The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 31, 1896, Image 4
old EaflUh rhyme which
without any people
church without a kteeple.”
Swift added two lines, which
•- .* *»4 ■-»*
without a patter
dog without a matter."
ThU Qta ut better, for we have lost
curb and are now groping around in
search of another one. Calling n
preacher is always a perplexing and
embarrassing thing to do. What is the
best mode of procedure has long been
a vhxed question among the churches.
There are some objections to every
-method (hathas been tried, it is like
the election of judges of our courts', nine
times in my reeoileetion the mode of
ifielr ejection bits been ehamred in
Georgia and now the press and the peb
pie are howling for another change.
But the churches don’t change. They
* think it better to endure the objections
rather than abandon the faith and
j^—^s-^ormula of their fathers. The Metho-
dint* get their preachers from the
bishops and the people have no choice
in the selection. If they are disap-
■> pointed they mak^' no complaint, for
they know that the year will soon pa-s
and a change will ocme. The rotation
must go on. There is no interregnum.
They are never without a preacher.
This plaufeavrs the pnopIcVome ombar-
rassment. It is hard upon the preach
ers and especially upon their wives and
ehUdren. No permtuent ai>ode: n<>
home attacbmentr; nw vine and tig tree,
no neighbors of long • Handing who have
been true and tried in sickness ant) '
health Qy the time they begip to
know them and l > love Ho in the year
U jfone and they must'ic pa rate Or.
Jonnson. the great philosopher, said
wll
don't.
will
bast preacher* get
this W right. It 4athe
of tbe church and of lb# ttutte—the
law of busidom and ootntueroe and art
and society. For ministerial talent
there t* always room at the top.
I wee ruminating about theee things
because wo bane lost our preacher and
are looking, around for another. He
had a call to a bigger and maybe a
better place with a larger salary, and
be accepted before we nardiy knew he
was called. He hsdent finished up this
church and he knew It, but I reckon
was afraid that it would finish him up
if he staid, for the times were so bard
we couldd't pay him promptly, though
we did the best we could. Preachers
want their salary in tbe bank, and it
ought to be. I was present once when
a 'preacher was ordained. After the
ceremony, when the _ _
give him thiilr bauds a
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their bene
dictions, one old man said, “May the
iiord ke«f> you horabio'. wo ^tii keep
you poor." And they did. For fohty
years I have been looking fora country
church that paid the preacher a sum-
cient'salary and paid it promptly. Fay-
ing the | reacher is the unsolved prob
lem ap<J lias been ever since there wore
preachers. Beacons and stewards
ought to get to heaven, ior they have
a hard time here. Goldsmith tells us
of the village preacher—
"A man he was to all the country dear,
And pastting rich at forty pntjndK a year."
So g' cut and good a man as Jonathan
Edwards niter twenty •Jour years of
faithful service at Northampton was
voted out of his pulpit, and like an old
horse turned out to grazj and die. We
find a good deal of fault with tbe
preacher* and sometimes with Itteir
wives sod children, but after all they
are a* a class the best people we have
got and set us the best examples. How
! soon woo d we lose our morality with-
i out them They have their like* and
'-•‘-r'irsrsr.“: ,r irsL-Js
worsVcowdittoe of k>SR * destiny that
persons are so often torn asunder just
as they Income happy in each others
society " Mt tbudlst preachers' wives
and rbilJrva are the gypsies of the
church. I have always sympathiz'd
with tbsui
Another obje« lJ<>q to thcWesbysn
mstaod Is the bishop's Ini'k of inforwa
Hoes* to the Mtd* of IhsdilT regt
chnrcbss and the uuniifl ataxu of ih<
prsaebe rt to bo
be has U> cuasalt
tbe eburcb. and to do wc. la the old
tlm<*s they preached for smaller sala
ries. The salary was a secondary con
sideration, hut now it I* the first. Over
flfly yenrs ago I went to school to an
Irishman who suddenly took a notion
t'mt he would quit teaching and go to
' prvach
i a*.
