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VOLUME I
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1867.
NUMBER 21.
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Attorneys and  Counselors at Law) Notaries
' Public and Conveyancers,
Special attention  given to proceedings in
Bankruptcy in tlie United States Courts.
Sauk Centre,        - - Minnesota. •
Office over the Post Office.
The
Kit7NEtl^rard. O. I-Iasnlin
—HAS RESUMED—
Practice of Law
IN    T. LOUD,- MINl|.
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Bankraptcy in United. States Courts.
Ofjfioe in Alden's brick building, up stairs
Oct. 1,18S7. octlO-Gm
COMISG HOME.
O brothers' and sisters, growing old,
Do you all remember yet
That home In the shade of the rustling trees,
Where once our household met?
Do you know how we used to come from
school,
Through the summer's pleasant heat;
With the yellow fennel's golden dust
On our tired little feet?
And sometimes in an idle mood
We loitered by the way:
And stopped-in the woods to gather flowers,
!  Andin the fields to play:-
Till warned by the deep'ning shadows' fall
. That told of the coming night,,
We climbed to the top of the last long htll,'
And saw our home insight?
And, brothers and sisters, older now
Than she whose life is o'er, -'
Do yon think of the mother's loving kce,
That looked from the open door?
Alas, for the changing things of time!
; That home in the dust is low;
And that loving smile was hid from us,
; In the darkness, -long ago!
And we have come to life's last hill,
- From which our weary eyes   •
Can almost look on the home that shines
Eternal ln the skies.
So, brothers and sisters, as we go,
Still let us move as one,
Always together keeping step,
Till the march of life Is dons. . (
For that mother who waited for us here,
| Wearing a smile so sweet,
Now waits on the hill of paradise
I For her children's coming feetl
B. R. PALMER,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
£■ Resi d once near the Mill.Sauk Centre. -"an
3a. l. Goai^ojff,
Goudon
&
Attorneys
L. W. COLLIKS.
Collins,
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TOBACCO-
V
St. Cloud, Stearns .County, Minnesota
.03- Particular attention given to business
Ijffl adjoining coimtius.
The smoker leans.on hispid settee,
A-puffin a.rank cigar,- J
And he grins a grin, so pleased is he   -
To puff the smoke afar;
And he snufis and snuffs, and puffs and puffs
Like a man with a bad-cataiihv
His boon companion beside" him sits,
And a stale old quid he chaws:
And. a plug of weed, which he bites in bits,
■ He holds In his dirty paws;
And he sits and sits, and squirts and spits
■   The slime from his juicy jaws.
And happy "are they as a pair of twins,
A-spittmg and slobbering there,
And a dirty spittoon between, their shins,...
1 Which they hold with the greatest care.
Forgetting their debts and forgetting their
■=   sins;   .
And forgetting tho need of prayer. ■-_
TBE^^si^gacaK3zJ£Spag5nss^^7.^^.-.^ gg a ■^isjgaaF^fcw.^.ja^Mua
riLLIAM J. PAKSONt
•'■■
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Saint Gcrmaine street, over Burbalik Bros.;
St. Cloud, Minnesota.
HAS; WALKER;'
Attorney• atLow.
R. P. ESSON,
Attorney atLawand
Notary- Public
Edson .&" Walker,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS, >'?
•Ofiloo over Phlladelphl'aStor'e on Third street,
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota. ,
Business Property, Houses and Lots, Farms,
farming Lands, etc., etc., bought and sold on1
commission.
ATTENTION!
%s called to the fact that our facilities for malting out Pre-eniptionp'apevs and for locating
and entering Government Land with Cash,!
"Scrip or Land Warrants are unsurpassed by
any office west of St. Cloud: ■ A large assortment of Town Plots for the use of seekers of
•Claims on hand and kept constantly corrected by correspondence - with the ■ Laud Office".
We have in"our hands for sale some of the
finest Farms and -Farming Lands in this
uppor countjy.  .
BUSINESS   CARDS.
gfttettang.'
CJ
THE FmSf'OFFEKCP.
came oonvinoed that the young man
had taken the money.
