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VOLUME 2,t
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r
' 8, 1842.
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EXD OF THE WORLD,
of our readers are no doubt aware, that a
certain fanatic by the name of Miller^ residing in
New-Jersey, we believe, has predicted the end ol
the world in 1843, and that he prelends to found
this prediction on the prophecies of the Bible,
which he says have been made plain to him. He
has also, and his followers, comtnenced travelling
over the New England Slates, putting up large en
campments. and pteaching up his doctrine of the
milkiiium to come ne.xt year, and also established a
paper to propogate Millerism. As a complete de-
molisher of the doctrine of this n'lodern irapostor,
who impiously pretends to understand the profound
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i
Tllhl SUBS
g: ■ AVIXG leased the CHARLOTTE HOTEL,
a I formerly kept by Dr. Joshua D. Boyd, and
m-n* r' ceiitly by Maj. Joseph Smith, announces to
l,ia li ieii I.-; and tiie public gcnoraily, that he re-
; i'Mit*d it as a HOUSE OE ENTERTAlNlVi£]\T.
' I'l* Hoii.sc and onclo.sures liave been newlv and
iioroiiiriily repaired e.xpres.'-Iy »br the use of the
, 1 -cr-t:«‘r. huendini^to dc"^otc liis whole time and
to his House, the undersigned ^viI] spare
111. I'airifei to render coniforlable all who may give him
. : •;/. J( will he his roiistiint endcav'or to keep a
I uble stij pli^'d wiih the i)t si that can be afforded by
. ' uniitul country ; a f3ar of' choice Liquors ; neat
1,. -tn.s and clean Dedj? ; polite and attentiv’e Ser-
V mils, an ' xpcricnced Hof^tier and such accomoda
tion.'^ .ithis Stahleii as will not be overlooked by tra-
tiliTs TiUd others. To the travelling public he
■ ^uld say* f‘'^li aiid test the accomodations at the
'' irlotft' I foiel. Ilis charges f-hall he moderate, to
i:i 1 le embarrass^ed state ot the times. The Cliur^
i life Hotel is on treet, just one square South
r 'h* Courthous^e. "
Ti 7^ Farnjfips accommodated i\ith private dining
■ uuia* vvL”B tt?»?4i;ed.
ALE^NDER
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 83...p ^
Coroliiia liiii,
i n 1 n 1.0 TTE. NOR TH- C.l R OLINA.
t^ofcssor Sti:waut of Andover, Massachuselt;.,
said to be among the most learned divmes of our
day. We find it in one of our exchanges ;
» O
[extuact.]
Plain as all this seems to my mind, yet I see ma
ny, and some v'ery sensible persons too, greatly agi
tated about the end of the world, which as many
predict at the present day, is to come in 1843. I do
not say, that it would be well lor ^le public to call
to tiiind the many predictions of the like nature
which have already been wrecked, and which were
maintained with as much learning, and as much
confidence too, as present theories are. Specially
would they do well to call to mind the notable case
of John Albert Bengel, one of the best Greek schol
ars and sacred expositors of the last age, and the
editor of the famous critical edition of the New Tes
tament which bears his name. His piety and tal
ents are beyond fair question, and sobriety, on all
other subjects except the Apocalypse, was a prom
inent trait of his character. He spent the flower of
his life in pursuit of the secret meanings of the Rev
elations. He came to lull persuation, at last, that he
had discovered them. He announced them to the
v^rld ; and in so doing, he says, with much modes
ty, that the only reason he has to doubt the disclo
sures of these secrets is, that it was made to so un
worthy a person as himself. Yet, in the full confi
dence that the occult matters of the Apocalypse had
actually been revealed to him is>y the Holy Spirit,
he published his book. Most devoutly does he
thank God for the wonderful disclosures which it is
designed to «ake. The grand period, as to all the
leading parfefof the great drama, according to his
book, was to be consunmiated in A. D. 1836. Ifthe
face of the world sViouhi not be entirely changed at
that period, then, he says, the church must believe
that he has been njigtaken. But that th» change
woulU tuka pill" l~f t>lMy|rtninrT> not a ahaUuvY ul'
doubt.