a
assigned
ll.e e.dv
Of
rs aad It
have
u
sllM
their favorites,
their Ilbswaad 4
appoiataaeat* swsswviases *
puinMaenu and teuee brert
that wrv •mothered but felt. W
by the papers that its* t(.»*wrlTi
thiNass a gratadsue of lloh Tu
was givwa sts lltt** sealtsrsd es
I r cviiM
lie studied a year and
Ibea app'led to tbe presbytery at Co
lumbus for eiamiaatloa aad 11 os ass
Tbe ombiulitee reported favorably aad
hef vm ftHntst In# psM mw wnfllttj, #lMHi
old Ur GdHildiv^, lh« tsHMi^rslor. I
ed forward and said
rsodtdato- a stagls uw
ohaagad, la that tha firing bad oeaaed
everywhere, acd more open help wa«
being given to the searching for dead
ones, and oarlug for tha dying and
wounded. Gea. Lee had summoned his
corps and division commanders to meet
him. For once during the day he had
some of his staff and escort about htm,
and one by one his commanders began
to arrive, generally two tofrhwe horse
men with them.
“At they came t}p|” continued tbe
narrator, “Gen. Lee inquired quietly,
'General, how la It on your part of the
lino?' 1, too, had been summoned, and
was a quiet, Intense^ interested ob
server of one of the most remarkable
scenes and interviews I ever witnessed.
To the inquiry of Lee, Longstrcet, ap-
lo went ™ to p» ruD u y much depressed, replied io tioo,-and my conversation about your
u - - erusbing the federal right with fifty
guns, and my forcing you to give your
opinion as ae artillerist as to its possi
bility.’
“With feelings such as I never bad
tbe effect that it was at bad as could be;
that bis division bad lost terribly, and
hi* lines had been barely held, and
a bar
there was little better than a skirmish
lino along bis front,’ a)nd be volunteer
ed the advice that Gen. Lee should
cross the Fotomac before daylight. D.
Hr Hill came next. He said that his
division was cut to pieces; that his
losses had been terrible, and he had no
troops to hold his line against the great
odds against him. He, too, suggested
crossing th‘j Potomac before daylight.
Next came Jackson. He quietly said
that he had had to contend against the
S reatcst odds he had ever met. He had
Mt a good many uolpnels killed and
several division and brigade command
ers were dead or wounded, and his loss
es in tbo different commands had been
terrible. He, too, suggested crossing
the Potomac before daylight. Next
came Hood. To Gen. Lee's inquiry he
displayed great emotion, seemed com
pletely unmanned. He replied that be
had no dlvlsiop. .Gea. L a. with more
excitement than I ever witnessed in
him, exclaimed, ‘Great God ! General
Hood, where is your splendid division
you had this morning? r Hood replied,
They are lying on tbe field where
you sent them. Uut few have strag
gled. My division has been almost
wiped out*
“After the opialoe of all had beea
given there was an appalling stillness
over the group It seemed to last sev
eral minutes, wbea Gen. Laa, appar
ently riting more erect la his saddle,
•aid 'Geatiemaa, wa will aot enns tbe
Potomac to-night \ou will go to yoar
“I will ask the I reepsetive oommaada. streaglbca yoar
wt.ua. Brother 1 Haw* • send two yUlcers from each bn-
r heart that thv [rad# to«*rd« th* ford lo oolloci four f
tHirot or •
, t.my. u.iyou f*
f lewd has call*
! pel u» H
if IL
-I
with fff*
you have near hera.' In
aaawarad: Lat us rtda
of aarve, aad with considerable amo
tion begged that I might be allowed to
maka tha attempt, aavlng: 'General,
you forced me to sav what I did uowll-
■ ugly. If youjIvaSOgunstoanyother
artlllei
fary officer 1 am ruined for Ufa. I
promise you I will fight the guns to tha
last nxtremlty,.if you will only let me
command them.’ Jackson was quiet,
•earned very norry fori me, and said :
it in ail right, Colonel, everybody
knows you are a brave officer, and
would fight the guns well,’ or words to
that effect. We soon reached the spot
from which w*e started, when he said:
‘Col. Lee, go to Gen. Lee, and tell him
what has occurred since you reported
to me. Describe our ride to the hill,
your examination of tbe Federal posi-
before, nor ever expect to have again,
I returned to Gen. Leo and gave a de
tailed account of my visit to General
Jackson, closing with t^e account of
my being forced to f gTve my opinion
as to the possibility of success. I saw
a shade come over Geh. Lee’s face, and
ho said : ‘Colonel, go and join your
command.’