" It is in vain," said I at length, to
impose upon me. I am convinced that
you have taken this, and that it is art
this moment in your possession. The
evidence against, you is sufficient to
justify me in immediately dismissing
you from my service. But; you are a
very young man ; your conduct has, I-
believe been hitherto correct,, and I
am willing to afford -you an opportunity
of redeeming the past. All knowledge
of this matte* rests between ourselves.
.Candidly /confess, therefore the error
of which you have been guilty • restore I
what you have taken; endeavor by
your future good conduct, to deserve
my confidence and respeet, and this
circumstance shall never transpire to
injure you."
The poor fellow was deeply affected
and in a voice almost inarticulate with
emotion he   acknowledged his  guilt,
and  said  that  having frequently seen
me receive the money without oounting
it, on being  entrusted with it himself,
the idea  flashed across  his mind that
he might easily  abstract some without
-incurring  suspicion,  or  at all events,
without there being sufficient evidence
to justify it; that being in distress, the
\9mptati0n proved stronger than his
pjwer of resistance, and he had yielded.
" I cannot now," he continued, prove
hov deeply your forbearance has touoh-
ed lae: time alone can show that it has
not keen misplaced."    He left me to
resmtne his duties...
j  Days,   weeks   and   months    passed
away, during which I scrutinized his
conduct- with   the    greatest   anxiety, 1
whilst at the same - time  I • carefully;
guarded ajainst any suspicious watchfulness ;". tfcid with  delight I observed
that sO;far my experiment had succeeded.    The greatest regularity and atten-f
tion, the utmost devotions to my interests,  marked sua business habits;   and
this without any display ;   for his quietl
and humble department was from time
to time remarkable.'.:
At length, finding his conduct invariably marked by openness and plain
dealing, my confidence in him was so
far restored that, on a vacancy occurring in a situation of greater trust and
increased emolument than the one he
had hitherto filled,. J placed him in it;
and never had I the slightest reason to
repent ,the part I_ had acted towards
him.
For years ho served me with fidelity
and devotion. His character for rigid,:
nay even scrupulous honeity, was so
well known that "as honestas Smith,"
ness, I have had intercourse with every
variety of temper and disposition, and
I hate never found, reason to swerve
from the principle with which I set out
in liff, to " temper justice with mercy."
Su<h was the story of our friend.—
And I believe not one in the company
but returned home * more disposed to
judge leniently of the failings of his fellow features and as far as lay in his
powfr, extend to all who might -fall into
temptation that mercy which, under
simiki circumstances he would wish
shown to himself, feeling "that it is
more bussed to save than to destroy."
GEN.
GHftANT   AND    THE
MON BRIGADE.
PEK8IM-
boys don't make a raid on one of the
suttlers,  ef We're  hung for it  in five
Darn 'em, they're as bad as
They wont trust a fellow to
minutes 1
the rebs I
a cent P
' Now,''
'yon look
if you'll bo
w,
H. MISER,
Insurance Agent,
'Sauk Centre, -        - Minnesota.
Represents the soundest and most reliable
Fire, Life and Accident Insurance Companies of the. Eastern and Western
States.-  Office bver.-the Post Office.
E
DWARD DREBLOW,
Cabinet Maker,
Main street, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Keeps constantly on hand a complete stock
of Furnlturej-^Gloffins, &c.
All orders will receive prompt attention.
B
ILLIARD SALOON,
A. DE GROAT, Proprietor.
.Thjrdvstireet, Sauk Centre, Minnesota.'
Has first class Phelan & Collender Billiard
Tables.
Choice Wines, Liquors, Ale, Porter and
Cigars. 1
J. WHITEFIELD,
House &* Sig-n 1-ainter,
Taining, Glazing, Paper Hanging, Ac, done
with neatness and oh reasonable terms.
