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tfjt Y S . " i' - i J i V : r j-v- I VOLUME X. if A , LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY; JUNE 24, 1 885. NUMBER 40. Bros sTfeviiJtiE; ft. a Wholesale Dealers Oeneial Uercnandise. !.::.- -tot- Largest Warehouse and'Trast f acili-- ties for han- .'.' " dling Dried Fruit, Ber ries, etc.. in the State. RESPECTFULLY TTTX 11 Aw vv fctxxaijc tit i- i K August 27th, 1884. . JCS. O -2- ;- -i s J. M. Spain&OTir, UMMIl KAJ.TZMOBX PlWil. lexoie, y: c. : i : Work as loir as good work can be done. P. LEE CLINE, 1TT0RNEY - AT - LA?,i mroiB, n. c. I CUUTOII A. CITiTiTTY, j Attend 1 rzzttzo in AH Clio Csrcrts. UEI4QIRES POUR SERYIR. Some Isiercsling Incidents of Revolution ary Tines Gathered for the Ben efit of the Futon " historian. ; V Zionville, June, 1885. To the Editor of TJie Lenoir Topic: 1 herewith . gire a few historic points about Watauga which have never before ben brought out. Thinking perhaps that some, at least, of your readers would .be in terested in this bit of Watauga's history, I conclude to pen them and, if you think them worthy of publf cation, you can publish them, if riot cast them out. David Hix was the first white man that settled on Watauga river, (that part of Watauga river that traverses Watauga county.) He emigrated from the State "of Va., between years 1765 and 1773, exact date not known. He settled on the property now owned by H. Taylor, A. B, Mast, D. F. Baird and Thos. A. Hagaman. This fine valley of land was taken up by him and, has since been named the Vale , of the Cross or Valle Crucis. He built his fort near where A. B. Mast's house now stands, in which to protect himself from the Cherokee Indians, whose hatred and ambition were aroused against all settlers at that time. He was soon forced tp aban don his fort as he was so far from' any settlement, being fifteen miles to the nearest house. At the same time the Indians were continually harrassing him. His party consisted of himself, wife and several children, of whom Samuel and David, his two oldest sons, were about grown, also his two son-in-laws, Thos. and Mikel Asher and two other men, Lucus and Gwyn and a hired woman whose name was Ireland and her1 daughter Jenny, who was afterwards captured by the Indians. He left his fort on the Watauga, as above stated, and fell back to what was then called the Roan's Creek settlement, a distance of fifteen mile3, near where Dug ger's old Iron Works now stand, and remained there one year, during which time he made a crop, r It was here that the beautiful daughter, Jenny, "of Mrs. Ireland, was taken by a party of Indians, who wfere secreted by the roadside. She was returning from the mill when tho Indians rushed from their hiding place and seized her before she knew they were about. They securely tied ner with the bridle reins and carried her away to the Ohio river, a distance of more than three hundred miles. She was adopted in one of tbeir tribes and became the wife of a chief. Seven years later some Indian traders bought her and she was returned to her mother. The historian Kamsey, of Tenn., speaks of this occurrence. Hix with his party, returned up the Watauga to their "former fort soon after this occurrence, at vhich time the war of the Revolution broke out. It should be remember ed that Hix, at this time, was under no law or authority only of his own make. He was monarch of all he surveyed. In fact he was little else than a hermit away back in the dai k recesses of the mountains ; no set tlement within fifteen miles on the west (Koan'g Creek) and j twenty miles ont the 1 east' (Old Fields tof ' Ashe.) This old pioneer and hunter with his party, was as happy and contented and as free as the red men of the forest ; nolaw, no restraint," no civilization. They were freemen in the fullest sense. They lived by the r spontaneous " products "of the soil and their rifles. Buffalo, bear, elk, deer and smaller game was in great abundance. They ate their flesh and wore their skins. During the time of the Indian war on the border, a great many of the -settlers lower down on the Wa tau ga were killed, regardless of age or sex, by the Indians. The" forts along the Watauga and Nolachuckee werefreqnently attacked. Kamsey, the historian, states that the fort at Watauga, near where Elizabethton now stands, was reinforced by a small force from the upper - fort on Watauga during an attack. The writer thinks that there is bo doubt bnt thia was nix's party, as there were no forts above Elizabethton, except at Doe Hiver CoTewhieh was only six miles from the point of at tack, and the historian sneaks of the fort near the head of Watauga. This, however, must -have taken place at a very early period of the war of the Bevolution, as will be seen hereafter. There can be no reasonable doubt asl to Hixg partT being the reinforcements epokjen of. Hix was a man of great strength and power of endurance, a skillful hunter and woodsman, simple in his habits, of a kind and