Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-02-10

had possession of all their lands and
were depressing them very much.
! They rounded them all up, followers
and all, and took them up to the top
of this island and pitched them off the
hill, into the water below. They then
went to trading station on one of the
islands, the only place where they
alarmed foreign traders and asked
them if they were Christians. They
said they were Dutch, and they left
them alone. also forgot to mention,
that we attended reception of the U.
8. Consul General and the Governor
of Nagasaka, which was very fine.
HONOLULU, H. l., January 20, 1910.
DEAR FRIENDS -
On January 9Th, at II noon, we
dropped anchor, in the harbor of Yo-
kohoma and landed at two p. m. We
| took Rickshaws for ride around the
place, which is getting to be a common
| occurrence. We found more modern
town than We have yet visited in Jap
an. The streets are well paved and
have quite few of up-to-date houses.
The people were not SO enthusiastic
over our coming, as they are more
used to seeing Americans and Euro
peans. However, they gave us a
right good welcome, and made our
stay very pleasant. There were not
many places of importance to show US,
| only what might be seen in any city.
| However, we visited a very nice gar
| den and also a race track, on a hill
from which we had fine view of the
surrounding country. About 9:45 the
next morning, we took the train
! for Kauizawa, about one hours ride
through a we'll cultivated country !;
some hills, under two of which we pass
ed, and as usual in all Eastern coun-
tries, every inch Of land is treated aud
producing something for food, every
ravine, away up the hill where there
did not look to be more than two feet
| wide and the hills also If it is not all
rocks We arrived at Kanizawa
| in due time and proceeded to see that
town; very pretty and Quaint, nest
| ling among and all over low hills. We
| found on the top of one of these
hills bronze Budda, fifty feet high, in
a sitting posture and very pleasant
countenance. He had been there for
seven hundred years, waiting for us
and this was our first visit. We con-
cluded to have our pictures taken with
him, so a dozen or more or more of us
photographer took our picture for roc
each, of which | have two, and can
show you when we get home. If we
have not been to Heaven on this
trip we have at least sat on the lap of a
god. We found very fine hotel here,
at which we took lunch and then
strolled down to the beach to see the
fishermen draw in their nets. l ex-
pected to see some fine fish, that ]
might have fish story to tell, at least,
and vary the monotony from temples
and gods, to something else. The big
gest fish that l saw was about six inch
es long. AS we could not talk with
them we did not learn what use they
put them to. We returned to Yokoho-
ma about 3 p. M, and paid visit to
Miss Slate, missionary lady on the
Bluff, to whom we had letter of in
PRODUCTION from Rev. Mr.. Metzler,
which reached us at HongKong. We
hired couple of Rickshaws, men knew
the place and started. We found a
hill that was 80 steep that my two-foot.
ed pony could not pull me so got out
and walked up the hill and helped to
push Mrs. LaBar, to the great delight
of some of the natives. However, we
reached the place all right and found
the lady. She, and few other ladies,
were present and we passed very
pleasant hour with them and then re-
turned down the hill which was too
steep to ride down the hill so we had
to walk. We reached the foot of the
hill without accident and returned to
the ship for nights rest. On the
morning of the 8th we took the train
for Toxic, run of about 45 miles. We
found it a very modern place and the
Capitol of the Empire. 1t had wide
, streets and many open places for
parks. After riding around viewing
+ the place, we were taken to hall an6
, received by the Mayor and other Off.
cials. They had the theatre open for
our entertainment, and plenty of re.
freshments. After a very pleasant
day we returned to Yokohoma, feeling
asif we had spent a pleasant, profitable
! day. Sunday the 9th we spent very
+ quietly and went to union church and
heard q very good sermon. with the