Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-26
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In 1905 NJ, pioosslanG came to Maine
ana after taking 4 three years course
at the hanger Theological Seminary
was ordained the day after graduating,
June IT, 1895, at the Dexter C"ngrega-
ti"nal chte~ The next fall he entered.
B"Wdoin college as d member of the
class Of 1910. During his course at
Bowdoiigohs has been paying his way
beer z of the Congregational
CLIP ~. ~echanic FAILS
$. -19t}! cica he Considers the most
p: ut $3.50: 10 AIRS of his life. There he
lie; Mring car IS that years of book study
W. T Tourns g ach him and his expert
ench 1907 b. mad much to do with his
de"iding- 20 enter the ministry.
He can best tell the story of those
five years in his own words:
After my arrival ut Cape Town I
went to the Zambesi Falls in Central
Africa. Part of the way | went by
rail ana part of it ! namDed 1t is Il
long hard road to Zambesi Falls.
Falls, through the jungle for a good
stretch and over d rough bit of com
try. 1t is great hunting country and
during my stay in those parts | had
some experience in tracking big game
myself.
As rUlr ,.lcn don't hunt small game
in Africa. K was in 1899 that | hunted
in Iamlesi Land The game We
sta!ked were lions and lcouards ard
got enough to last me. | did not go
rhinoceros hunting or after elephants
although we cl,ne across Il party look
ing uo ivCrv. II was the Zamtesi Falls
that I wanted to see more than any
thing else and | took the hunting as a
sort OF side issue. | couldn't very Well
bring the lions home themselves but |
had their claws mounted and brought
them back with me. \ lion hunt is
great sport and Il man IS ant to get
excited hefore he kills his game. 1t is
quite m affair. too with the natives
ana elephants and you're lucky if some
of your r2,tv do not get killed The
thick jungle. the tropical heat and the
strSnGe noises made by the Jungle
folks" give sort of uncanny feeling
to it all.
Z" tbs a n long way around Africa
and in my WanderingS through the
iunrles | CHANGED on a native village
Of lIafrirs and there | stayed FOR ten
months. | knew nothing of their lam
guage and they knew nothing of mine
hut | worked among them. learning
their language slowly and helping them
IN such ways as | could. II was slow
work but III time I learned enough to
tell them of the Bible and it's teach
ings. Before | left had helped them
build Il church and made arrangements
with the Wesleyan Methodists. which
society is best represented in Africa. to
take charge of the work | had begun
Ny stav there was one of my most
valuable experiences. secured q
Knowledge Of the natives first hand
and managed to pick UP Il good part
of their language. | left these Kaliirs
with regret for their ignarance and
their trust n me had made them my
friends in the ten months I lived with
them.
Leaving the Katfirs I went to the
Rose Deem Gold fields at Johannesburg
the biggest i'm the world. My money
had given out and l wanted work. I
knew that in these gold fields could
make more money than in any other
way and money would enable me to
see more of the world. ! was there
long time and found the language of
the low Cape Dutch very easy to learn.
made good money there and was able
to save enough to enable me to con-
tinue my travels. 1t was dangerous
work as we had to go far down into
the mines and we used great deal of
dynamite in hlasting the quartz.
Il MAS at work in the mines when the
Boer war broke cut in 1899 and l was
obliged TO leave at the point of a gun.
the Beers declaring that they would
have no English in their eoun.ry. I
was accordingly deported from the
Transvaal and went 10 Cape Colony.