So far, this great and w^e—we
^ve lived tp see 1836, a&jjrhe w^ld is still moving
° Und the and its inhabitants gojrtg on
ia days of yore. We nev^ once thought
"Hit#^period, of ihe^Bengelian revelation: and
cann6.t now discover the record oftJiem on the page
of history.
Many a confident prediction, utteFed by other ro
mancers in prophecy, has met with the same fate,
and been wrecled on the rocks whither the mighty
etr^m'1^4ici^ hath borne them. Such is doubtlesji
1h$ destiny M iaawy others also: yet, all this
does not seem to dioiinii^. the confidence of thow
who write theol(^^^.rom^e6 ! ji'tlierc
must needs be eritlt^^s ^it
would seem,) why may rtot thi9 (li^jparTOftrlt of eXe-
getical theology exhibit its due propoT*tion ?
Once for all, however, we may beseech such in
terpreters to listen to a word of caution. I will not
rej)roach them with the j>resumption of undertaking
to expound a book, which, ol all others in the Bible,
demands the deepest knowledge of the original
Scriptures, and of the prophetic idiom, when they
have not well studied either. But may I not ask,
how it came about, that when Jerusalem *vas to be
destroyed, the exact time was so carefully kept
hack, until the very eve ol'its accomplishment, fr-an
the disciples ofCiirist? Mark tells us (xiii. 3,) that
the three favorite disciples went to fiim and asked
him the qutif^tion respecting the time of its desola-
tion. He tells us, al.so, that Jesus declared ‘ this
time (v. 32) to he unknown not only to men. hut to
the aiiiiels in heav’('n. yea to the Son tiimself.’ It
was only alter the Unman army was in Palestine
and had begun their task, that the time was declared
to John, Rev. xi. 2.
lint we may appeal to a passage still more appli
cable to the present case, and which comprises more^
within its iira.-p. The anxious ilisciples asked of
the risen Saviour, 'irhen he would restore the king
dom 1o Israel 7 It matters not what particular thing
they had in mind. i. e. whether it was purely tiie
spiritual kiiiL^ihjin ofChrisft, or tlie ecclesiastico-pol-
itical kingdom which they had once been expecting.
The answer is one which should be engraven on a
frontispiece and put upon the study door of every
writer on the prohecies, who indulges the expecta
lion of being able to point out the day and the hour
of fulfihnent. It was this: It is not for you lo
KNOW THi: TIMES OR THE SEASONS, WHICH THE E.\-
TIIER HATH IM T IX HIS OWN POWEK. ActS, 1. 6. 7.
If now It was not lor even apostles to know t ese
11- r,, . ^ , I 1, ,1 . c 11 secrets, is it Ibr every curious and speculating
H||= 1 ABLE shall alvvuy. be well .in,l p Irnt.kil y ^ of history or .k
pplu'd with every thing the country allords, to , u
THE air VO Establishrt^^ situa
^ ted on main-str(’et, rforth Cc^Jrt
,-i II:>use, in (he Town of ChaHotte. N.
ifc- still kepi open by the undersigned ifor the ac"
■ I iniodalion of the public. The proprietor feels con"
»! I nf of his ability to give entire satisfaction to all
• 1 > in ly patro!iise Uis House. The travelling pub-
' !• will find at the Carolina Inn every comfort, con-
. • iii:Mice and attention necessary to refresh and re-
; ili^or:'te both man and horse. Particular pains
■vil K-* bestowed on the Table, Bar, and Beds—
I every thing shall ho in the most sumptuous and
1' it atler;—and the Sfahies will always he sup-
i ;ii d with ;i!>undanee and attended by laithful, ex-
1 I iostlers. In i^hort, the subscriber is lie-
’ rmiii= d to keep up t!ic accommodatidiis at his
I 'in.-e in a style unsurpassed by any similar estab-
i !.i'ient in il ** int rior country. All he asks from
.nt.})ublic. 1; . f-j «ri\ e him a call.
