from her sister Flera. My! but wasn't she proud & please
te get them. I was too. I had a nice letter from Mr.
Herron. I also recd a package of Monroe papers, centain-
ing the account of the Synod, also one copy of the Ladies
Home Journal. Both well.

Thursday Feb. 17, 1898

I made a new kitchen for Mrs. G. today and placed the
stove in it ~ it is a great improvement and new she does
net have te ge up & dewn steps to the kitchen, to tire
her, for the kitchen is just off the diningreom - saving
her lots of steps. Cur neighbere are very much concerned
gout us having the kitchen in the house, or a part of the
heuse. They are English, you know and do not understand
evr American ways. However, they think it must be noce.
You see the others all have their kitchen away from the
heuses, the same as our Southern peeple whe live in the
country. Every bedy came in to see the improvement. When
Mrs. Crowley came here, she began te make the nice little
dainties we have at home, and these English brethren &
sisters never heard of only by reading. Again nice light
rells were made and &c. Now Mrs. C. gets a let of praise
fer these new inventions as Mr. Graham calls them, and
eur neighbors now make devghnuts & rolls & and some other
nice things which Mrs. C. has introduced and they think
there is nothing like them. We are getting along so
nicely and we heave seme good neighbors and friends. Mrs.
C. and I are invited eut te dinner tomorrow night with
Mrs. Wooding. Mr. Cameron, of B.M.S. from Wathen came in
this aem. and he will dine with them tomorrew night also.
We anticipate a nice time and goed dinner. Good night.

Feb. 12
My Dear Childrens Take down your geographies and turn te
the map of this great Gountry known as Africa. Down here
on the South West coast, find this mighty Genge River.
Now fellow this great river until you come to Matadi a
tewn at the feet of the Cataracts, the beginning of the
Congo Rail Read, and the terminus of Navigation en the
lower river. Matadi means stones or recks, and it is
situated en a very stony recky place. From there look Eas
and although it is net on the map, about 114 miles and you
will see Tumba, the meaning of which is, a great beetle
having huge herns. This place is, as many of yeu know,
the transport station ef the American Presbyterian Congo
Mission.

Here are the transport stations, alse, ef the Baptish