accommodat ing disposition and possessed of many good - traits. He -was much like his old cotemporary, Daniel Boone, the pioneer of KentnckjV jf About this time the Tories' from the lower counties were frequently passing and scouting along .through the mountain trails and would fre quenUy call Hix" fort ; for i re freshments and , protection. It would be unreasonable to - suppose that a man in Hixs circumstances would refuse shelter and venison to these people, he being far away from civilization, in the dark gorges of an uninhabited wilderness, and be ing entirely ignorant of the causes or effects of the war in every partic ular. At the same time these poor, unfortunate people, as he called them, were complaining" of the bad treatment received at the hands of the Whigs. No wonder that Ilix's good feelings were aroused and his sympathy touched for them. His fort was a general stopping place for them. But he paid dearly for his kindness to these refugees. Col. Ben Cleaveland, from the Yadkin, followed up these people and found that there were several, with Hix and his party, and they were, bent on defending themselves, Hix and his party with them alsol They made an assault on the fort; without any effect. Col. Cleaveland then withdrew and waylayed them in a long, narrow defile." They thought he was gone and they came out from the fort and were fired upon by Cleveland's party, consisting of fif teen men. Mikel Asher fell at first fire. Hix was wounded in the head by the Colonel's sword and captured. Asher was buried near where Jo seph Shull'8 house now stands. The main tory party that Cleveland was after made their escape through the wilderness. - The Colonel i released HIT of for f u ll'in rr ( r. cuss" talk to hini for a few hours. The Colonel 'said if he wa3 there when he came back to the mountains he would certainly . kill him. Hix did not leavej neither did the Colonel ever come back. Asher was Ilix's son-in-law and had two children. IIi3 wife was lament- ig her. husband's death when one of the soldiers said to her, j "It's a damned poor hen that can't scratch for two chickens." Cleaveland's men then came to the fort and took what property they could get be longing to nix's party and returned beyond the mountains.- ; Not far from this, time 1 a tory whose name was Grimes with a few men, had stolen fifty head of cattle and several horses fiom the citizens on the Yadkin and desired to make their way to the head waters of French Broad river, where they hadv 'friends in the same business and, thinking the mountain route much, the safest, they crossed the Blue Ridge on Daniel Boone's old trace came by Three Forks of Xew Riven and up by where the town of Boone; now stands with all this stock and plunder and on to Hix's fort on the Watauga. Hix received them. They staid over night and next morning they took up their line of march through the unbroken forest for a distance of one hundred miles or more, but soon after leaving Hix's they were overtaken by the ; owners of the stock and all the parties fired at Grimes. Seven bullets pierced his body. He died instantly. The rest made their escape. The stock was recaptured and the parties drove them back beyond the mountains. . Grimes was" bnried near Hanging Rock on the head of H. Taylor's mill creek, in the dark gorges of the mountains. His grave can be seen to this day. j nix li?ed many years in his beau tiful valley. He died there and was buried near his old fort on the banks of the beautiful Watauga, i Hix had two sons, Samuel and David, who are the ancestors of . Hix family in Watauga county. had a daughter whose name i Agnes, a beautiful woman. She the He was was raised at the old fort and was per haps born there. She learned to shoot the rifle and was always ready to fight when the Indians were lurk ing about. She married John Hols claw, the ancestor of all the Hols claw family in Watauga. He was born in Va. His father, Henry Holsclaw, was one of the builders of the celebra&d "Old" fort in Mc Dowell county. John was princi pally raised in that vicinity. He was a hunter and Indian fighter, a large man with Herculean strength. He was as brave as. a lion and as active as a panther. He weighed one hundred and eighty-five, and was able to endure great privation. He practiced hunting and fighting Indians in his youthful days. He and a party of six .hunters were attacked on Swannanoa river by thirty Indians and -were com pletely surrounded by them. They fought the Indians with great skill and bravery and finally cut through their lines and made their ! escape without loss. They had hand to hand fights with their enemy. One big chief and one of their party, a man about fifty years old, had a hard fight and the case seemed in doubt. The old man's friends could not help him. After several desperate efforts the old man, whose name was Scags, plunged his scalping knife to the hilt in the chiefs bowels, when the conflict ended. ""They all made good their escape." They killed three fonr of the