Ihurt ='^ can at all tim s he supplied with con''-'c-
; -nt I well enclosed LOT>>, on mo leratti terms,
:d I’urni lied with gruin at a low jtri.e.
KERR.
G5...F
’harl-.:‘te. June 2,
• w ]tr
Ji:X.\L\GS
1SI:.>.
B.
iiA¥EI.IiEiSS,
T iKi: yOTK E !
lion. , . ;S i 1
gree of m.r- u . ' ; -:
up^n the Hi;/-
and aj.'T; ic ' 'ucau • u is iftw. T!vi'^ we jo on
anins:';:'’ our>'*lves m oii.: “c.e ifMim i aiioi r.^r,
ever pursuin.' »;i fa*... the aa.uc ph iiuoins, ithou /h
we give chase to ihem in dinerent direction^ —
When such chases will be ov3r, it would he as dilfi-
cult to say, as to fix upon thiJ specific period of the
Mdleniuin.
From the Family ’Jompanion.
HOMESPUN Y A R N S .—X o. II.
THE “experience” OF THE BLACKSTtll Til OF
THE MOUNTAiX PAriS.
CHAPTER 1.
At the entrance to one ol moae gorges, or gaps in
the great Apalachian chain of mountains, in their
passage across the notliieru portion of G.-orgia. a
blacksmith had erectii his fdrg ^ in ihe early settle
ment of that region by the Aaglo-American race,
and drove a thrifty trade in tni- way ol fuciog axes
and pointing plows for thosrttl rs, and hor
ses for wayfaring people in iheir lriMPK.^ugh
of his neighborhood
i cc
he VV45 no ordin|^y pt son age in fhe afTaiis
ighborhood,
figm^ in thia'lfe,rative,"sum amount of hi;
riBtes will ncH t
.'ill uidke a conspicpus
the jQuntiy to examine gold mine.s a
of
liariites will be unititf re^ting. llavm
through life on a homely maxim of his ovvn—^’pay
upas you go up’-—he had icquired some money
and was out of debt, an i cv>n». qu- ntly enjoyed • the
glorious privilege of being mJejienden*,’ in a de
gree that is unknown to many woo occupy a idrg-
tr portion of the worla’s attention than i^^lf
He was a burly, well iookmg man of thirr^nve,
just youngenough to feel that ail hi£ faculiies, men
tal and physical, had reach d their greatest devel
opment, an I just old enough to have amassed suth
cient experience of men and things, to maJwe the pas'
serve as a finger post to hiS fuiure journey through
life. With a sl^wd. b ji opeti, oold and honest
look, there was a gleeful ^'*';j:':ess'.on in tiie corners
of his eyes, that spoke ol fun. The ‘ laughing dev-
il_^in his eye’ was not a malicjous spirit, however.
His physical conformation was that which com
bined great strengtii with agility, and if he had been
fated to have been a CiJtempijiiiry of his great proto
Vulcan, there can be no Uoubt but the Lem-
nian blacksmith would have alloied to him a front
forge in his establishiuent, to .tci as a sort of paitern-
card, and to divert the public gaze fiom his own
game leg to the fair propoitions ol iiis foreman.
Now, although Ned Foi^crorj, lor such was the
name he had inherited liO;x| some O tllic ancestor,
was a good natured niun v’» ^ trie posseoc>ion of great
muscular strength and cou;t»t.e. iod ihe admiration
which a succeasful exercis^' of those powers never
fails to command, had .■ijmewhat spo . a ir.nr
Without meaning to mjuie any mortal, he had man
aged, nevertheless, to tiy his prowess on sundry of
his neighbors, and fiom the success which always
crowned his honest etib^is in that way, nad uncon
sciously acquired the chaiacter of a bully.