Work warranted equal in quality to that
■9 Meed upon or no charges made.   *ff" Paint
£ hop next dooi; to THaEaas A' CcPfe
SaukiOenlre,:.Miiiri;^Inkie!5,- 18)77. •   :
XOHN CHRISTGAH, •
^Qoot Sc Shoe Mlalie^rj   "
MainStreet, Sauk Centre, Minn.,
A copjpjete stock 'Of Boits and Shoes kept
constantly on hand, and made to order on
short notice.   Good fits warranted.
Repairing promptly done, at reasonable-
prices.  All kinds of Shoemaker's Tools for
sale.
AND OFFICE
i AGENCY.
& REAL ESTATE
Miner,
Lands sold on commission. Farms composed of Prairie, Meadow and Timber Land
for sale.
Persons desiring to enter Land, with- Cash,
Scrip or Land Warrants, or to file Pre-
Emption claims, can do so at my office
and avoid the time and expense of
a trip to St. Cloud.
Office over the Post Office, Sauk Oentre,
Minnesota.
In th'4 cheerful* drawing room of my
friend Stevenson, a select party assembled to celebrate his birthday. A very
animated discussion had been carried1
on as to whether the first deviation
from integrity should be treated with
severity or leniency. Various were the
opinions, and numerous were the arguments brought forward to support
them.
The, majority appeared to lean on the
side of " crush all offences in the bnd,"
when a warm hearted old gentleman
exclaim ed,—
'.' Depend upon it, more young peo-
.pie are lost to society.;, from-a first offence being treated with injudicious severity, than from the contrary extreme.
Not that I would pass -over even the
slightest deviation from integrity, either in word or deed: that would certainly be mistaken kindness; on the other
hand, neither would I punish under the
influence of temptation,—temptation,
too, that we ourselves may have
thoughtlessly placed in the way, in
such a manner as to render it irresist-
able."
"There is truth in wh%t,you say,"
remarked the benevolent host, who had
hitherto taken no part in the conversation ; " and it reminds me of a oir-
cumstance that occurred in the earlier
part of my life, which will serve to illustrate' the subject you have beenNfiis-
•oussing."
" In tho outset of my business career," s^d he, " I took into my em-
ployment'a young man to fill the situation of under olerk ; according to a rule
I had laid down, whenever a stranger
entered my service, his duties were of
a nature as to involve as little respon-
jsib.ility as possible, and sufficient time-
had been given to form a oorrect estimate »f his character. This young
man whom I shall call Smith, was of a
respectable family. He had lost his father, and had a mother and sister dependent upon.him.
After he had been a short time in
my ""miployment it happened that my
confidential clerk,.whose duty it was to
receive the money from the bank for
the payment of wages, being prevented
-by an unforeseen circumstance from attending at the proper, time, sent the
sum required by Smith.
My confidence was so great in my.
head clerk that I was not in tfie habit
of regularly^c\3untrhj the money when
brought to me ; but as on this occasion
.ij; had passed through other hands I
thought it right to do so. Therefore,
calling Smith back as he was leaving
tne counting-house, I desired him to
wait a few rninutes and proceeded to
ascertain whether it was quite correct.
'Great was my surprise and, concern on
finding that there was considerable deficiency.
] .tylRsoin whom,'"' said I,  " did you receive this money t'
He. replied, "fj;pmMr. " naming
my confidential clerk.
"It is strange," said I, "but the
money is incorrect." He changed
"countenance and his eye fell as I looked at him hut he answered with tolerable composure " that 'it was as he received it."
After some further questioning I be-
became a proverb  among his acquain
tances
One  morning I missed him fiom his
accustomed place; and on inquiry learned that he was detained at home by indisposition.    Several days elapsed, and
still he was absent;   and upon calling
at his house to inquire after him, I
found  the  family in great distress en
his account.    His  complaint had proved typhus fever of a  malignant kind.
'From almost ihe commencement of hit
attack  he  had as his wife ( for he had
been married some time) informed me,
lain in   a   state   of   unconsciousness,
from whioh he had roused only to the'
ravings of delirium, and that the physicians gave little hope of his recovery.
For some days -he continued in the
same state;'  at length  a message was
brought that Mr. Smith wished to see
me, the messenger adding, that Mrs.!
