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Business Directory.
METROPOLITAN HOTEL,
Levee street, immediately opposite the Steam
boat Landing, Red Wing, Minnesota,
A. A. & E L. TEELE PROPRIETORS.
THISnow
now, spacious and commodious house
is opsn for the reception of guests.—
It has been constructed under the immediate
supervision of tho proprietors, and nothing has
been omitted to insure the comfort and conven
ence of those who may favor them with their
fighted,
tatronage. The numerous rooms are all well
ventilated and furnished in a superior
manner. In connection with the house is a
coed and commodious stable.
Rod Wing, March 1,1858. 83tf
W, L. W E S E Proprietor,
N A E S E A O A A N I N
HiZO W I N I N N E S O A
Baggage conveyd to and from theboatsfrec.
[30 -m«.]
RED WING HOUSE,
JACOB BENNETT, Proprietor.
RKV Wl.lli, MINNESOTA.
£3f"0onnectexl with the House is a large and
convenient Stable. Stages leave daily for the
Interior. Teams and Carriages on hand to
cenvny to anv part of the country.
April -24.1S58. W
A S O S E
BEN VAN GAM PEN
CAXNOX FALLS, XlXXESQTA.
Travelers will find every accommodation on
reasonable terms at the above House. Good
Stable, Ostlers, Ac. 62ly
HACK HOUSE.
J. HACK, Proprietor,
ONStreet,M
PLU STREET, a few doors from Main
Red Wing.
This House is entirely new and newly fur
nished, and the Proprietor hopes by strict at
tention to customers to receive a share cf pat
ronage.
Rod Wing, Sept. 5,1857. 59y
E N A O I N O S E
V. R. & F. A. HARDT, PROPRIETORS.
PHIS House is pleasantly located on the shs-re
1 of Lake Peinr, within a few rods of the
Steamboat Landing. Persons wishing to append
a few days of recreation and leisure, will find
this the place to do it. A good and well sup
plied barn is attached to tho house, and a com
petent ostler always in attendance.
The proprietors na\ ing leased the above pop
ular house and having thoroughly repainted
and furnished in a superior stylo, would say to
the pnblie that thing that they can do
make al. calling, comfortably and jOo-eantly
•ituated, will beleft undone.
May M, 1959.
OILS,
5
I. S. KELLOGG,
Wholesale and retail dealer in
Drugs and Medicines,
CHEMICALS, PAINTS,
Dye Stuffs, Window Glass, Medicinal
Winosand Liquors. Tobacco, Snuffs, Cigars,
Camphene, Alcohol, Burning Fluid, A Main
Street, Red Wing, Minnesota. 9»yl
GKO. 8PTCEB, jfcSBB
Plum street, between fourth and fifth
E WING, MINNESOTA.
The subscribers having the bestatotked sta
ble west of tho Mississippi River are preparod
to furnish the pleasn seeking, and traveling
pnblie, with as good Turn Ou'e, as the country
affords come and try us if anybody has Ben
net, we ean go it. SPICER & GROW.
March l»tk 185S. [85-y.]
N I E & S E O N
DXALBBSIN
Dry Goods,Grocori«8,Crockery, Hardware Cut
.ery. Nails, Oils, Paints Sash, Window Glass,
Looking Glasses, Farming lmplments.
A.so, Hosiery, Gloves, Cravats, Suspenders,
Shirts,Collars,Brushes,Fancy Goods, dec.
J. MOINTIBE.
Red Wing M. T. T. B. SHELDON.
DUBUQE CITY MARBLE
WORKS.
N•1IERRICK,
Dealer in American and Por-
eign Marble,Sixth street, below Main and
Iowa, Dubuque, lo.*a.
Monuments, Tomb fc Hea Stones, Man
tles, Tabl Ac eamft
HENDRICKSON
Rectiilei and Wholesule dealer in
a a a
WINES 4 LIQUORS,
Corner Plum and Third Sts., 87tf
RED WIrtO, MINNESOTA.
W
III.
PHYSICIAN
SURGEON
OrriflB AND BESIDENOB,
grst house sonth-eaet of the Hamlin* Inxtitutc.
BLACKSM1THING
BY
E O E W A E
At the new Shop on Main sUc-et, within a
few rods of the crossing of Jordon.
RED WING, MINNESOTA. 97tf
E O W A
Shop on Main street, near the American House,
and next door to the Gunsmith, holds himself
ready to do all work in his line with prompt
ness anA in a workmanlike style.