Indians. ;.;,:;., i He was in many hard fought 7ml ties with the red men, -but ': never -was wounded or captured. When Cols. Sevier, Shelby and Campbell were on the march from, the lower Watauga settlements to attack the tories and British at King's Moun tain they passed through the vicinity where John lived. He at once vol unteered under CoL Campbell and and went forward to the battle. This was in. 1780. He was in the hottest part of the battle and his long rifle made sad havoc with the enemy. He continued in the army until the war closed, when he again took up his old habits of hunting in the mountains. - Like all our old pioneers, fond of the sport as well as the profits, he would sometimes be absent two or three weeks at a time staying in the woods both day and night, and re turn heavy laden with the skins of bears and other game. It was on one of these long hunting I tours through the mountains of the Blue Ridge when he fell in at-Hix's fort on the Watauga where he T found good entertainment and formed the acquaintance of Hix's beautiful daughter, Agnes. A marriage was the result of this acquaintance! She. received all that part of her father's estate on the North side of the; river property owned by Thos. A. IHag aman and Jacob F j Wagner. The marriage took place about the year 1790 and they settled on ' the lands above named about that time. They raised a large family. j He made a good citizen, joined the Baptist church soon after his marriage, and at some time after wards he commenced preaching the gospel tor the pioneer people. He was pastor of the first church west of the Rich mountain., He was" a good man, a patriot and a christian, a man of simple habits and plain manners. He-died in the beautiful valley of Brushy Fork in 1830 full of years and full of honors. His wife survived him a fewyears. They sleep side by side near where they lived in the valley of Brushy Fork. I suppose that he is the only one of the old heroes of King's Mountain that found his grave in " Watauga's soil. . . :;-;.. - There is only one of his numerous family surviving, Demarcus. He is generally called by the people, tUn cle Mark." He' was born at Hix's old fort in the year' 1799 and is now in his 8Cth year. He was elected Captain of the Watauga rodntyj mi litia in 1817, served in that capacity for 25 years was depnty sheriff; for many years,: was elected i tq State legislature in 1858. - j "Uncle Mark" has been a yery pious man all through life. He has been a memberof the Baptist church for more than 40 years. He never followed drinking and fighting whieh was very common in the early days of our people. He never had a difficulty with anybody during his long and eventful life. - He ha3 been married three times and survived all his wives, brothers and sisters. Has had 12 ehildrdn. He voted for Hickory Jackson for President in 1828 and for G rover Cleveland in 1884. He is a fine ' old! gentleman. Watauga people are proud of him an;l to know hini is to love him. j He is kind, social and polite, a ..fine specimen of the old time meni of our count v Isaac Dougherty. GEM. SRIKT'S B30K. Extracts Iron s Els Wort Ris Intenr isw vita Geo. Ue at IppsattcL Xew York, June 8 Gen. Grant's book, to be published in a jfew months, will contain the following reminiscences of Lee's surrender : I "found Gen. Lee had been brought into our lines and conduct ed to a house belonging to a Mr. McLean, and was there with orle of his staff officers waiting my arrival. The head of his column was occupy ing a hill, a portion of which was an apple orchard, across the little ival ley from the courthouse. Sheridan's forces were drawn up in line of bat tle on the crest of the hill on the south side of the same valley. I "Before stating what took place between Gen. Lee and myself I will give all there is of the the narrative of Gen. Lee and the famous apple tree. Wars produce many stories of fiction, some of which are told until they are believed. The war of, the rebellion was fruitful in the same way. The story of the apple tree is one of those fictions with a slight foundation of fact. j "As I have said, there was an ap ple orchard on the side of the hill occupied by the Confederate forces. Running diagonally up the hill was a wagon road, wh ich at one point ran very near one of the trees, so that the wheels on that side had; cut off the roots of the tree, which made a little embankment. : Gen. Bab cock reported . to me that when he first met ; Gen. Lee he was sitting upon this embankment with his feet in the road and leaning against the tree. It was then that Lee was con ducted into the house .where I first met him. Gen. Lee was accompa nied by one of his staff, CoL Mar shall. When I went into the house I found Gen. Lee. We greeted each other, and after shaking hands took 'our seats. What his feelings were! do not know. Being a man of mnch dignity and with an impenetrable face, it was impossible to say wheth er he felt inwardly glad that the end had finally come, or whether he