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Ida Chamness letters, 1910-1922
1912-08-23 Page 33
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-33- South; East and West; and traveled near two thousand miles in the Nation; among high and low, poor and rich. Ole Stangland was with us the the last two weeks. He was a very acceptable Friend from Iowa. It was a great comfort to have him by me. His father was raised in Stavanger, Norway. Elisha Bye had left for England two weeks before. A crowd of people were at the dock to see us and other passengers depart. Ida's father was one who was there to see us off. At eleven o'clock the ship left the dock. Those that were left on the shore stood in a long row waving their white handkerchiefs at us biding us a long farewell. Having now returned to England, I will give some account of our travels in this nation:-- We went to Derby, and from there to Ambergate station; and then to Fritchly. We were truly glad when we arrived at the end of our journey. Thomas Davidson took us to the home of Lydia Sargent, who took care of us all very kindly. We attended a meeting at Fritchly. It was a very cold and lifeless meeting, I pity them. The next day we went to a double burrial. A man and his wife were both laid in the same grave; one corpse on top of the other. There was a very large crowd of people. And we had a good opportunity to speak to them at the grave: several testimonies were borne to the evertasting truth. We went from the grave to the friends' meeting house in Nottingham. And had a meeting there with the family and a few friends.
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-33- South; East and West; and traveled near two thousand miles in the Nation; among high and low, poor and rich. Ole Stangland was with us the the last two weeks. He was a very acceptable Friend from Iowa. It was a great comfort to have him by me. His father was raised in Stavanger, Norway. Elisha Bye had left for England two weeks before. A crowd of people were at the dock to see us and other passengers depart. Ida's father was one who was there to see us off. At eleven o'clock the ship left the dock. Those that were left on the shore stood in a long row waving their white handkerchiefs at us biding us a long farewell. Having now returned to England, I will give some account of our travels in this nation:-- We went to Derby, and from there to Ambergate station; and then to Fritchly. We were truly glad when we arrived at the end of our journey. Thomas Davidson took us to the home of Lydia Sargent, who took care of us all very kindly. We attended a meeting at Fritchly. It was a very cold and lifeless meeting, I pity them. The next day we went to a double burrial. A man and his wife were both laid in the same grave; one corpse on top of the other. There was a very large crowd of people. And we had a good opportunity to speak to them at the grave: several testimonies were borne to the evertasting truth. We went from the grave to the friends' meeting house in Nottingham. And had a meeting there with the family and a few friends.
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