Ox and Horse Shoeing. £e?i
He having erected a first rate and new frame
for shoeing cattle, he don't mean to allow him
self to be excelled either in Ox or Horse shoeing.
Farmers and all others give him a trial.
Red Wing, Nov. 27,1858. 121ra3
W O O & W I
Architects and Builders,
WEnish
are now preperedtotake contracts, fur
plans and specifications also, Sash
and doors on hand, and made to order. Work
from the country solicited. Shop near the
Chillson House.
Red Wing, March 27, 1353. 86tf
(V. E. HAWKINS. a. B. BAKKB. A. HALL.
A I O N S N O W O S
Hawkins & Co.,
WOULr
take this method of informing
thei friends and the public generally,
that thev arc now prepared to do
IP & 53f 53 I
Of all kinds, such as House, Sign, Carriage,
Curtain and Ornamental Painting, Graining,
Glazing, Marbling and Paper Hanging.
2Sy* Special attention paid to all orders front
the country. 52tf
Red Wing, July 17,1857.
JOHN IIISLER,
Manufacturer and dealer in
LADIES' GENTS' A N CHILDREN'S
Boots «f Shoes,
Plum street one door north of the Kelly House,
E WING, MINNESOTA. 94tf
Repairing done to order and with dispatch
O E N I
tf3?.0S£IT7 TAILOR.
On Mnin street, next do »r to Lawther's
Bunk ng office in Wilkinson's Block,
WING, MINNESOTA.
Til35RED
best of French and other Cloths, kept
constantly on hand, and made up in a su
perior manner by competent workmen. Also,
CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
I3F" (hitting done to order, jjgj
Red Wing, May 2S, 1857^ 96y
V. AYJAinS,
Manufacturer and dealer in
S A E S A N E S S E S &
SHOP
on Bush St. opposite C. J. F. Smith's
store, Red Wing, Minn. Where he has
constantly on hand a large assortment of Sad
dles, Harnesses, Bridles, Trunks, Valises,
Whips, Fly nets, and all other articles usually
kept in a harness shop, and cheaper than can be
bought this side of Chicago.
Repairing and Job work done on short notice,
and in the beat style. 94tf
REMOVAL.
SPOHT&MEX'S DEPOT
SHARP'S RIFLES,
Target and Muzzle loading Rifles,
double and single barrel Shot (him,
CoWs, Allen's, and the celebrated
Bobbins and Lawrence Pistols,
Powder, Shot, Lead, Caps, Wads, Pl«**«», Shot
Relts, Game Bags, Fishing T-owie, «ftc, A
Cheap for Cash.
Repairing with care and diapatea.
M. J. OHAMBERLIN.
Bed Wing, June 14,1958. 70m6
CONNELLY D.
Tenders his professional services to the citi
zens of Red Wing and yicinity.
Omen.—Corner of Bush and Plum street,
up stairs.
E E E N E S
Hon. Z. KIDWELL, M. Fairmont, Va.,
Hon. J. L.DAWSON, M. C,Brownsville,Pa.,
Proi. T. D. MOTTBB, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dr.J.C. COOMB,
Rev. Dr. DBVKKOITO, Morgantown, Va*,
Drs. MCLAME & BBOCK, Morgantown, Vs.
Dr. A. H. CAMPBELL, Key West, Florida,
E.'iL-
A
W 6 O W
LIVER A N E A N E
STABLE.
Knoxvillo. Tennessee.
Red Wing, May 28,1857. 44tf
A E N S W A I N
SURGEON AND MECHANICAL
E N I S
Rooms orer fhe Drug store, Main su
Red Wing. 70m«
Near the Corner of
Main and Bash Street*, Red Wing.
E A E I N
FURJVMTURE.
ONUouae.H
BUS STREET, near the Red Wicg
All kinds constantly on hand.—
Repairing and Turning done to order.
Also, all kinds of COFFINS furnished to order
pORRECT Copicsof Government Maps.show
\J ing all the unclaimed lands in this district
furnished at short notice by
DirectoryContiiiied:
ywyiM«»yiiaiM»ww»wwwNwy
F. SANDVOUD. THAN I IVBS.
S A O A IVES
CLINTON OURNKE, JR. 0. O. BCTNOLDS
GURNEE & REYNOLDS,
Counsellors and Attorneys at Law,
Red Wing, Minn.