“For many, many years I never fully
understood my mission that day; or why
i was sunt to Gen. Jackson. When
Jackson’s report of the battle was pub
lished 1 saw that be stated that in tbe
afternoon of September 11 Gen. Lee
had ordered him to move to the left
with a view of turning the Federals*
right, but he found tbe enemy 's numer
ous artillery so judiciously posted in
their front and so near the river as to
reodeKkUch an attempt too hazardous
to uoderta c
“I afterwards saw General J. L. U.
Stuart's report, in wbica he says that l'
it was dclcrmioed, tha enemy aot at- | a.
tacking, to turn tha enemy's right oo n
the Ifilh It appears that Gas. Lae om I
derad Gea. Jacksoo to reeew the hat a «.
on tha cvealog of the 17tb aad lo lara J p«
tha •aemjjn’f ig^t, aad Jacksoo bald - at
tnat it oouid aot bo Joeo- 11 also ap- i,»!
pears from Stuart s report, aad the is-
eideal I relate, that Gea. Ix-e raltrraled
tha order <>a tha I AG, sad told Gea
Jack*00 v> take fifty gea* aad crush
lurnou wo. ay sou oj i mu ratner
Ud ihTSaS^^w’.
aol there before me stood tha same
wretched child.
“What do you want?” I asked,
sharply.
“ 'Are you tha governor of tha
prison ?'
“ ‘Yes,’ I answered : ' what do yon
want?’ ,
“ ‘Have you—does Tom Galnon live
there ?'
Her voice trembled and broke with
repressed tears. ' - ,
“ 'Yes. Who are you ? Why are you
not at home ?’
“ Please, sir, I haven't any home.
Mamma died in the poorbouse two
weeks ago, an’ She told me just before
she died that pWpa, that's Tom Galson,
was in the prisoL an’she thought that
maybe Be woulf Hite to see Ms little
girl, now that mamma’s dead. Please,
can’t you let me see my papa ? To-
day'a C‘
•»,
fur t*»w e
says h« caaout ia«
bsiailh a vary p** 1
travwl fruM ahuni,
sndnaf 11 wa hfn
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shape, sad u*.k * fruat m si and trted
lo be d< vcut f..r the first time la hi*
ilia. Altar tha xmrtUm oas tttwr fw
took the preacher by the hand so.i
said, “Weil, parson. I prom lard lo ettms
nod f c»»rne^. 1 didn't undt r-lan l tniicl
,• of whst you «*• •ayiug and doing, but
' I ris and sot with you the iieol 1 cuuld "
I have always thought ttiat th -rr w »•
mast too much rlsin and sollin m that
church and not enough in Ihr others
We t*H>k s lllti* city b«iy with us to
church lest Sunday, it «»- his first
• odvcnlureof that kind, buthe hnd U-cn
.. going le uistinees “Aunty, what are
they all doing oow,’‘ he whispered.
‘‘They arc saying their prayers," she
said. So he bowed his bead and re
peated. ' Twinkle, twinkle little star ’
After the service he said he dideni
think it wa-* much of a show.