Smith wished I  would come as soon as
possible,  for  she  feared her husband
was dying.    I immediately obeyed the
summons.
On entering his chamber, I found
the whole of his family assembled to
take farewell of him they so tenderly
loved. As soon as he perceived me he
motioned for me to approach near him,
and taking my hand-in both of: .his,, he
turned towards me, full of gratitude
and affeotion, and said,—-
" My dear master, my best earthly
Meiid, I have sent foryottithat I might
give you the thanks and blessings of a.
'dying man for all your goodness to me.
To your mercy and generosity I owe
it that I have lived useful and respected, that I die lamented and happy.
To you I owe it that I leave to my chjl-.
dren a name unsullied by crime, that
in after years the blush of shame shall
never tinge their oheeks at the memory of their father. " O God," he continued,- " thou who hast said " Blessed
are the merciful,"-bless- him. Accord-]
ing to the measure he has meted unto
others do thou mete unto him."     •
Then turning to his family, he said,
" my bel'oved wife and children, I trust
you without fear to the heavenly Parent who has said leave thy fatherless
children to Me and-I will preserve them
alive, and let the widows trust in Me."
And you, my dear master, will I know
be to them as you have been to me—
guide, protector and friend."
" That,", oontinued the kind old man,
looking round upon us wit$ glistening
eyes, though mixed With sorrow, was
one of the happiest moments of my
life. As I stood by the bedside of the
dying and looked at his children growing up virtuous, and respecting and
honoring, as muoh as they loved their
father; when I sawt, his wife, though
overcome with grief for the loss of a
tbnder and beloved husband, yet sorrowing not as one without hope-;' when
I saw him.,gfj,lmly awaiting for the inevitable stroke, trusting in the mercy
of God, and at peace with his fellow-
men ; and when I thought of what the
-reverse of this., -p-pighj; have been—
crime, misery, a disgraceful and dishonored life, perhaps a shameful death
—had I yielded to the first impulse of
indignation, I felt a happiness which
no word can express.
My friends I am an old man.    During a long and eventful career in busi-
Such of our readers as served in East
Tennesse during the winter campaign
of 1863—4, *ill remember that the soldiers were veVy scantily supplied with
clothing, and \t was a common thing to
issue corn in tLe ear as rations to men
and mules, eac'a receiving from one to
three ears per day. This is especially
true of a brigade of Indiana six months
men, known as the " Persimmon Brigade," because hoi relishing the com in
the ear, they chose to subsist on persimmons. So much were the men kept
on tlie alert that, though Major Ballard,
a paymaster was present, the command-
ding officer would not allow hifti to pay
off. the regiment for more than a
month.
Such was the state of affairs when
Gen. Grant, having been appointed to
the supreme command of the army;
paid a flying visit to the forces.
Grant arrived unannounced and unexpected, at the place on a bitter cold1
1 day; and forbade the firing of a salute
or making any other demonstrations.
After spending some time with Gen.
Wilcox, Grant went out and mounted
his horse. The sentinel, who was an
an uncouth specimen of the Hoosier,1
was trying to keep himself warm by
walking to and fro, alternately striking the butt of his musket on the pavement, and testing the solidity of the
frozen earth - by trying to thrust the
point of his bayonet into it.
Gen. Grant appeared to be amused at
the performance, and addressing the
soldier said ; " Well, my man,.to what
command do you belong T"
Picking up-an old shoe on the point1
of his bayonet, and twirling" it in :the!
air, the man replied, "I belong to the
wun hundred and —th Injyanny, Col.
—— the d d old rip."
"You doTTt seem -to -li-fce-Gol.- ,"
said Grant:;   '
" Now, look here, Mister," replied
the soldier, "T don't wish you any
harm,  but I wish you had to take my
said, the Gonoral
like an holiest man ; and
sure to pay me, I'll lend you a dollar.
The Hoosiers countenance brightened up.
" tjpon my soul'and honor, Mister,
"I'll pay you."
" Very good, here's the money. Now
be as good as yoiir word,' said the General, and he handed the soldier a Government note.