{Late Murdoch Krittol,)
Attorney at JLaw
And Notary Pnblie,
REDWING, MINNESOTA
siy
MISS A I E MILLER
At her Father*t residence, corner ith db Dacota *Vt
Continnes to give to the Ladies of Red
Wing lessons in
I A N O O E A I N
Terms per term of 12 weeks $10 payable in
advance.
Red Wing, June 19,1858. 98tf
A E & A
A O N E S A A W
and Solicitors in Chancery.
A N A E N S A N E A E S I N
Real Estate, and Land Warrants.
MAKTORVII.1, DODOX Co., M. T-
a a
S .A. XV TBSL I
a E a Agent a a
A N W A A N S
E A E S A E OFFICE
E N A O I N MINNESOTA.
E sabscribar will buy and sell Lands, lo
M. cate Land Warrants, enter Government
.Lands, select Claims for Settlers desiring to lo
cate on the Half Breed Reservation, pay Taxes
and attend to all business appertaining to his
profession—negotiate Loans for Capitalists up
on unexceptionable real estate security from 20
to 60 per cent. PERRY D. MARTIN.
Central Point, Jan. 1,1858. 77y
J.
Has been removed
to the west side of
Jordan, Maine street
where may be found
a good assortment of
DEALER IN
A N S A N O W N LOTS,
Lumber, Shingles, Produce, Horses, Wagon.
and Wood. Will make Collection*, Fay
Taxes, Buy and Sell Qonnty orders,
Uncurrent Mooejr dsc, Ac.
RET» *VING, MINN. 98tf
S I O W N E & O
IN
REALDEALERS
ESTATE,
E W I N MINNESOTA.
Will attend to locating Land W arrauts, par
njent of taxes, collection of notes, and to the pur
chase and sale of Real Estate throughout the
S&Sf^U
8,™irVeying' MaPPin«»
W1M, C. RTILL1STON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
Office next door toLo water's Bookstore.
RED WlNO, M. T.
Agent for the following reliable Insurance
Companies:—
FABMSBS UNION, Athens, Pa.,
WASHINGTON UNION, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ho*«»
S 8 I IT O
A. T7
E A I E
WATCHES,
OLOOSS & J3WBLRT.
S A WORK WARRANTED..
Red Wing, Nov. 13,1858. 119tl"
SMITH, TOWNE A CO
April 10.1$5§, o|tf
SIMON CAXEBON,
GEO. M. LACMAH,
WILLIAM DOCK,
ELI SLIPEB,
GEO: BBBONEB,
BENJAMIN PARKE,
JAMES FOX.
ANDREW COOK.
Red Wing, Jan. 1,1659. 127v
Township Maps!
Lands $1,25 per Acre.
'"7~r'•'
Attorneys at Law &T Notary Pttblic.
E WING, MINNESOTA,
Agents for the United States, Franklin, Fire
and Marine,
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
[121tf)
Office with Smith, Towne A Co. 82-tf
A N A
A O N E A N COUNSELO
AT LAW,
NORTH PEPIN, WISCONSIN.
Will give special attention to collecting Ac.
"!*z
O I A I O N
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW
AND
GENERAL LAND AGENTS
E WING, MINNESOTA.
W A E N I S O
W in Minnesota.
»~Moneyloaned, Land Warrants sold or lo
aned on" time. Real Estate, and Exchagn
bought and sold. May 28, '57.
HOBAOT WILDER ELIT. WILMS
II. E W I E
Bankers & Land Agents:
REDWING, Minnesota Ter.
Money loaned. Exchange & Land Warrants
bought and sold. Land Warranty or Money
loaned to pre-emptors, on long or short time,
5 ffj??8 bought and sold oncommission &o.
Red Wing, May, 1857.
Painesville,
REPERENOES:
Hon. W. H. WELCH, Red Wing, Minnesota
E. T. WILDER,
R. HITCHCOCK, Painesville, Ohio.
A. G. RIDDLE, Cleveland, Ohio.
H. D. KENDALL,
H. WILDER.. Conneant,
August 22,1857, 57
CoMraonwfAlth Insnrance Comp'y,
Union Buildings, Third street,
HARRISBURGH PENNSYLVANIA,
Chartered Capital, $900,000!
Insure Buildings and other Property.
Against loss or damage by Fire. Also against
Perils of the Sea, Inland Navigation and Trans
portation.