With very few early advantages of elementary
education, he had, neveiiheiess, at dillejent periods,
collected a mass of heterogeneous information, which
he was Very fond oi dis[)laying on occasions. He
was a sort of politioil aniiuiiary, and could tell the
opinion of Mr Jt if rson or Mr. Miidison, on any
subject, and was reieired toon all li.-5pnled points ol
the theory and h‘ loiy ol the gove.niment, that arose
among the candidates loi the legislaiure and county
politicians, 'i’his he studied on account of the con
sequence it mv stcd him With. But why he nai
treasured up an old and -.veil thumbed copy of
Paine s Ag»^ ol Re.ison, and alfecled sceplicisni as
to tne veracity of the ?iory ol Jonan and the whaK,
and B ilaam and hia ass, wouid be hard accountintj:
lor, unless ii {uo ’eed d fto.u ihe, desire of a chaiac
ter for singularity and ^•rudllion VV^hen vanity
onc»‘ gets the mastery of a man’s reason, there is no
telling the abs-urdilii.s ii will lead him into. Hr
was iond of speaking of Vulney, and being found
with a copy of 'Payior’s * Du gcsis’ m his nand, al
though lew of his n. ighbors had heaid of the au-
thoi of the • Rums,’ o; knew what Diegesis meant.
This pt culianly, together with the pertinacity of
the missionai ies, vVoi .u.'ter and Bniler, which cir
ried them to th peni iiii.ny. iimv account for ta
jrreat aveision f M Ei.^atd Foiire»on to ail
pr. achers o( tn* G ):
so cxcfssive. .ii ii u
ii
Ti:^!OTur R. HuanEs.
H WLXGol r inrd thoMAXSlOX HOUSE for pub
• P'c«>ininodation. intbrm.s his tViends ami the puh-
■ ^ nerally, that he is m»w prepareil to reci'ive and
Mf irtain all who may lavor him with their patron-
‘ hypoci iiical .'Co i.
out llVi lg HilJ I
guage.
But • oircu s I
a Uir.
•)re;t'
Ui r
r .
h,
■ iS
• ! fli.> dislike lor them "'-i.-v
I "li 1 scaic^ iy '=p' ik ot tne
IS. ici *’1'" C ;li d int'm, Willi
jii ui.i using mdecoious l ui
oc^'i ’.d vhich gave iiis zf’al
•ui..an ail'. '0. -V M UtMdi.-;!
'Vte'.sHt*, -vho was loud ol spi-
i ,ii ar.. e'doi^'S. onc^- Dvide th
■, faei^ r a i ng te:
Wl .‘dili'ed '’and his hr*
' u se i'liv H» vas
e'
. .u
/n h.
j asc and saiisfy the ]ia!ate even of an epicure.
His BAR will bp lound furnished witli a choice
^'decfion ot Liquors. Wines and Cordials, both Ibr-
’ Mi and domestic.
His S rABLEL-hull V;e constantly attended by
thlul rmd att-'iitive hostlers and su}>})lied with
•' ndant provender.
’ . IJ. The Singe Ollice is k pt at the Mansion
-I .i: ;c.
*'-‘lailotte, N. C., May 23, 1S12. 61....6m
exeeretical science, to tell us all about such matters ?
Is it not presumption to engage in such an under-
takin^? C^od has uiuloubtedly determined upon
the times and seasons, when all events that respect
his church will take place. But it does not follow,
that he has reveah d this matter to us. We are
satisfied he h is not. Why not leave to him the se
(•ret things which he claims as his own prerogative?
\\ hy assume to ourselves a ptisition, which he tloes
not allow us to assume ?
