The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-07-27
TREASURER osBoRNEs LETTER

July 10, 1915.
Dear Friends in Berea:-
Perhaps some readers OF the Citi-
zen will be interested in a letter
from this part Of Canada, where Mrs.
Osborne and I are spending o por-
ton Of our vacation amid the most
delightful surroundings imaginable.
From where I sit writing ! can
see Cameron point" three Fights OF
a mile distance, where the Rev. Mr.
Cameron and wife and young lady
from Detroit occupy a cottage on
peninsula jutting far out into the
lake. Just east Of the Cameron cot
tage, separated from IL by o strait
about the width Of the Dixie" High
way, is a small island with cottage
on Il owned by Rev. Cameron's cou-
sin from pittsburg. About a mile be-
yond on another island is the
CLARK" cottage which fronts the mid
die OF the strait. The Clarks are
Canadians from Belleville. In front
OF their cottage is a flagpole, from
the top of which floats the Union
Jack. with penants on either side,
this emblem looks good to me and |
am praying that il may be carried to
victory in this terrific struggle be-
tween fright" and might across the
sea.
IL is q strange experience to be
twenty miles from the sound Of the
locomotives where all nature is
quiet except for its own music. II
is a new sensation TO go to sleep
with the uncanny sound of bowling
wolves in the distance and to be
awakened in the night by the shrill
cry of the loon, think I understand
the expression, "As crazy as loon
better than ever before. A few days
ago, while on a fishing trip with my
son, Ralph, H. A. Beckett and son,
Herbert. from Cleveland, o.. we
caught a glimpse of fine deer that
had come down to the lake to drink.
II was a beautiful doe and stood
broadside towards us, a magnificent
mark: but the hunting season is not
on until November, so we must be
satisfied to see her gracefully lope
up the hillside TO join her mates.
MY friend Coddington will want
to know more particularly about the
fishing. Bert" would ask for no bet
ter sport than TO feel the ping, ping,
ping, as a fine trout grabbed his
bait near the bottom of the lake,
and then the innumerable thrills
as he reeled in about 200 feet Of cop
per wire, and finally the rewardine
pleasure that comes, when fried To
a beautiful brown, they make their
last appearance" on the dinner
table.
Camp-life is delightful. We have
a nice large tent with pine floor
three bed rooms and one living room
The utensils are crude but all the
more enjoyable for that. Ralph is @
genius with AK. saw and hammer
and puts to practical use, the trade
he learned in Berea. His wife for
merly Ruth Putnam is a splendid
hostess, and the chance to froliC
with my two healthy grandchildren
is great fun for me.
Although Berea is so far away
| travel there, in thought each day
I think Of the busy workmen toll
ing in the heat TO get the new build
ings ready for next fall and my, as
sociates in Berea's work who are
staying by the STUFF this sum-
mer with such heroic devotion.
think also of the Revival Meetings
soon to begin. May Heavenly wis
dom guide Brother Lamar, and lead
every Christian in Berea to do his
part. Then the Sire will fall' and
many souls be blest.
With good wishes TO The Citizen
and all its readers. \
Thos. j. Osborne