I E O S
WM. H. KXPNBB,
A. B. WABVOBO,
W. F. MVBBAT,
F. K. BOAS,
JOHN II. BERBTHILL,
WM. F. PAOESB.
O I E S
SIMON CAMERON, President.
BEN J. PARKE, Vice President.
S. 8. CARRIER, Secretary.
S. B. FOOT, Agent, Red Wing, M. T.
January 9,1858. 75tf
T3IANOS for sale or to rent by
C. HILL.
Red Wing, August 28,1857.
IF
you want good LIQUORS call at
L. F. HENDBIOXBON'B,
on Plum street,
E BED WIN ENTIN
WEHfttteMf* Forever
VOLUME 3, NUMBEK26. RED WING, GOODHUE COUNTY, MINN, SATURDAY. JANUARY 29. 1859. WHOLE NUMBER ISO.
E CONTENT.
Mistaken mortal, erer fretting,
Grasping, grinding, groaning, getting—
Be content I
If thou hast enough, Us thankful,
Justasifthouhssta bankful—
Be content!
If fortune cast thy lot but humble,
Earn thy bread and do not grumble—
Be content
flare the rich, thiakest thou, no trouble—
Twice thy wealth their sorrows double—
Be content!
List the lore of learned sages*
Those wise men of the Grecian ages
Be content!
Their reckoning up of all earth's riches,
Was compassed in one snort phrase, which
is—
Be content!
The rich man gets with all his heaping
Butdress, and drink, andfood and sleeping—
Be content!
Though in the sleep the rich men gain not,
Poor men sleep when rich men may not—
Be content!
When winds about thy dust shall scatter,
Where goes thy gold—to thee what matter
Be content!
Remember, thouforwealth who rakest,
'Nought thou broughtest, naught thou tak
est"
Be content!
THE SONG OF STEAM.
Harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein
For I scorn the power of your puny hands,
As the tempest scorns a chain.
How I laugh as I lay concealed from sight,
For many a countless hour,
At the childish boast of human might,
And the pride of human power.
When I saw an army upon the land,
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along a snail-like band*
Or waiting the wayward breeze
wnen marked the peasant, fautly reel
With the toil which he daily bore,
As he feebly turned the tardy weal,
Or tugged at the weary oar
When I measured the pantingcourier's speed
The flight of the courier dove—
As they bore the law a king decreed,
Or the lines of impatient love—
I could not but think how the world would
feel,
As these were outstripp'd afar,
When I should be bound to the rushing keel,
Or chained to the Ry»g ear.
H»! ha! ha they found me at last,
They invited me forth at length,
And I rushed to my throne with a thunder
blast,
And laughed in my iron strength.
Oh! then you saw a woundrous change
On the earth and ocean wide,
Where now my firery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Platting
of every kind dono to order by a practical BUT
vjyor. Copies of township maps furnished:—
Pffdsdrawn *nd acknowledgements taken.
W All business intrusted to them, will re
eeive prompt attention
O. SMITH. T.». TOWNS,
t. 0. riEBCB
Hurrah! hurrah! the waters o'er,
The mountain's steep decline
Time—space—have yielded to my power—
The world! the World is mine 1
The rivers, the sun hath earliest blest,
Or those where his beam decline
The giant streams of queenly west,
Or the orient floods divine.
The ocean pales, where'er I sweep,
To hear my strength rejoice,
And the monsters of the briny deep
Cower, trembling, at my voice,
carry the wealth and the lord of earth,
The thoughts of his god-like mind,
The wind lags after my flying forth,
The lightening is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless
mine,
My tireless arm doth play,
Where the rocks never saw the sun decline,
Or the dawn of the glorious day.
I bring earth's glitteringjewels up
From the hidden cave below,
And I make the fountain's granite cup
With a crystal gush o'erflow.
I blow the bellows, I forge the steel,
In all the shops of trade
I hammer the ore and turn the wheel,
Where my arms of strength are made
I mannage the furnace, the mill, the mint
I cany, I spin, I weave
And all my doings I put into print,
On every morn and eve.
I've no muscle to weary, no breast to decay,
No bone to be laid on the shelf,"
And soon I intend you may "go and play,"
While I manage this world myself.
But harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein
For I scorn the strength ofyour punyhands,
As the tempest scorns a chain.
E A S E E I N E MISSOURI
LEGISLATURE
Mr. Pitt offered the following:
Resolved, That the Speaker be au
thorized to cause to be printed and
posted one hundred bills, anouncing
the 8th of January, 1859.