But alap ! all tlie disappointment of winters leem-
inf*" vv’ith lancv’ and tilled with coatidence, in da^s
that are past, seem to have made no serioua .mpres-
sion on the liKC class of writers at the present peri
od. As soon as ruthle?s time mows dowri one par-
Begs leave to inform liis
In™,is and the public. \viT»n
that hecontinues to carry on the j crop. And so it wi o • \vithout bein r
T.UI.UlUNa ni .'SIMCtiS. U«ay, an,l Ine .jg!
the South east winr of trom its orbit; the 1 ope still K ^ues nis (le
the K.outheast winii Vancan; the Sultan still naughtily
to his peermn minarets and the ban icrs oi
i. BETHINE
with their patronage. Being
regular in the receipt of the
■‘derior to any at the South.
Fall and Winter Fashio?is
. ' received.
Sept, 27,
m the fioutheast wing ot
Spring’s brick house, where .
he will be ready to accommo- ! t 7. ; ° -u_; are «;fiil
^ I c 1 • : am ; and aita ul and humble Ohnatiaus are sun
date those who mav lavor 11m . , " , ’ ‘ k . thon qoiop more
laborini^ and suilering as betore; men some moje
fortunafe ad\ cnturer will perhaps discover latent er-
Xew VorU Miifl PhiitiHolnhia 1 ‘*1 fomier calculations, (as recently has been the
fSew \ ork ‘ind 1 hiladelphia , resoect to those of Bengel,) and we shall
I- ashions, ins style .hall not be j j „,,on ihe cohsuinmatioii
period of all. But this will in all probability he lar
enou^rh in advance to be out of the reach of the gen-
, oration who are addressed, and therefore beyond
‘ their power of absolute denial or of decisive correc-
for 1812-3
ma iS 1/ rai> aC|Uirei cuts -par:’.^ed
“ •' .:.M= ’ Ail tais ca ne to the eais of For
ge; >11, with such additions and enibehshments as
^toii-.s UiUally rvceivu in passing to a third person.
Ii would be as ust less to atteinpi to d*’scribe a
mountain storwi, as to picture the wrath of thi^f
mouniamt er But il we cannot pourtray th^ storm,
the oons' qut nces may be easily told. 'Fhe Black-
s.n’f 'i ^v:ore hi his v:: it-i he icc’U^l Lc'dv er-i'^y Me
prr icdcr tkai pJisseU i:ie gcip, ui rcccnge oj
thLS ll'iult.
Foig' von was a tmn of his word, a« the bruised
ft .lureb ol iiiiiny ol Jona Wfsley’s disciples could
tfc^t iy. His characfer soon went abroad, ana the
goo * old matrons of tnsarrouodmg counties on
each side of the mouniam trembha at his na.n^*.
In short, the m^'joiruu piss, wnich was really as
romantic a place as a laujjcap^ p nnter would seek
for a picture, and was ju.^t the spot to rnnmd a
yjutii irtsfi from his cl iStic siu li- s, of the place
where L»"onidaS: and his thiee h injr^d Spartans
fi il. in alt iiiptthg to defend Gre-ce ag uns' the ar
my o! X i \ *s; bUL m d sp te of me gran i ui of its
b tiiaiJ cliir', and the beauty ul is verdure, it wa>
aiso.’.ai- d m ihe minds ol m;inv piou.^? pers.'ns, wiifi
Uie dro.21 gate th i* l«-ads to d-st uction And N* d
Forgeron, tne hands j ne hi icksmith, was in^fSt* !
wiih^the atti ibut‘ S and hideou'* as-: ct oi nis Scitanic
Mtj'Sty. by many a mountain girl, wfio would
doubtl.&s have la'll-n in ‘love at liist sight’ viMth
him, under any other name.
