am contentad ard happy.
Anybody would be with her love,
snd SIZE is happy too. There never
was happier home.
But | forgot to tel you about the
pig-a big hog ratherl You see
the boat is 30 shaped, that there
are two sharp ends to 1T. On the
front end, separated from me by
the only door is the boat. The
boatman eits and rows when he
cant rse the little sail. On the
back end of the boat is just it.
tie space, triangular. aud about
TIE size of a large rocking chair.
IN tba' live the pig and the chick
eps. 'Fhf pig is gruntipg away as
| write in plan view of me, and
MOI ten feet away. In other words
[ could have reached out in the
night and touched the occupants
in my apartment or the occupants
ia the boatmap's could have reach
ed out and touched me i'll niue
or The pig in his.
How is this for getting "close
to the people" and "clcse to ma
ture.'
Your old friend,
JnuN L y