Mr. Abney—I move to put that re
solution on the table.
Mr. Pitt—Mr. Speaker, the House
passed resolutions, sir, to celebrate, in
an appropriate manner, the 8th of Jan
uary. This is a resolution simply ask
ing that notice be given to the pubiic
of that day. W nave declared an in
tention, and now, when we come to
publish it some gentlemen are suddenly
seized with the "retrenchment gripes,"
and squirms aroucd like a long red
worm on a pin hook. Laughter.
Gentlemen keep continually talking
about economy. I, myself, do not be
lieve in tying the public purse with
cobweb strings, but when retrench
ment comes in contact with patriotism
it assumes the form of "smallness."
Such economy is like that of Old Skin
flint, who had a pair of boots made
for his little boy, without soles, that
they might last the longer. (Laugh
ter.)
I reverence the "day we celebrate."
It is fraught with reminiscences the
most stirring in brings to mind one of
the greatest events ever recorded in
letters of living fire upon the walls of
the temple of fame by the strong right
arm of the god of war! On such oc
casions we should rise above party
lines and political distinctions. I nev
er fought under the banner of Old
Hickory, but "by the eternal" I wish
I had. (Laughter and applause.) If
the old war horse was here now he
would not know his own children from
the side of Joseph's coat of/many col
ors—Whigs, Know Nothings, Demo
crats, hard, soft-boiled, scrambled and
fried Lincolnites, Douglasites and
blatherskites! I belong to no party
I am free, unbridled, unsaddled, in the
Eull
olitical pasture. Like a bob tailed
in fly time, I charge around in the
high grass and fight my own flies.—
(Great laughter.)
Gentlemen, let us show our liberali
ty on patriotic occasions. Why, some
men have no more patriotism than you
could stuff in the eye of a knitting
needle. Let us not squeeze five cents
till the eagle on it squeals like a loco
motive or an old maid. Let us print
the bills and inform the country that
we are as full of patriotism as are Illi
nois swamps full of tadpoles. (Laugh
ter.) I don't believe in doing things
halves. Permit me, Mr. Speaker, to
make a poetical quotation from one of
our noblest authors:
"I love to see the grass among the
rednot
May rose?,
I love to see an old gray horse, for When he
goes he goeses."
(Convulsive laughter.)
After the above speech the House
refused to lay the resolution on the ta-primitive
ble.
E BACKWOODS PREACHER*.
A REVIEW.
In a notice of American Methodism
which appeared in theAhetnoeum of last
year, our readers may remember the
portrait of a pious backwoods preach
er, a large, rugged, bison-like looking
man, with cheeks gnarled and polished
and faded, too, with half-a-century of
Transatlantic wind and sun,—with
eyes exceedingly lustrous, and hair ex
ceedingly rough and coarse:—as far
as could be judged externally, a man
in an eccentrick state of nature, rather
than a^ subject of grace. Dr. Peter
Cartwright, apparently, was slow to
hear, swift to speak, and particularly
swift to wrath. He might have been
a Goth, a Tartar, or a trapper, or any
thing but what he was, a fervent out
door preacher. This circumstance
was owing partly to his coming of
Methodist parentage, and partly to his
being a native of Kentucky. The
railing characteristics of that State his
life exhibits. was, in short, an ad
mirable marksman. He is described
to have performed his work "with all
the zest of a backwoodsman hunter."
A camp meeting was to bim what a
buffalo-hunt would have been to an
other man. From a central position
he singled out, scared, and "dropt" his
audience "right and left." "dealt
out awful truths at the top of his voice,"
"converted men powerlnlly," and
wherever he appeared, the "wail of
repentance followed." A these a
tures of backwood life and the preach
er's ministry" may, and doubtlest will,
appear odd to English readers, the
English editor explains them:—"The
tumultuous feelings, the strange ex
citement, the bodily prostration* the
load and indecorous shoutings, which
attended upon the new birth of these
souls, when the place, the circum
stances, the preacher, and the sinner,
are all taken into account, we might
almost call th?se consequence* natur
al." "Not almost, but quite natural, we
should be tempted to call them, attri
buting the external effects speoifled in
this volume entirely to the physioal
operations of Peter Cartwright For
the rugged ernestness of the man, it is
impossible not to have a high admira
tion. His life is full of strange inci-
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dents, and setting aside its oddities,
and even allowing that the author was
not properlv "posted," must command
and more than command interest It
describes, in fact,., the birth, fortunes, first jerk or so, yon would see their
and general experiences of the oldest
American Methodist preacher. When
Peter Cartwright set forth to preach,
there were "no colleges, nor even a
respectable common within
hundreds of miles." "Old Dyke or
Dilworth" was his spelling-book. A
pocket Bible, Hymn-Book, and Dis
cipline constituted his library. "It is
true,1' he reports, "many of us could
not conjugate A verb or parse a sen
tence, and murdered the King's Eng
lish almost every lick." But advan
tages accrued from the want of learn
ing. "A divine unction attended the
word preached, and thousands (liter
ally)/e#" under the preacher's power.