Pile pr.Mcher wtiose circ jit Ly on ^either side "of
■' »nounta a, at th*' time Ned’s direful tdict vvas
prumu gated t i iht woiJd. vvis a me k and lowly
m-’T, u ,0 app’ oac’. d nf^ar!\ in h ' natura. dispost
.-0, . liliob iience to ti.e ir.andate, rela’ivt ♦.
t rnin^ the chei i: to the siaiter *i u poor sou!
passed many sleepless nights in view of the fate
ihat awaited him at the "mountain pass. In his
dreams, he saw Forg-ion with a huge sledge-ham-
mt^'r in his hand, ready to dash out his brains, an i
would start with such w'lolence as to wake himself
He inquired if there was no other place at which
the mountain could be passed, only to learn his
doom more certainly. Being a liinid man, but
withal devoutly impressed with a sense of dutv, he
re.solved to discharge his duties faithlully, be the
consequences what th^y might. Like a lamb go
ing to the slaughter did he wend his way towards
the gap; as he came in front of the shop, the black
smith was striking the last blow on a shovel, and
singing away to the tune of “Clear de kitchen”—
“Old Georgia is a noble State,
Her laws are good, and her people great.”
On catching a glimpse of the poor parson, who
had fl ittered himself that he was about to pass with
impunity, Ned sung out—“Stop, there, you eternal
snad-beiiy, and pay the penalty for my injured re
putation ! ’
The holy man protested inuocsnce of having eyer
intentionally injured him, by word or deed. V
The* man’s subdued looks^d earnest voice, had
half dissuaded Ned from h1^%tern purpose, when
the giggling of hii striker and the cheering of two
or three idlers, ne^g^ hini" to do what he felt was
mean. Let any one pause a moment, and reflect if
he has never been urged on to acts his conscience
smote him for, by the opinions of others, before Mr^
Forgeron is sentenced as a devil. The prei
received several boxes on his ears, and heard ifll
denunciations against his sect before he was per
ted to depart, and when that permission was
ed, he was not slow in availing himself of iHf
lege.
At the next annual conference, when circuits
were assigned to the different preachers, this one
made his appearance punctually, but by some pro
cess of casuistry, convinced himself that his duty did
not call tor a revelation of his suflTerings. If he
vVaS too sensitive of the blacksmith’s character to
. xpose it to rude remark, or, if hr had a prefer
ence thaf some worthier brother should occupy
that healthy station among the mountains, is dil-
ficult to conjecture. But Forgeron’s reputation
had extended beyond the circuit, and was done am
ple and severe justice to by others, who had heard
of his fame. It soon becamp, the subject of anima
ted conversation, and there was do little wincing,
each one fearing it would he his cruel fate, to be
Sent a victim to appease the wrath of this human
— ‘^ntainst the Methodist church.
Alter a time, it wasHcffrece-RLpverend
Mr. Stubbleworth was the doomed individual, anJ
when ihe annunciation came, many an eye of min
gled pity and curiosity was turned on his ruddy,
good-natured face, to see how the dispensation was
borne, but not a muscle moved. With a quiet
smile, he professed a perfect willingness to go
where he was sent. He was “clay in the hands of
the potter,” he said, if he piqued himself on a
stolid mdilTerence to the blacksmith’s pummelings,
or if he relied on his ample dimensions to protect
himself, he never disclosed, but appeared as self-sat
isfied and content as ever. His predecessor looked
for all the world, like a mouse just escaped from
the fangs of some terrible grimalkin.
CHAPTER Ii.
The Rev. Mr. Stubbleworth was very much
pleai^ed with nis new situation. Having been trans-
fei red from a level pine-vvoods country, near the
conhnes of Florida, the novelty of mountain scene
ry and a pure, bracing -itmosphere, seemed to inspire
him With new life. Complimenting all the moth-
»-rs, on the singular beauty and intelligence of their
children, with a delicate allusion to their own per
sonal appearanct-, he soon became a g'^neral favor
ite. Air, Stubbleworth *• knew which side of his
bread the bultei was on.”
Thtf time arriving for his departure to visit the
transmontane portion of his pastoral care, he w’as
earned of the d mgers he was about to encounter,
b it th y w re heard with the same placid smile.