felt sadly over the result and was too manly to show it. ? Whatever j his feelings were they were entirely con cealed from observation, but , my own feeling3, f which had been quite ap parent on the receipt of his letter, were sad and depressed. I felt like anything rather than rejoicing t the downfall of a foe that had fought so long and gallantly, and had suf fered so much for a cause 'which I believed to be one of the worst for which a people ever fought, and for which there was; not the - least pre text. I do not question, however, the sincerity, of the great mass of those who were opposed to us. Gen. Lee was dressed in full uniform, en tirely new, and Wearing a sword of considerable value very likely the sword that had been presented by the State of Virginia. At all events it was an entirely different sword from' the one that would ordinarily .be worn in - the field. In my rough travelling suit, ; which was the uni form of a private, with the straps o a general, 1 must have contraste very strangely with a man so hand somely dressed, six feet high and o faultless form. But this was not a matter that I thought of until after ward Gen. L e and I soon fell into a conversation about old army times. Our conversation grew so pleasant that I almost forgot the ob ject of our meeting." - ! Concerning his first battle in the civil war he quaintly writes : "As we approached the brow of the hill from which it was expected we could see Harris's camp, and possibly find his men ready formed to meet ur, my heart kept getting higher and higher, until it felt to me as though it was in my throat. I would have given anything to have been back in Illinois, but I had not the! moral courage to halt and consider what to do. 1 kept right on. When we reached a point from which the val ley below was in full view I halted. The place where Harris had been en camped ' a few days before was still there, and the marks of a recent en campment were plainly visible, but the troops were gone. My heart re sumed its place. It occurred to me at ence that Harris had been as much afraid of me as I had been of him. This was a view of the ques tion that I had never taken before ; but it was one I never forgot after wards. From that event to the close of the war I never experienced tre pidation upon confronting an enemy." . I ! Here is an extract about West Point : "During my first) year's encampment Gen. Scott visited" West Point and , reviewed the cadets. With his commanding figure, his colossal size and showy uniform, I thought him the finest specimen of manhood my eyes had ever beheld, and most to be envied. If could never resemble him in appearance, but I believe I did have a presenti ment for a moment that some day I should occupy his place on review, although I had no intention then of staying in the army. But my experi ence in a horse trade ten years be fore, and the ridicule caused me, were too fresh in my mind for me to communicate ' this presentiment to even my most intimate chum." 'fThe campaign of Vicksburg was suggested and developed by circum stances. The elections of 1862 had gone against the prosecution of the war, voluntary enlistments had nearly ceased, and the draft had been resorted to. This was resisted, anda defeat or backward movement would have made its execution im possible, j ' "A forward movement to decisive victory was necessary. Accordingly I resolved to get below Vicksburg, unite with Banks against Port Hpd sori, make New Orleans a base, and with that base and Grand Gulf as a starting point, move our combined forces - against Vicksburg Upon reaching. Grand Gulf, after running its batteries and fighting a battle, I received a letter from Banks inform ing me that he could not be at Port Hudson under ten days, and then with only 15,000 men. The time was worth more than the reinforce ments. I therefore determined ; to push into the interior of the enemy's country. "With a large river behind us, held above and below by the enemy, rapid movements were essential to success. . Jackson was captured the day after a new commander had ar rived, and. when large re-inforce- ments were daily expected. A rapid movement west was made, the gar rison of Vicksburg was met in five battles and badly defeated. The city was then successfully besieged." No reminiscence of war history will be read with greater interest than Gen. Grant's account of his first meeting with Mr. Lincoln, and Mr., Lincoln's charge to him : i " "Although hailing from Illinois myself, the State of the President, I had never met Mr. Lincoln until called to the capitol to receive m I commission as lieutenant-general. knew him, however, very well, and favorably, from the accounts given by officers under me at the West who had known him all their lives. I had also read the remarkable course of debates between Lincoln and Douglas a few years before, when thy were rival candidates for the United States Senate. -I was a resident , of Missouri; , and by no means a 'Lincoln man' in that con