* Hello,  Mister!'     said   the soldier
opening the bill   and   looking at .it.
- You've made a devil of a mistake I
This is a V' I won't take that much.'
' All right,' said Grant turning his
horse and starting off, ' lend some of
it to Jim and the other boys—I have
nothing smaller just now.'
The soldier set his musket against
the fence, and running after the General, caught his horse by the bridle
and stopped him ; and, while the tears
were streaming down his bronzed
cheeks, said • ' Look here, Mister, youve
got a soul! you are a christian I I am,
myself when I'm at home—and if you
don't go to heaven, there's no use in
having such a place I Mister, do you
live in Injianny ? I want to
when I get home.'
' No matter,' said Grant, 'where I live.
You'll find me some time.' And the
General disengaged the soldier's hand
from his bridle rein, put spurs to his
horse and rode off.
' By the lordy I said the man, isnt
the man a buster ? And wont pur boys
have tobacker and a good time 1 I'll
make him and his people rich! The*
sutlers—dod rot em !—may go to the
devil, and stick their tobacker !' and he
walked bacK, ignorant of the name
and ranK of the man of whom he had
borrowed the money. ' It is but just
to remans., says the gentleman who
tells the story, j that though suffering
for food, clothing and other neces3aries,|
there were no better soldiers in the army than the 'Persimmon Brigado.-'j
The officers were as destitute and- as
helpless as the men ; and were powerless to  assist them.    Col.- ,  against
whom the antipathies of many soldiers
were directed was a brave and deserving Officer, and was really, in no wise
responsible for the fact that his soldiers!
had no overcoats, blanKets, food, pay
and tobacco. He, himself, was but a
little better off.'
pay you
" Try me and see." He made a sign
over his left shoulder. We instantly
responded by starting off, with the left
foot first, for a lager beer saloon. We
were brothers from that instant.
Saw another place where the figures
"33" were marked on a board with
chalk. "Is that a trestle board?.".we;
enquired. No, said the fellow who"
stopped work for a moment to take a
ohew, " that's only the tail board of a
lime wagon." "Then what - means'
those mystic figures—art thou a 33d-
degreeist, gentle Brother ?" " Dern,
yer picterj no, that's only the number
of loads the wagon cfiap has hauled." ■
Saw a noble looking man with bowlegs, a crooked back and one eye,"
watching some masons at work. This,
we thought, must be the Hicokolorum
himself. What a courtly gentleman !
"Are you the Sovereign Grand Inspector General," we asked? "II—11, no,
I'm the feller as hauls the water for
the masons 1"
A little further on saw a man with a
trowel enter a saloon."1 Followed- him."-
He was taking a drink at the bar> ,.
" Are you a mason ?" said we.
" I am," he replied. i
'■ ■■ "How may I know you to be Such ?'*
" By my trowel, my leather apron,
my muddy boots and my-dirty-hands.'.':
" Enough I What are you now doing ?"
"Doing I    lam  doing the baf out of'
a drink," said he,   as he shot off,--and
the barkeeper  after Jbdm  with an. icepick in his hand.
We then gave it up. No doubt the
Masons are a noble brotherhood, but ]
we couldn't get much information out
of them. Guess we will have to join
them before we can find out much, j
Eternal liberty is the price of ^vengeance. „
THE MASOMS.
place under him for a month or two."
" Why, what is the matter .with him?"
inquired the General.
" Matter I—why, dod rot his old soul 1
he's starvin' us to death." :'
"Starving you !"
" Yes, sir, starvin' us ! I don't expect
you'll believe me, for its a tough story
to tell a white man; but its a gospil
truth, I hain't had 'a thing to eat now
(for more-than eight days, except a few
persimmons!"
" Well," said Grant, " that is a pretty tough story." .
" Yes, it is, but'I'll take my so&£ oath
on a stack of bibles as high as that
house, that its every word the gospil
truth ! Mister, can you give me a chaw
of tobasker?"
" I hare no tobacoo about me," said
the Geneial, but I can get you some;" I
and turning to one of hisesoortshe
got a plug of tobacco and handed it
aver to " lijianny."