The Baptists have the most demo
cratic method of calling a preaeher.'It
is the very csscaco of simplicity. They
call whom they please and every mem
ber has a vote. They keep him as long
as it is mutually agreeable and either
party can dissolve the relation at pleas
ure. Of course there is always some
embarrassment about getting rid of an
unwelcome preacher, but there is one
way that is generally successful. They
can starve him out. This method will
move him as rfiectually as smoking a
rabbit out of a hollow tree.
The,Presbyterian, mode of calling a
preacher has much to commend it after
it is hapolly done, but is beset with
embarrassment in the doing of it. The
call is strictly democratic for every
member has a vote, but after the call
in made and itae preacher ordained as
past.)- the presbytery locks the door
and puts tbe key in itsTtoeket and says
now that you have got him you must
keep him till I sny no It is like the
law of marriage and divorce. It is easy
enough to get married, but it used to
be quite a difficult thing to get unmar
ried. Isay “it used lobe.'' It is not
much trouble now, neither is it as much
trouVe as it us no to be for a preacher
to get divorced from hischurcn. jf be
gets tired lie goes. If he has a more
iavlliog calf he goes, if the climate
does not agree with his health he goee.
If AW salary is aot promptly paid ha
gwao, aad 1 saw la a late paper that a
preacher say* the reason way fie re-
stgasd hta pastorate aad W seeklag aa-
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■•t of a prrachw# from a oiaglw
. aermoa aad a Ja> • ai qaalelaatia 4a a
very unfair irlai both to preacher aad
people. But what elaw cos b# doae *
7b< 'c»ull Dot uafrequeatiy Is thatoae
. or liolh are Ui*ap|M>lnted aad another
change u wanted. Tbe church isspiit
up. There are majorttim and minori I
| lira until finally tbe subscriptions fall
<>fT and the preacher has to go or starve. |
Money is the s'Dgwsof church prosper
ity oh well as of war. The love of
money is the root of all evil and tbe
I la< k of it is nearly os bad. It will chill
j and paralyse the spiritual life of any
church. Biur. Aur.
tbe proper steps leas a to awilwrt ail
tbw mwa who are la tfiw rear. If Me-
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% little present.’
“ ‘No,’ I replied gruffly, ‘you’ll have
to wait until visitor’s day;’ and with
that I started on. ,
“ 1 bud not gone many steps until I
felt a hand pulling at my coat, while a
pleading, sobbing-f'oice cried, "Please,
don’t go ?'
“ I stopped once more, and looked
down into the pinched, beseeching
face before me. Great tears were
brimming in her eyes, while her little
chin quivered and trembled.
“ ‘Mister.’ she said, ‘if your little
girl was me, an' your girl’a mamma
bad died in tbe poorhoune, an’ her
papa was in tbe prison, an' she had no
place to go an' no one to love her, don’t
you think she would like lo see her
papa? If It was Christmas, an'if your
little girt esme to me, if I was gover
nor of the prison, an' asked me to
please let her see her papa an' give
htm a Christmas present, don't—Won't
yu think I wouie say “ Year*
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throat, aad my ayes werb swim-
a og io tear*. I answered :
** 'Yes. my little girl, I think you
• • uld, and you, ton, shall sew your
p> ^a. aad taking her by tha band, I
rad back tu tbw pr .. c, thinking
of my owa llttia fair-balrnd girl at
homa.
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To tha Public
orau Memorial AaaoolaUoa selected
at the meetlag of the board of trustees
held at L mkout laa., Teen., ffeptember
S, 181W, deem it due to the Confed
erate Veterans to state that we have
secured a charter under the laws of
Mlsslaaippi, have formed the by-laws
and have selected John C. Undeut^od,
of Kentucky, as nuperlntenden^ind
secretary and the Fourth National
Blnk, of Nashville, Tenn., an treasur
er ; and are now organized for wori.
