Section of Letter from Hattie

Section of Letter from Hattie

Visitors, Foreign; Morphine; Pain; Sabbath

At the beginning of this letter, Harriet shares that while she was walking with Mr. Eitel they were called 'foreign devils' which is not as common as it used to be. She then goes on to write about her "Hypodermic man" in China who taught her about injecting medicine into the body via syringe. She had not thought about it until Henry told her about injecting morphine for pain which the man also taught her. She mentions that they acquired a stereoscope which they have been showing to visitors.

Noyes, Harriet Newell

Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection

Unpublished

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Council on Library and Information Resources Hidden Special Collections Grant

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It seemed to create quite a sensation
when we went in I suppose they
are not accustomed to seeing ladies
there. The other day as I was
going along one of the streets with
Mr Eitel some one shouted after us
"fan qui" foreign devils. It used to be
quite common in Canton to call
foreigners by that epithet but is not
often heard now. It seems so strange
to walk along the narrow streets some
of them not much over a yard wide
It seems almost like being in a house
+ walking along a narrow hall
the more so as some of the streets
are covered. The Chinese are very
expert in making paper flowers
I saw beautiful large bouquets a
foot high for 18 cts. I wish I could
send some home, They imitate
dahlias in every variety of size +
color most perfectly.
I wonder if the girls will remember
anything about my "Hypadermic man"
as they used to call him that I met
on the cars when I was coming
form the east who told me
about injecting medicine into the

system with a syringe. + gave me
directions + advised me to get a
syringe and go to practicing .
I remember they had some foun at
my expense + that of the "Hypadermic
man" . I thought no more of it
until I reached China + Henry
very soon told me of a [u]wonderful[/u]
way of relieving pain by injecting
morphine with a Hypadermic syringe,
the very same thing that that man had
told me about. I would be glad
now if I had followed his advice
and provided myself with a syringe
You must tell Cyrus I am aware that I
am changing the subject very
abruptly but my eyes happened
just now to light on the stereoscope
that we have taken so much pleasure
looking at the views I brought +
it is quite a treat to our visitors.
The English missionaries here have
very faint ideas of the grandeur
of America ,they seem surprised
that we have such fine scenery
in the United States. Henry's organ
is a very good one, but the climate

turns the keys yellow so soon that it
makes it look old. I played on it first
the anthem "When the worn spirit seeks
repose" and sometime I wish the choir
would sing it for me. I wanted to
sing it the last Sabbath morning I was
at home but we did not get to the
church in time. You must tell me
about SS Class when you write
I hope we will soon get letters from
home, only think it has been two
months since I have heard
from home but of course I could
not expect one You must give
my love to all my dear friends
sometime I will try + write
some letters but I foresee that
my time will be fully occupied
I suppose by the time you get this Mattie
will be at home from Ashland. I
hope she has had a pleasant term.
I wish some of you would tell Mrs
Shaw that I meant to stop + see
her the morning I came away but you
know it was impossible I have felt
very badly that it was so. And
now I will say good-night + ever
[u]so much love[/u] to all the dear ones
Your aff daughter
Hattie -



似乎引起了不小的轰动
当我们进去的时候，我想他们
不习惯见女士
那里。前几天和我一样
沿着其中一条街道走
艾特尔先生，有人在我们身后大喊
“外国鬼子”。它曾经是
在广州很常见
外国人用那个绰号，但不是
现在经常听到。看起来很奇怪
沿着狭窄的街道走一些
它们中的一码宽不远
感觉就像在一个房子里
+ 沿着狭窄的大厅走
更何况一些街道
被覆盖的。中国人很
制作纸花的专家
我看到美丽的大花束
英尺高 18 美分。我希望我能
送一些回家，他们模仿
各种尺寸的大丽花
颜色最完美。
不知道女生会不会记得
关于我的“皮下注射人”的任何事情
正如他们过去常称他为我遇到的那样
我来的时候在车上
形成告诉我的东方
关于注射药物

系统用注射器。他给我
方向，并建议我得到一个
注射器去练习。
我记得他们玩得很开心
我的费用和“皮下
男人”。我没有更多的想法
直到我到达中国。亨利
很快就告诉我一个美妙的
通过注射缓解疼痛的方法
吗啡与皮下注射器，
和那个男人一样的东西
告诉我。那我会很高兴的
现在如果我听从他的建议
并为自己提供了一个注射器
你必须告诉赛勒斯我知道我
我非常改变话题
突然，但我的眼睛发生了
刚才点亮立体镜
我们非常高兴
看着我带来的意见。
这对我们的游客来说是一种享受。
这里的英国传教士有
对宏伟的非常微弱的想法
美国，他们似乎很惊讶
我们有这么好的风景
在美国。亨利的器官
是很好的，但是气候

很快就把钥匙变黄了
让它看起来很旧。我先玩了
国歌“当疲惫的精神寻求
休息”，有时我希望合唱团
会为我唱。我想
在我的最后一个安息日早晨唱它
在家里，但我们没有到达
及时的教堂。你必须告诉我
写的时候关于安息日学校
我希望我们能很快收到来自
回家，只觉得已经两
几个月以来我听说
从家里，但我当然可以
不要指望一个你必须给
我对所有亲爱的朋友的爱
有时我会尝试写
一些信件，但我预见到
我的时间将被完全占用
我想当你得到这个玛蒂的时候
将在阿什兰的家中。我
希望她有一个愉快的任期。
我希望你们中的一些人会告诉夫人
肖，我打算停下来看看
她在我离开的那天早上，但你
我知道这是不可能的
非常糟糕的是它是如此。和
现在我要说晚安
我向所有亲爱的人发送如此多的爱
你的女儿
海蒂——

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