Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-27

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It has been nearly three weeks
since heard from home, but l hope
next mail will bring a letter from
you. Very little mail from America
has been coming the asst two weeks,
and / think it is partly due to the
fact that now the roads are getting
bad, they won't load the mules
heavily, and so all the mail doesn't
come up any one week.
It has been about ten days since
any new cases have appeared among
DR.. Taylor's cows, but he lost nine
head in all, nearly all of the herd of
Burmese cattle he bought from
Gillies, and for which he and DR..
Beach paid hundred dollars. We
are not using any of the milk yet,
and we do miss it. 1t is dreadful
disease, and is all over the country.
Almost any time you can see a flock
of buzzards lowering over some
dead COW or buffalo, unless the peo-
pie get there first and take the meat
off to market to sell it. Every now
and then some one is poisoned by
diseased meat. Several we ks ago,
some of the girls were quite sick,
and found on inquiry that our new
matron had bought some dried beef
(which was dressed, of course) and
bad given the girls diarrhoea.
Last Saturday was DR. Taylor's
birthday, today is Mr.. Hartzell's
and tomorrow is mine; so yesterday
Mrs. Taylor had a big dinner, and
everything was so nice. / didn't go
back to school in the afternoon, and
we just spent the afternoon together,
and had tea at four thirty. The peo-
pc went home at five o, clock.
A cablegram came this week from
the Board, giving permission to our
to open new station at
Chieng Roong, nearly months dis
lance from our northernest station,
Chieng Raj. The nearest way will
not be through our mission, but
through Burmah. The reason we
claim it, is because it is said the
language of those northern peoples
is the same as ours, allowing of
course, for notifications. We don't
know yet who will be sent there;
the two cd families.
A letter from Mrs. Palmer last
week says they were then passin :
through the Red Sea and would
reach Suez the next day. They had
ost time in the Indian Ocean, anc |
we're racing to catch up; so they
we're spending ry little time at
my of the ports, which was disap-
pointing to the Palmers. They had
n gotten over their sea-siCkness,
md were enj ing the trip.
One Of the bright and shining
lights in our church played Dr..
Taylor and myself cute little skin
rsme the other day. He is an awful
Id poke, but had some nice little
so | pitied him and gave
lin work at cutting the grass. He
vas 80 slow, that it made the grass
utting a very expensive job to me.
Not long ago. he came to me with
ne tale that he wanted to buy new
louse (Which meant the beams. and
foundation posts). A man had a
house that he asked six ticals for,
but he had beat him down to FIVE,
and he thought he could get it for
four. So he wanted me to help him
out. So said. well. owe you one
teal for your work. and will give
you three ticals myself. so you go
aud buy your house," which he pro-
Gee ded to do. One of our poor
Christian women has come in from
the country. and DR.. Taylor had to
put up house for her. So he an
nounced the other morning at the
breakfast table: well. have just
bought house from moi Wan (my
friend) for nine ticals." The old