COLUMBIAN FOUNTAIN.

MR.. ]. B. COUGH.
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The following interesting communication
is from the Boston Journal, of Saturday
last, and was handed to us by friend;


Mr.. SLEEPER By the steamer Caledo-
MIA of this week, a letter came to my care
for J. B. Cough. Being present when he
read it, had the opportunity not only to
know its contents, but to witness the hap
pness it gave him when he said, ''Why,
here is letter from my father--ihe first ]
have received since the fall of ls38--and
whom have not seen since June 1899"
Il is an excellent letter, written correctly,
in fair hand, and dated ssRoyal Hospital,
Chelsea, Sept. 90, 1886" Believing few
extracts may be interesting to the public,
they are made at my request. He COM
mences by saying: 4u a


at is a long time since saw or heard
from YOU. / had indeed given pail hopes
Of ever hearing Of you again. think about
three months since, Mr.. Ross called and


informed me that he had seen my son in
America, and that he had published histoy
of his life, which Immediately procured.
| am at loss, my dear son, how to ex-
press my feelings OH reading your book,
more particularly the first part Of it, You
must be aware that The narration Of the
many trials you encountered, must have
narrowed up the feelings Of father. Al
though am not member of the Total Alb
stinence Society, yet | bless God that such
a society exists, for by its instrumentality
am happy to say that my son was dead
and is alive again, he was lost and is found
and do dope tina. through grace you
will be enabled to perform with all fidelity
as Christian, your duty to God and man.
Oh, what unspeakable pleasure would 1t
give to your poor old father once more to
see his son before leaving this world OF
trials. am now in my sixty-sixth year,
and am in good degree Of health, and en-
i,y my present situation as pensioner OF
the "Royal Hospital" Give my very at
ectionate love to your sister Mary and FAM
ily, hoping they will all do well. My son
YOU have drawn sorrowful picture OF your
dear mothers nterment in your history;
felt that part Of it keenly. Remembef me