From the Springfield Republican. LETTER FROM DIR. HOWE.
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A friend of Dr, Howe (whose letters from Greece are familiar to the public) in this county has politely furnished US with the following amusing extract of letter from the Doctor, lately received by rel- ative of his in Boston, dated,

 MALTA, Nov. 3, 1928.

 What shall I tell you about Malta for suppose you will insist upon knowing something about it. You will recoIlect that Paul was shipwrecked upon an island called Meli,a, which in the modern vernac- ular signifies Malta-and here is the very cave in which he took refuge, and where the barbarians built a fire, and you may see the very seat upon which he rested- that is if you believe the Priests, and flor what ki'ow) they may have the very vi- per that bit him, preserved in bottle of spirits; for they show you so many, won drous things, that you cannot doubt: why, they have here in their churches not only bones of the Saints, the exhibition of which will yet perform miracles, but several hundred weight of the true Cross--and