test. But I recognized then his great ability. "In mr first interview with Mr. Lincoln he stated, to me that he had never professed to be a military man, or to know hew campaigns should be conducted, and never wanted to in terfere in them, but that procrasti nation on the part of commanders and the pressure of the people at the North, and of Congress, which, like the poor, he had always with him had farced him into issuing his well known series of 'executive orders. ! "He did not know but they were all .wrong, and did know that some of them were wrong. All he wanted or ever had wanted, he said, was that some would take the re sponsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed.' ,- Suae Facts ahsst tit Eooss KonaaL i 1 ? Booxe, June 16. Some weeks ago the Board of Directors, in the hand-bills, stated text books would be furnished free. Supt. Scarboro wrote us that he thought the various publishing houses, if requested to do so, would furnish a supply of books to be used during the Normal. I have written all the publishers of the text-books adopted by the State Board ,of Edu cation, and most of them agree to put books on sale at the Normal at greatly reduced prices, but say they cannot take the books back; if soiled or defaced in any way a thing that will likely occurr during the five weeks of the Normal. So all who do not care to buy any more school books, had better bring with them history of North Carolina, history of U. ,S., English grammar, geogra phies, arithmetics, &c. Steele's Abridged Physiology and Hygine will be on sale at the Normal at 40 cents per copy. A goodly number of second hand school books can be gathered up in and around Boone to beused in the Normal free of charge. I fear we are likely to run short' of good rooms to rent students wish ing to board themselves, but we have a number of rather inferior rooms that can be had almost for nothing. In case we are pressed for rooms, I will state here that the Normal will be held in the Court House, leaving the large academy unoccupied ; if young men can hire some one to do their cooking, and bring some bed ding with them, they may occupy the academy, if they will not dam age the building. We hear some complaint that board is too high. The hotels will .board at $12 per month, and pri vate families ? at $10 per month. Some families in the county will board at $8 per month. The hotels will probably i have to turn off a number of summer travellers who would gladly pay 115 per month, in order to accommodate the (Normal students at $12 per month! Now you who are disposed to com plain, make a close calculation, and see if you could board any Of us for less than $10 per month. As a citizen of Boone, and know ing the price of eatables in Boone and surrounding country, I have made a calculation and find that we as private citizens cannot board for less than $10 per month. We have no disposition to kill j off the school by high board, but we cannot afford to damage ourselves to sustain the school. We are looking for a large crowd, and are anticipating both a ?leasant and and profitable time, 'he people of Boone and vicinity will do all in their power for the comfort of those who attend. I. W. Thomas, Sec. Board. Shall's "iSbti Utter. Shull's Mills, June 16. . To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: We agree with Jesse with regard to the failures and drawbacks of this community concerning educa tion. Why do we take so little in terest in it ? The: education of most parents in this community is some what limited. Why not see the great necessity of iour chiltlren hav ing a complete education ? There is no reason except having a good school in progress all the year. The children of this section are as bright and intelligent as may be found any where. All that is required to make industrious and intelligent men and women of them is to give them a good education. We ought to have school at least eight months during the year. As to Sabbath School I .really think it a shame to the com munity not to have one during the summer months by any means. Go to Boone, Three Forks, Cove Creek, Beaver Dam, and all churches and Academies in the j county, and you will find lively Sabbath Schools in rapid progress all the year, t Let us consider how negligent we are to let all other communities get so far ahead of ns notwithstanding we have the - same j j advantages. We should not attend i Sabbath School for our own benefit alone, but for the benefit of the children As to myself I have been a student and teacher in Sabbath School since I was a child. My mother sent me before I knew the alphabet, there fore it seems right that I should do all required in such yet. So let; us press forward and try to improve and benefit our community much its possible. . Sol Shadow s Boy. : , i Utter frsa R::!:r. Wheeler, June 17. To the Editor of 'The Lenoir Topic: . About two years ago a temperance society was organized here. It meets semi-monthly in the M. EL Church, and is in a prosperous condition now. Many have joined and we believe this society has done good here, and hope that much more good will be accomplished. Prof. J. C.McEwen is carrying on a good school here. He has been teaching about two months and has an average attendance of over sixty. Prof. McEwen is doing good work in the school room; He ' is 4 wide awake and is working up the educa tional interest at this point and Ti : cinity. . 