We therefore make an earnest ap
peal to Confederate Veterans, other
sympathizers and friends in every land,
and to tbe noble women of our beloved
Southland for active aid and eupport in
raising sufficient funds to erect a memo
rial institute edifice which shall be
on a scale and in a architectural style
that will be a monument to and prop
erly commemorate tbe memory of our
On January the 1?tb,
twenty-four salesmen to
travel through the. coun-
noble dead and the heroic and valor-1— nt1/ 4 cpIV Pi a rifts—0T-
ous deeds of both the dead and the liv- !r Y ana SCli r lanes,
gans and Sewing Ma
chines. Also six boys
who can play Organs.
We will pay liberal sala
ries, furnish horses and
wagons and pay all ex
penses.
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A MOM^NIOUS CRISIS OF THE WAR.
KKMINISCKNCK OF SliAUI’SBritG
Stephen I). Lee's Opinion iin an Ar-
liileriKt — He WaN HuHtained hy
Stuart and Jst'kaon.
Oa the occasion of the great Confed-
erute reunion in Hicbmond Lieut. Gun.
Leo was tke orator of the day. At a
dinner given to him he related the fol
lowing remarkable storv aboutGeneral
K K. f.ee never heretofore published:
“Tbe battle of Sbarpsburg, or.Autie-
tam, .was one of the bloodiest and
lie roes t fougtt in tbe four years of the
war between ^bo States. Gen. It. E.
L having defeated the Federal army
under Gen. Hope and driven it to the
de fence'61 Washing t
of McClellan and Pope were concentra
ted there, and McClellan put in coin
mand of both. Gen. Loe determined
to cross tbe i’otornac into Maryland,
capture Harper's Ferry and then con-
c> ntrate.’qis army and fight McClellan.
His written plan of campaign in some
way fell into the hands of McClellan,
who’rapidly moved his army and at
tacked Lee before be could concentrate,
at Sharpsburg. oo the morning of Sep
tember 17. 1M2.
“Gen. L*c had less than 40.00U men
during tbe battle, while McClellan had
tft.uOO oa the field. The luseen were for
•the Falun army about 12.6(10 aad for
the Coafedemlw army ft.UUO in killed,
wunaded aad misting Tbe two armies
fought from S a. m. aatll after dark,
mniatolaiag the -same relative post
y Mid at the beginning, and
and hi* pawplw
a mawldwraM* hill,
lar to an Indian monad, but
tog tnrgwr
“ft* dtsmonnted aad Gea Jm 'hmm
•old : T^t us gu on ibis mound or bill
aad he coreful aot to axpuee yonrielf.
for the Federal sharpshouters are a<d
far off. Tbo hi I bore evideace of tbe
fir roe fight of tbe day before. A bat
tery of artillery had Ki### oa It, aad
there were wrecks of caissons, broken
wheels, dead bodies and dead horses.
Gea. Jackson said : 'Colonel, 1 wish you
to take vour glasses and carefully ex
amine the Fode r%» line of battle.’ I did
so, and satisfied myself in witnessing a
remarkably strung line of battle, with
mure troops than I knew Gen Leo had.
After locating the different batteries.'
unlimbered and ready for action, pnd
noting the strong skirmish line in front
of the dense mass of infantry, I said to
Gen. Jock»‘on : ‘General, that is a re
markably strong position, and there is
a large force there.’ He replied : ‘Yes,
Cul. Lee, I wish you to take fifty pieces
of artillery and crush that force, which
is the Federal right. Can you do it ?’
I can scarcely describe my feelings as
I again took my glasses, and made an
even more careful examin&tion. I at
once saw such un attempt n ust fail.
More than fifty guns were unlimbered
and ready for action, strongly sup
ported by dense lines of infantry and
strong skirmish lines, advantageously
posted.