'Pile worthy ladies pictured to him ‘chimeras di^t‘,’
sutii'ienl to have abated the zeal of any other indi-
.idual. But that gentleman quirted their fears, by
ij'ptalmg to th" power that 'tempers the wind to
liie .-'h'jrn lamb.’ w'ilh a countenance as lamb like
as could he im igmed. And he departed, singing--
“ At homo or abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As tliy wants may demdnd, shall thy strength ever be.’*
They watched aim, until his portly person and i
ho-s ^ 5'rew i ,.a ■ * th*- listan^e, and firti' d away,
siLh'ng hat s icn a good maa sh 'ulii laij inlo th--
• th . monbier tlie b. icksr: = ’ih.
Foigeroi; had .aearo of iis n »v v-cti n, a^j] i» -
joiced that • s size and appdian -e farnKshed a b*
ter subject for his vengeance tnan me attenuate d
frame of the late parson. Oh, what nice beatinir
he w'ould have! He had hearJ too, that some Me
thodist preachers were rather spirited, and hoped
this one might prove so, that he might provoke him
t) fight. Knowing the clergyman must pass on
Sjtuiday in the afternoon, he gave his striker holi
day, and reclining on a bench, regaled himself on
the beauties of Tom Fame, awaiting the ariival of
the preacher.
It was not over an hour, before he heard the
words.
How happy are they, who their Saviour obey,
And havj laid up their irt-a.^ure above,”
sung in a full, clear voice, and soon the vocalist,
turrung the an^^le of a rock, rode leisurely up, with
a contented smile on his face.
‘ bl »w are you, old slab-sides ? Get ofT your
horse and join in mv devotions,’ said the blacksmith.
‘ I have many miiesto ride,’ answered the preach
er, • and havn t time, iny friend. I’ll call as 1 re-
j
geron’s nami-, but presumed that he did cot merest
well behaved travellers.
“ Yrj presumed so’ Yes, yoa are the most pre.
su nptuous people, yoa Methodists, that ever trod shoo
I at'i^r. my Low. Weil, whai’I' you do if I don't
whip you th!s time, you beef-headed disciple you r
Mr Stubbleworth professed his willingness'to do
any thing roasonable, to avoid such penance.
‘ W ell, there’s three things you have to do, or
I 11 maul you into a jelly. The first is, you areja
quit pre aching: the second is, you must wear
last will and testament of Thomas Paine ne
your heart, read it every day, and beli
word you read ; and the third is, you j
the Methodists in every crowd you gef
The preacher looked on dujjiig th
positions, without a line o(
and at the end replied, that-
abie and he would not
* Well, you have.
I’ll larrup you lil
rags! Get do
The preaQ
ed up to the
he did not di§
made a virtue o
‘ I have but
is that you w
>vas a prestt^
1 do not wi
, you basin-fafli
'wly drew off his ovejr
itimied his tirade of abo!
as he drew his right"
aad threw the garment be^i"i
^ "V Forgeron a tremendoo^
wliich laid that person
itind, with the testament ^
blra. The Rev. Mr. Stubbln-
vf connoiseur in such matj
sary to rise, but mount*
f a cat, and as he bes;
nteous hand, oa thf
imith, contmue(@|
on his arrival at tl
^_-jifbrt and pcace^
ihg experiei
epally f
NwghfTa
one by taj
he^
as qui'.
-meet
are thres
t yoit up.
turn.
‘ Your name is Stubblew’orth, and you are the
hypocrite the M-thodists have sent here, eh V
‘My name is Stubbleworth,’ he replied meekly?
‘ Didn’t you know my name was Ned Forgeron.
the blacksmith what whips every Methodist pt. ac*h-
er that ?oes through this gap?’ was asked with an
audacious look. • And how dare you come here?’