He took vut his knife to cut it, and
looking up, stid, " Please, Mister, may
T take two chaws ? I havn't had a taste
' of tobacker for more'n four weeks I
Dod rot the suttlers."
j " O, yes," said Grant, "you may keep
the whole plug if. you ohoose, Wej
have plenty."
,'Now, Mister, I thank you very
much, I'll give you ten pounds of tobacker some time. This'll be meat,
coffee and blankets for Jim and me." -
" Why, don't you have blankets
enough?"'
" Blankets!—•thundei! Mister I spbse
you'll think I'm an ungodly liar ; but I
hain't had no blanket noi overcoat now
for more'n'^ six weeks h-and, lordy!
ain't it cold o' nights? I vtish you had'
to-try it as we do ! No !—thats a lie I
I don't wish it neither I" *
" How oame you to be irithout an
overcoat and a blanket T' th*) General
inquired.
" Why, suV  said the Hoosi-ir, " Col.
 , the d—d old rip, took us out of
camp over there at Clinch Gap, and
while-we were gone the Johnnies—jdod
rot their thievin'rebel hearts!—1 wish
I had about six of 'em here now t-^they
made a raid on my oamp, and stole all
our overcoats and blankets I dod darn
?eiBu"
" Well;" said Grant,- '•' you do seem
to have a hard time of it."
"T rawther guess we do," said the
soldier; " and that-ain't all I darn me,
ef I've had a dollar now for more'n four
months."
" What is the reason of that?" queried the General. " Don't the Paymaster oome around?"
"Yes" said the soldier, "the Paymaster oame around two months ago,
and he was lousy with greenbacks."
' WeiHf -4hen,' said Grant,' Why
didn't you get .-your pay ?'
' Why, jist this reason, Mister. After we'had signed the. pay rolls, and
the Paymaster had the ready John Davis
counted out in piles for us, Col. ^the
d d old rip,  marched us off over
the Clinoh Gap, and we hain't seen no
Paymaster since. And I tell you, Mister, when this tobacker's gone I'll be
dod rotted .to thunder ef me and the
Brilliant Success  in  Reporting   Their
!. Prpoeeaings,
From the St. Paul Pioneer, r,
A reporter has to be a little of everything. . When he- reports a Church
Convention he is a Churchist. When
he describes a prize fight he is a rough.
When he is at a Temperance Convention, he is a Good Templar, &c. But
it is another thing when he goes to report the Masons.
The chief of the editorial staff told
us yesterday to "report the proceedings
of the Masons." So off we started.
Now we never rode the goat or got
roasted on the Masonic grid-iron, but
had no doubts of our perfeot success.
We have been a Good Templar, a Thott-
sand-and-one, a member of the noble
Sons of Malta, a Union Leaguer, a
Know-Nothing, a K. G. C, and was
connected with several secret- societies
at oollege. 80 we felt sure, with all
that experience, that we could report
the Masons, if we wasn't one.
Started out. Went to Prince's Block.
Found that the masons had almost got
the walls up, and were preparing to
plaster. Some of them had gone to
the Detroit Shades to get their beer.
This is called " from labor to refreshment." Thought we'd like to be a Ma-
son—particularly in the refreshment
Degree.
Crossed over toHaggenmiller's Block:
The masons were preparing a plaster
bed, in front of the building. Two of
them were smoking pipes. Supposed
this was part' of their mystic rites, and
asked one of the men (whom I took for
the Grand Master, as he had a leather
apron on) what he was smoking. He
cast a sneering glance on ub and growled oufcr-"terbaoky, ye dom'd fool."
Made a note of it, and went on.
Saw some "Masons" at work on the
Custom House cellar. " What are you
doing ?" we enquired, as we sat down
on an empty powder keg, and took out
our note book.
; "None of your d— business," they
.replied ; "don't you wish you hadn't
asked?" We wished we hadn't. [N.
B. Some of those Masons are rough
fellows.]
i- Stopped at the Paul Block. A number of masons were flying around there
lively. Felt sure that this was the Grand'
Lodge we were looking for. Asked the
boss if we could take down a few things?