“The ground was unfavorable for the
location of artillery on the Confederate
side, which, to be effective, should
move up close to tbe P'ederal lines and
that, too, under tire of the infantry and
say what 1 felt
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i tbw n ' * nag sn ana I. fflnmAfiff
bam a. J* psabmg ap tbw IIM4* gtrt. bbn
pswwsm* bae aamsasiswiy bs bts bswns*
•b*tn l'« gran* trams sbnafi *itb sap
pswawH* wsawWan m
“ Tb* srwnw was Ma smcgwfi lag Mg M
wmb wpun. on I •aft' * ***■ nwfi tbw gswg.
ami left tnthws ana gnwgblng n*wns
At tbw wb4 nf m bang I vnAngbafi ffn
St «nl ban# tbw sbswa. wttb bin little
gnagbtn* wa bin bnsn Ms <•* so at
mw *bw*piwb<y tas a mamwat, nag tb*a
anal \*os*gawg. I baswa t any mwawy.
tbwa safifiwaiy strtppiag * ff bin pgtwwa
jwcast, ba saM. * rug Gafi's sab*, fiaafi
tat my Hula gtr i gaaat tbts b>tt*g gay
a Itb tba* tbib grans. Let Ma fflva bag
Ibt* eaah 111 fin anything • l*»l ba a
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bag witb tbls mmL' ' t»
“Tsara *e rv strsam lag gown tbw
far* a* tbe bbrfiwawfi mas
“ '!<«•, Galson.' I said, ‘kssp yoar
ing Confederate soldiers.
In order to Correct errors and mis
apprehension which have crept inad
vertently into the minds of some of our
people, we- make the following state
ments.
First—That this movement is under
the auspices of the United Confederate
Veterans and will be so conducted.
Second—That our comrade, Charles
B. Rouss, is deserving of our thanks
for inaugurating, by bis generous con
tribution, this commendable aim.
That we appreciate hw great interest
as evidenced by his proffered subscrip
tion of one hundred thousand dollars
and by his liberal aid in furthering the
work. ,
Third—That Comrade Itouss, not
withstanding bis very munificent do
nation has io oo way ioterferred wiih-
our work or sought ia person, or
through his representative, to dictate
to the board of trustees, or Influence
them la their acuoo* Wa appeal to
all btale division oommabdnrs aad
would impress upon them the g-cat
importance of bringing
ewatributlub tu the
before tbsir brigade commanders,
Commaadnate of camps nee every u.< ..
b.r of their resprvltve division*.
Foertb-T&e eletlMi of a
tbe loon I U»s of lbs memorial I
Is absolutely under tbe cue In.
board of tresis ** and e111 aw*
alfiarwfi aatll salfi. .lent funds ai
with wklab ta treat sellable bstlfitaga j
Tbea every applicant wtii bs gives al
■ftebamw v■ *• - at--a aaJ I
•111 kw v lei led aad lbs advaatafiee bad |
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WANTED!
Greenville, S. C.
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srT.'.f Liquor, Morphine,
Opium and
Tobacco Habits.
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but
and knew ; I said : ‘Yes, General, where
will I get the fifty guns ?’ He asked ;
'How many have you?’ I replied:
‘About twelve out of the thirty 1 car
ried into the action the day before.
My losses were great in men, horses
and carriage*.’ He said : M can fur
nish vpu with some.’ I rep'led; 'Shall
I go for the gun*?’ ‘No, not yet,'he
replied. ‘Col. Lee. can you crash the
Federal right with fifty gun*?' I said :
‘General, I can try ; I can do it if any
one can.' He replied: ‘That is not
what I asked you, sir; if I give you
fifty guns can you crush *the Federal
right?’ 1 evaded the question again
aad again, hut be pressed it home. Fi
nally 1 said: 'Geaerai, yea seem to be
more latent upon my giving you my
I opinion as aa art ilery off
Maa my gotag after tbe xaae aad
»targ
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milted
! of m artier.
| After the singing I arose to preach,
wuld hardiy speak for weeping.
Disregarding ail tbe rules of tbe
prison, io my caraestaess to help my
C , fauen brethren, I left the plat-
i and walked down tbe aisle among
the men, taking now ooe^ now another
by the hand, and praying with him.