Dr. Peter Cartwright was born, in
1785, in "Ole Virgmny," when*the
country was not "filled up," but some
what thinned by Indians and bears.
The government of the State was con
ducted by a band of regulators there
was not a newspaper south of Green
River, Logan County,—no mill short
of forty miles, and no schools worth
the name. The life is thus describ
ed:—
Sunday was a day set apart for hunt
ing, horse-racing, card-playing^ balls,
dances, and all kinds of jollity and
mirth. W killed our meat out of the
woods, wild and beat our meal and
hominy with a pestle and mortar. W
stretched a deer-skin over a hoop,
burned holes in it with the prongs of a
fork, sifted our meal, baked our bread,
ate it, and it Was first-rate eating too.
W raised, or gathered out of the
woods, our own tea. W had sage,
bohea, cross-vine, spice, and sassafras
teas, in abundance. A for coffee, I
am not sure that I ever smelled tor
ten years. W made our sugar out of
the water of the maple-tree, and our
molasses too. These were great lux
uries in those days. W raised our
own cotton and flax. W water-rotted
our flax, broke by hand, scutched it
picked the seed out of the cotton with
our fingers our mothers and sisters
carded, spun) and wove it into cloth,
and they cut and made our garments
and bed clothes, &c. Ad when we
got on a new suit thus manufactured,
and sallied out into company, We tho't
ourselves *as big as anybody*
Peter was a wild wicked boy. A
nine he was sent out to invite the
neighbors to hear preaching and
young race-horse nearly proved his
everlasting in A sixteen he
gave up is fdee-horse, a re
quested his father to sell him, though
we fear the price at that date would
be remunerative. A the time he
joined the Methodist Church in 1801
there were only "of members, proba
tioners, coloured and all, 2,484, and
about fifteen travelling preachers."—
The difficulties of preaching in these
times are well illustrated by
the following anecdote respecting Wil
son Lee:—
"He was one of the early pioneer
Methodist preachers sent to the W
He was a very solemn and grave min
ister. A one of his appointments, at
a private house on a certain day, they
had a motherless pet lamb. The
boys of the family had mischievously
learned this lamb to butt They Would
go near it, and make motions with
their heads, and the lamb would back
and then dart forward at them, and
they would jump out of the way, so
that the sheep would miss them. A
man came into the congregation who
had been drinking and frolicking all
the night before. came in Tate,
and took his Beat on the end of a bench
nearly in the door, and, having slept
none the night before, presently he be
gan to nod and as he nodded and
bent forward, the pet lamb came along
by the door, and seeing the man nodd
ing and bending forward, he took it
as a banter, and straightway backed
and then sprang forward, and gave
the sleeper a Severe jolt right on the
head, and over he titled him, to the
no small amusement of the congrega
tion, who all burst out into laughter
and grave as the preacher, Mr. Lee,minutes
was, it so excited his risibilities that
he almost lost his balance. But recov
ering himself a little, he went on in a
most solemn and impressive strain.
A celebrated Revival follows, in
which the Methodists "kept well bal
anced," and in which camp-meetings
originated. "A powerful exercise"
called the jerks," which arose under
preaching, is a peculiarity of this pe
riod:—
"No matter whether they were saints
or sinners, they would be taken under
a warm song or sermon, and seized
with a convulsive jerking all over,
which they could not by any posibility
avoid, and the moro they resisted the
more they jerked. If they would not
strive against it, and would pray in
good earnest the jerking would usual
ly abate, I have seen more than five
hundred persons jerking at one time
in my large congregation. Most usu
ally persons taken with the jerks, to
obtain relief, as they said, would*rise
up and dance. Some would run,- but
eould not get away. Some would le
gist on such theierks were generally
very severe. $9w see those prona
young gentlemen and young ladies,
dressed in their silks, jewlery and pru
nella, from top to toe, take the jerks,
would often excite my risibilities. The
fine bonnets, caps, and combs fly: and
so sudden would be the jerking of the
head, that their long loose hair would
crack almost as loud as a wagoner's
whip. A one of my appointments in
1804, there was a very large congrega
tion turned out to hear the Kentucky
boy, as they called me, Among the
rest there 'were two finely dressed,
faahsonable young ladies, attended by
two brothers with loaded horsewhips.