1 Prof. McEwen is pushing the temperance cause right j along, and the Sunday School work too. About one mile and a- half from here the members of the M. E. Church are building a new church. -They will have it completed in about two months. . " Mr. M. L. Earnhardt, of Gold Hill, N. C, is at Wheeler now. He is thinking of spending the summer in the mountains. Mr. James Osborne and wife are going to move from Wheeler to Ten nessee., ' ' '' : ." : ' ";; s A very good Sunday School is go- ; ingon here. The Matney Bros, have purchased a lot of new goods recently. R. L. Selle, P. C. TRE CENTURY UlSUIIL In pictorialvand literary features the June Century is not behind re cent issaes in timeliness and general interest. A finer portrait than that of Sir John Herschel (the fronti spiece, engraved by T. Johnson) has rarely been printed in the Century. Two other full-page portraits, of William, the father, and Caroline, the sister of Sir John, accompanying Prof. Edwin S. Holden's authorita tive paper on "The Three Hers chels." Amusement and informa tion are mingled in Eugene V. Smalley's second paper, "In and Out of the New Orleans Exposition," and the illustrations, by Kemble, are full of character and humor. Mr. Howell's third paper under the title, I' A Florentine Mosaic" (to which the artist Pennell has contrib uted some of his best work), has the grace and humor of his travel stories combined with a fine historical sense. It will be remembered that Theo dore Roosevelt, after his experience at the Chicago Convention, a year ago, went upon a hunting excursion to the Far West. In a graphic pa per, entitled "still-hunting the griz zly," he describes the present state of that dangerous sport and his own experiences . Two full-page pictures -accompanying his narrative. The paper on "Orchids," by Mrs. Sophie Herrick, is profusely illustrated by the author of the paper, who con veys in a popular way much inter esting information regarding this remarkable plant.! Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky, contributes nis answer to the question, "How shall we help the negro ?" and John E. P. Dain gerfiela describs his experience in the engine-house when he was held as a hostage by "John Brown at' Harper's Ferry." The short story of tne number is "Hilary's Hns-' band," a clever character sketch by' Miss Grace Denio Litchfield. Mr. Howell's "Rise of Silas Lapham" grows absorbingly interesting as a crisis arises at the same time in the love affairs of the daughters and in the prosperity of Lapham, who tries speculation with the usual result. In the fifth part of Henry James's story, "The Bostonians," the friend ship of Olive and Verena is interest ingly developed. - f . In the Mav Century McClellan'S Peninsular Campaign was treated broadly by the leading commanders on both sides. In the June number '. special events like the disaster to the Confederates at Beaver Dam Creek and the terrible battle the next day. at Gaine's Mill are particularly des cribed by General D. H. Hill ; and by GenFitz John Porter, who gain ed great credit for his manner of fighting two-thirds of the Confeder ate army with a little more' than half the number, at Gaine's Mill. The maps in these papers are prob ably the mo3t complete and satisfac tory battle-maps ever published in this country, and striking pictures and portraits accompany in profu sion. General Imboden contributes a striking anecdotal paper on "Stonewall Jackson in the Shenan doah," describing the famous Valley campaign, which had an important bearing on the withdrawal of Mc Clellan to the James River. In "Memoranda on the Civil War," CoL J. W. Bissell describes the in genious methods adopted in sawing out a channel above Island Number Ten, which led to the flanking of that Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. In the editorial departments, "Topics of the Times" discusses the 2uestion of party politics and "The Jauses of the Law's Delay." In "Open Letters" there are short pa pers on "The Law's Delay," by Walter B. Hill ; "The Death of Tecumseh," by D. B. Cook; "Color Bedding" in floriculture, by Samuel Parsons, Jr.; and "Christianity and Popular Amusements," by Washing ton Gladden. The ' poems of the number, including "Brica-Brac" verse, are by James T. McKay, Alice .Ward Bailey, Robert Trow bridge, Walter Learned, Frank Dempster Sherman, and Bessie Chandler. .r. An - English - clergyman recentlj performed 108 baptisms and nine marriages on one Sunday. In the opinion of the Kan sas col ored preacher the earth was crcztei at midnight so no one could zzz what it was cade cf. fTn