Year: 1874

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two months. You have no doub


heard of the sudden death of Mrs


Heron on the 18th of January


She was i'll only two days, and al


that time suffered most excruciating


ly. She died of inflammation of the


bowels. She made such a pleasant


home for us; was SO thoughtful an6


considerate for us ALL 1t leaves g


sad blank in the household. Any


other one ofus could have been bet


ter spared.


Miss Bacon, who had been al


Dehra, has been appointed principal


of Woodstock, and came here the


last of December to get the house
ready to open school the 1st OF
March. The school having been
placed under the care of Mr.. Heron,


Sarah Morrison was to come here
and assist Miss Bacon, but she, not
being strong enough, could not do all
that was to be done here, so she and
1 exchanged places, and she is in the
Dehra School, and 1 am helping to
start an American Seminary in the
Himalaya Mountains.


I suppose you have all helped to
purchase this building, and feel a
deep interest in it's history. Since
it's purchase there has been any
amount of discussion in the Mission
as to whether it should be open to
the English public, or be confined to
the children of our Missionaries.
L had always been in favor of schools
by which we could reach the Anglo
Indian public, and was glad when
the matter was settled at our last
Synod which met at Dehra, though l
had no idea of being sent here my
self.


The house is old, and had been
neglected for the past three years,
consequently it needed much renova-
ton and cleaning, all of which Miss
Bacon has had done, and it is a sweet,
clean, handsome-looking house. We
have now eight pupils, but have the
promise of thirty, as many as we
wish for the year. I have been here
four weeks, and never worked hard
er in my life, for there was SO much
to be done to get the house in readi-
ness. It is comfort to feel that our
new work is the subject of many
prayers at home. We feel that
"Woodstock" has become o house
hold word there. Oh! that it may
prove blessing to this land!


We had snow every day for the
last three days, and I enjoyed it very
much, as it is the first 1 have seen
fall since I left home. This after
noon I took the girls up to the top of
Lal-Tiba, our highest peak, and they
had fine fun, s1aOao-6dllimg. We had
a grand view of the snowy range.
They are eight miles distant.


1 feel more like writing about peo-
pie and things at home, and yet I
will tell you something of my visit to
Ambola and Lahore, during our
School vacation.


At Ambola I saw all the Morrisons.
I enjoyed them very much. The Dr..
is a magnificent looking old man,
with long white hair and beard.
It looked strange to see him every
night down on the floor, playing
with his little son Charlie, helping
him to build block houses, &c. His
wife is the youngest of the family ex-
cept charlie.


I went with Henrietta Morrison to
see her bananas, and was much in
terested in them. One woman want
ed to know who I was, and said to
"who is this woman?
Does she go round preaching like
you do?" In one house was a
widow, shut up alone, as she has no
children. Her jewels she said she
had laid aside. They were buried
in the wall of the house.
She said she would be talked about at
once if she put them on. She had
very handsome face when it was lit
up with smile. She said she was
very lonely and begged us to stay
longer.


All BANANA women are glad to see
any ladieshas it gives some variety to
their monotonous life. In one of
them the women entertained us by
showing us their jewelry-putting it
on, to show me how the different
articles are worn.


In Lodianna 1 went with Mrs.
Myers to her heather school. Her
assistant there is a native Christian
woman, who has lost her feet. She
has a rude little contrivance on
wheels, by which she is taken to the
school. She sits on the floor and
teaches a number of small children.


There is such a wide field in Lo-
dianna, and Mrs. Myers has begun
such a good work there, but she is
obliged to leave on account of her
two boys. She and Mrs. Janvier
both expect to return to America
next year. Mrs. Janvier has a dis
ease of the heart, and feared she
would be obliged to go home this
year.


At Iahnra [ met all the NeMtOns