The preacher replied i.hat he had heard Mr For-
ed him, w
towed his
stomach arl
song whe
smithy—
“ Tongue oa;
Of a soul in
until Mr. Forg
‘ first love,’ or som
him, re,s|K)nded lu
him oiri’ But unfoiti
perform that kmdj^ltic
maunched a bun
t;tly as if his mastSr \vas
ing
‘ Now,’ said Mr. Slubb
things you must proinise
‘ What are they V asked
‘ The first is, that you wi
dist preacher again. lie“
he nesitated, and the rever
usual benign smile on his fal;
and song—
“ I rode on the «ky, freely justi
And the moon ii was under m
This oriental languageovercam^^^W^ksmiihI
Such bold tigures, or somethiiig else, caused him to
sing out,—“ Weil, I’ll do jt—l’ll do it!’
‘ You are getting on very well,’ said xMr. Stub
bleworth, ‘ 1 think f can make a decent man of vou
yet, and perhaps a chiistain,’
Ned groaned.
‘ The second thing I require of you, is, to go to
Pumpkmvine Creek Meeting house, and hear me
preach to-morrow.’
Ned attempted to stammer out some exctjse—‘ I
1 1 that is ’
When the divine resumed his devotional hymn,
and kept time with the music, by striking him over
the face with the fleshy part of the hand—-
“ My soul rucunted higher, on a chariot of fire,
Nur did envy Elijah his seat.”
Ned’s promise of punctuality, caused the parson’s
exercise to cease, and the words, redolent ol gorgC'
ous imagery died away m echoes from the adjacent
crags.
‘ Now’ the third and last demand I make of you,
is peremptory,’ Ned was all ^iteniion, to know
what was to come next. ‘ You are to promise to
seek religion, day and night, ana never rest until
you obtain it at the hands of a merciful Redeemer.’
The fallen man looked at the declining sun, and
then at the parson, and knew not what to say, when
the Idiier individual began to r^ise his voice m song,
oncc more, ayd Ned knew what would come next.
‘ rii do my besi,’, he sgud^ in an humbled voice.
‘ Well, ihai’s a man,’ \It. Stubblew'orth said,—
Nou get up .iii 1 g J dj-.vn to the branch and wash
yo ir ia..e, and dust j ou. Clothes, and tear up Mr.
i .ae’s • sta .icnt and .-..ny .ur thoughts on high.’
Net* irosi- viiii iefclmgs • had never e.xperienc-
 i bef- e, ai.d \n /it o oy :no lavu'.ory injunction
Ol the preaci.er, when liiut gentleman mounted his
aorse. took Ntd by the hand, and said;-—‘Keep
your prornjies and i’ll keep your counsel. Good
evening, Me. Foigeron—1 ii look lor you to-mor-
ro V,' ani olf he rode with ttie same imperturbable
countenance, singing so loud as t.z dcare the eaglets
from their eyrie, in the ov‘m ►./inging rocks.
Well, tliO ight Ned. th’.' a nice business ! What
would people say it th y knew Kdward Forgeron
was whip't before ni.-- c*v\a door in the gap, and by
a MethuUist preacher, too ? But his musings were
‘ more m sor.ow than in anger.’
CHAPTtR III.
Ihe disfigured countenance of Forgeron was of
course the ^ubJ ct ol numerous questions that night,
among his Inends, to which he replied with a stern
look they undeistood, and the vague rema.^k that ho
had not met with an accident. Ut course, thev ne
ver dreamed ol the true cause, Forgeron looked
;n the glass, and perhaps compared the changing
hues of his • black eye from a recent scuffle,’ to the
rainbow in the shipwreck scene—• blending every
color into one.* Ur perhaps he had never read that
story, and only muttered to bnnsell, • Ned Forgeron
whipped by a Methodist preacher!’
tlis dreams that night were of a confused and
disagreeable nature, and waking m the niorning, he
had an indistinct memory of something unphasant
having'! jccurred. Atfiist he could not lecollect the
cause of hisleelings; but the biuises on his face
and body, soon called them to mind, as well as the