Every heart was melted, and we ail
wept together. At the end of tbe row
of men who were committed for mur
der, sat a man who more than bis fel
lows seemed marked by sin's blight
ing hand. His face was seamed and
ridged with scars and marks of vice
and sin. He looked as though he
might be a demon incarnate, if once
roused to auger. I placed my arm
about his shoulder, and together we
weptaiid prayed.
When the service was over the gov
ernor said to me :
“Well, Kain, do you know that you
have broken the rules of the prison in
leaving the platform ?”
“ Ybs,” I answered ; “ but, governor,
l never could brook any rule while
preaching, and I did want to get close
to tbe poor, despairing fellows, and
pray with them.”
“ Do you remember,said the gov
ernor, “ the man at theuend of.the seat
in the lifers' row, whom you prayed
with? .Would you like to hear his
history ?”
“Yes,” I answered, “gladly.”
MVett,” said the governor, “ here
oat- Y—r I lute girl sbb-
U tab* bwv M my bom*
ay wife caa do lev hws.
“ 'God biaas you. sir
I
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tw***—* a— swwrwaary, a* Ossiagbm
■y- 1 wasa wry Isai* nod ao—A y,
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Iftuuurr WwrTa wf Was* Visgtata
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•-
ItOUTHAAN RAILWAY.
A##Aftffft f k|# BBVA
u»«*a ib# Uui# f irl lo my bom#.
Sbv rafita n- d with us for a oumhwr of
years, growing lotos beautiful Cbrie-
tlaa ebaracter. Tom Gaisoa also bw-
cam'' a Christian, and never gave us a
moment's trouble.”
A yenr ago, I visited the prison again
Tbe governor said to me :
“ Kain, would you like to nee Tom
Gaisoo, whose story I toid you a few
year* ago ?”
' Yes, I would."
The governor took me through the
city, down a quiet street, and stopping
before a modest, neat borne, rapped at
tbe door. Tbe knock was answered by
a bright, cheerful woman, whogreeted
tbe governor with tbe utmostcordiality.
We stepped in, and then tbe governor
introduced me to Nellie and her father,
who because of his through reforma
tion bad received pardon, and was now
living an upright ChrisMan life with
his daughter, whose little Christmas
gift had broken his heart.
SOUT
RAILWAY.
it is in brief: Tom Galson was sent
here abouti eight years ago for tbe
crime of^niurder. He was without
doubt one of the most deimerate and
vicious characters wo hal ever re
ceived. and as was expected gave us a
great-deal of trouble.
“Ojo Cnristmas eve, about six yeqrs
ago, duty oompelled me to spend the
night at the prison instead of at home,
as I had anticipated. Earlv in tha
morning, while it was yet quite dark,
1 (eft ihn prison- for my home, my
pockets bulging with presnots-for my
little girl, it was a bitter cold morn-
tag, end 1 tuiitooed my overooel tight
up to protect myself from tbe cutUaff
•lad which swept ia from over um
lake.
A* I berried aloag. I tb—gbl I
—Of all women" she is most to be
pitied who has a hesitating admirer,
who boggles about popping tbe ques
tion. He is worse than a bold one
How perfectly satisfactory was “the
conduct of that brave old Puritan, who
rode up to the door of the house of the
girl of his choice and having desired
her to 03*c<tlled out to him, said with
out circumlocution, “ Raebel, the Lord
hath "sent me to marry thee !” w.hen
the girl answered", with equal prompti
tude and devoutnesr^ “ fne Bird's
will be done !” ‘ ?.
—When Morocco's sultan decide* to
marry, the whole country becomes
shrouded in gloom, as every subject
must contribute a wedding present.
Tbe sultan Is about to take a second
wife, and much discontent in reported.
—Tbe hpona/f Mrs. Mary L—**. tbe
' popuMilfffiiuician sol luutarwr, |
will be sold under the snariff s bam- i
mer. January ft, to saMsfy a 11.100
mortgage Jf tba mo—y U pal# bo-!
fora that timo, tbo bowse, of aoerae, I
will b* rw-1—aad.
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