He said if ■ he caught us taking down
anything he wdnld call Galvin, the policeman, who was standing on the cor-
nor near by. (He undoubtedly thought
that we alluded to taking down the
coats and things that the masons had
hungup.) Explained to him that we
were sent out by the newspaper to see
what the masons were doing. "O,"
said the Knight of the Trowel, (for he
had reached that high degree), "we
are doing first rate,-thank 'ee." Made
a note of it and went along.
Saw some masons building a chimney. We asked them what they were
making.
" Four dollars a day," they said.
"Good," said we.    " Don't you want
a hand ?"
BROTHER   CRAWFORD'S  S-ERMOS.
A southern  exchange  gives this  as-
the. first sermon of a new minister in a
village in that section.   He began apologetically as follows:
"You don't, see me to-day in the
dress I allers wears; I come among
you as a stranger, and am now;;trieked
out in my store clothes. I am not a '
proud man, but I thought it would be
more becoming among strangers."
After this he raised a hymn-, in which '
the congregation joined.    He tlieii began his sermon :
My dear brethren. and sisters, first
and foremost, I'm gwineto tell you-.tlie..
affecting partin I had with my congre- -
gation at Bethel Chapel.   After: J.-had
got through .with my farewell: sermon
as I come down outen the  pulpit,- the
old gray-headed   brethren   and sisters
who listened to my voice twenty- years,:
crowded around me and with  sobbing
voices and tearful eyes, said—Farewell,".
brother Crawford!  .
As I walked down the aisle, th e
young ladies, tricked out in their finery, brass jewelry, gewgaws,- jlmr-cracks, -
paints and flounces, looked up with
their bright eyes and pronounced with
their rosy lips—Farewell, brother Crawford !
The young men, in their tight pants,
boots, high collars- and dashy waistcoats—smelling of pomatum and cigar-
smoke—with shanghai coats, and striped Zebra pants—they 'too said—Fare-- .-
well brother Crawford !   .
The   little   children—lambs in   the
fold—lifted up   their   tiny  hands and^
small voices, and with one  accord, said
—Farewell, brother Crawford!
The colored brethren of the congregation now  came forward (black sheep
who had been admitted to the fold un- d
dor my ministry)  with  tears runming...
down   their   cheeks,   they   too said—-
Farewell, brother Crawford!
As I got on my horse and bade adieu;
to my" congregation forever—I turned .
to take a last look at the church where
I had preaohed more than twenty,
years-—and as I gazed at its dilapidated; -
walls and moss covered roof—it seemed
to say—Farewell, brother Crawford I
As I rode  through   the   village^the J
people who  poked  their  heads outen
the   winders   and   the   servants   who
leant on their brooms,   all   seemed to J
say—Farewell brother Crawford!
As I passe"!! along down the highway"! n
through the forest, the wind, as it sigh;'.
ed and whistled through the tree'to'ps,
playing on the leaves and branches the
burden of  salvation,  it too seemed to
say—Farewell, brother Crawford 1
Crossing a little creek that was gurgling and singing over its pebbly bed,
as it rejoiced on its way to the great
ooean of eternity, it too seemed to say
—Farewell, brother Crawford!
As I rode along down a hot, dusty
lane, an old sow' that was asleep in a;
fence corner, jumped out of a sudden
with a loud woo-too, broo-too ; she too
seemed to say—Farewell, brother C'rAW-"
ford! ',.•
My horse got frightened and jumped,
from under me, and as he curled his;
tail over his back—kicked up his heels
and ran off; he too seemed to say-
Farewell, brother Crawford!
The other day, Mrs. Carr, of Pitts-1
burg, bought a blacK cat, from which
she tooK three drops of blood to give,
to a child sicR of croup: Her" excited
neighbors were about to mob the old
lady for witchcraft, when the authorities interfered. Twenty witnesses
proved in court that the child recovered instantly on taxing the sanguinary
dose of catnip.
—It is less dangerous to have prudent enemy than an indiscreet
friend.
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