Although the house was HFfce, w«*~
crowded. The two joun ladies, com
ing in late, took their "seats near where
I stood, and their two brothers stood
in the door. I was a little unwell, and
I had a phial of peppermint in my
pocket. Before I commenced preach
ing I took out my phial and swallowed
a little of the peppermint While I
was preaching, the congregation was
melted into tears. The two young
gentlemen moved off to the yard fence,
and both the young ladies took the
jerks, and they were greatly mortified
about it There was a great stir in
the congregation. Some wept, some
shouted, and before our meeting closed
several were converted. A I dis
missed the assembly, a man stepped
up to me, aud warned me to be on my
guard for he had heard the two broth
ers swear they would horsewhip me
when meeting was out for giving
their sisters the jerk. 'Well,' said f,
I'll see to that' I went, out and said
to the young men. that I understood
they intended to horsewhip me for giv
ing their sisters the jerks. One replied
that he did. 1 undertook to expostu
late with him on the absurdity of the
charge agaiust me, but he swore I
need not deny it for he had seen me
takeout a phial, in which 1 carried
some truck that gave his sisters the
jerks. A quick as thought it came
into my mind how would get clear
of my whipping, and, jerking out the
peppermint phial, said I, Yes if I
gave your sisters the jerks, I'll give
them to you.' In a moment I saw he
was scared. I moved toward him, he
backed I advanced, and he wheeled
and ran, warning me not to come near
him, or he would kill me. It raised
the laugh on him, and I escaped my
whipping. I had the pleasure, before
the year was out of seeing all four
soundly converted to God, and I took
them into the Church."
In 1802 Peter Cartwright received
what is called "an exhorter's licence."
and was allowed to "exercise his gift"
began to find a little education
necessary and providence opened his
way to a school at which were taught
"all tho branches of a common educa
tion and also the dead languages."—
Peter's linguistic acquirements arc
thus exhibited:—
"I recollect once to have come across
one of these Latin and Greek scholars,
a regular graduate in theology. In
order to bring me into contempt in a
public company, he addressed me in
Greek. In my younger days I had
learned considerable of German. I
listened to him as if I understood it all,
and them replied in Dutch. This he
knew nothing about neither did he un
derstand Hebrew. Concluded that
I had answered him in Hebrew, and
immediately caved in, and stated to
the company that I was the first edu
cated Methodist preacher he ever
saw."
Here is an odd Revival incident in
West Tennessee
It was customary for gentlemen of
fashion to wear ruffled shirts. There
was a wealthy gentleman thus attired
at our meeting, and he Was brought
under strong conviction I led him
to the altar with the mourners and
he was much engaged. Bo it seemed
there was something he would not giva
up. I was praying by his side, and
talking to him, when all on a sudden
he stood erect on his knees, and with
his hands he deliberately opened his
shirt bosom, took hold of his ruffles,
tore them off, and threw them down
in the straw and in less than two
God blessed his soul, and he
sprang to his feet, loudly praising
God.
W omit Peter's mode of taming a
woman half alligator, half snapping
turtle," and give this admirable scene
in Rushville,Illinois,in 1837. A fiesh
green, live Yankee preacher" has come
to enlighten the people of the Far
Westj and turn the looal preachers
'into the shades of everlasting dark,
ness." Dr. Peter determines to give
him a chance
"I put him up one night to read hi*
sermon. The frame bunding we were
worshipping in was not plastered, and
the wind blew hard our candles flared
and gave a bad light, and our minis
terial hero made a very awkward out
in reading his sermon. The congre
gation paid a heavy penance and be
came restive he balked, and hemmed,
and oonghed at a disgusting rate. A
the end of about thirty minutes th 3
great blessing eame: he closed, to tha
great satisfaction of all the fongrega
tion. I rose and gave an exportation,
and bad a bench prepared, fA^whioh I
invited the mourners. They came in
crowds there was solemn power, tm
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