VOLUME XII.
LENOIR, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1887.
NUMBER 44.
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SKETCHES OF GLOBE VALLEY.
Written for Thk Topic.
CHAPTER II.
Jesse Moore was now becoming
old and full of years." He had
well nigh spent a'nsefnl nnrt ri
turouslife. His youth and eight
years of his married life had been
spent inVirginia. Upon his locat
ing in this valley he went eagerly to
work and carved from unreasonable
wilds a beautiful and attractive lit
tle settlement. He had served his
mission u won earth ,mA u;0 if-
days were spout in rest. Age and the
results of severe toil in his prime
years. were plainly recognizable in
his wasting frame. And so it was
with his wife. Sho. fnr
years, had ever succored him in his
arduous task, but now age had come
and her constitution was broken.
At a ripe old age she passed over
the river nf "Hiifti .u
after her husbaud followed her at
a. T i
iue advanced age of eighty-four.
His pravfi ia still rnirfo,l f- .k
little burial-ground near the , river
oy which he lived, and on soil twice
purchased "by the sweat of 1 lis own
face."
This couple left eleven children
to eniov the fruits nf thir ihn
at v m a a i cm
and 'go on with the work they had
begun. There were eight jjsrls all
of whomjived to marry and raise
large iamuies, 01 children. Four of
thplll wont In Tnrli
AitMiuuiij tv. n v. u b
Kentucky, and. two remained in this
btate. there were three boys:
Daniel, Jesse and John. The latter
was the only child that did not sur
vive his parents. One day he was
out hunting cows and on his return
homo was bitten by a rattlesnake.
He manaped to fet linmp nnd. nnriVr
o - o j
careful treatment of a few weeks,
recovered. About the same time
the next year, the poison seemed
again to act upon upon him and in
a few days he, died. His last mo
ments were spent in mortal agony,
his body turning as spotted as the
snake itself.
As John was dead and all the girls
had married and moved away, Dan
iel and Jesse were alone left to pre
serve the name of the hero of our
first chapter.
DANIEL
was born December 12, 17(i-t, and
was, seven years of age when his fa
ther came to this settlement. He
was quite young when the Revolu
tion broke out but, during the latter
nart of the war. entered the army
and served about eighteen months
under General Greene. Although
it did not fall to his lot to be engag
ed in any of the principal battles,
he drew a pension tho rest of his
life, lie first married Rachel Stone, u
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ot Virginia, lie nau piayeu w:m
her in his childhood, loved her dur
ing his boyhood, and in his man
hood hi married her. Upon his
return he settled where Mr. F. P.
Moore now lives. They hud ten
children, six sons and four daugh
ters. Eight of them went West
to Tennessee, AHausas, Indiana and
Illinois. Among them wa3 one
named Washington who lived at
Spencer, the county seat of Owen
county, Indiana. lie took an active
part in politics and, as a Democrat,
represented Owen county in the
State Legislature for several terms.
Another, Elijah, went West, but
returned and made his home on
Mulberry. He was Sheriff of this
county for several terms. Daniel
visited his children in the West five
times, making his way thither on
horseback.
March 4, 1809, he was burdened
with sorrow at the death of his Wife.
A few years after her death he mar
ried Rachel Carroll, of Burke coun
ty, this State. They had three chil
dren : Sallie, Myra and Carroll.
Sallie married David Moore and re
mained in Globe. Carroll marrie I
Sallie Mast and lived at the resi
dence of his father. Myra married
William Mast and settled at Valle
Cruris, iu Watauga county, on the
farm now owned by Thomas Haga
man. The death of this couple is a
horrible tragedy. They were pois
oned by a slave who acted as cook,
died in about two hours of each
other and were buried in the same
grave. They were the parents of
t'apt. D. P. Mast, Harrison Mast,
William Mast and the wives of our
countymen Joseph Dickson and Jo
seph Webb. Of these William and
Mrs. Sallie Webb are dead.
JESSE
was the second son and namesake of
his father. His youth was spent m
aiding his father in forest and field
and bending every effort to amelior
ate the condition of tha settlement.
When he came to the years of man
hood and desired a "better half,
his mother made him a flax suit of
clothes and presenting it to him she
said "Now Jesse, take this suit,
go back to old Virginia and marry
Betsy Stone. She is. a smart girl
and will make you a good wife.
"Thank you, mother," said he as
he received the suit. Like Jacob of
old he went, married the girl, ana
returned to live where Mr. J . v.
Moore now lives. His residence had
been built by Lewis uoney, uib uiu
ii : i, manv vAars before, it
is now the oldest dwe ling . in the
Globe, being over one nunareu yt-ai
0,J(J ..... " ' r'
He had eight children, three sons
and five daughters : PoUy, Fannie,
Daniel, Alley, Job, Charity, Nancy
and David. The girls married and
most of them remained in this State.
Daniel married Betsy E. night, Job
married Nancy Hight and David, as
before stated, married Sallie Moore.
All three remained in Globe.
Thus we see from Jesse Moore,
Sr., descended two families who lo
cated in Globe, i. e., those of Daniel
and Jesse. From the next genera
tion four Moore families took the
plact, of these two, i. e., , those of
Carroll, Daniel, Job an d David.
Such a change of population re
quired the cultivation of more soil
and so families began to branch" out
up and down the valley. Globe soon
began to bo independent and to keep
pace with the times regarding its
improvements in the ways of Agri
culture, Education and Religion. ;
The colonization of America was
on -i boom and cities and towns ev
ery year grew up farther to the in
terior of the rich and fertile New
World. Markets came closer and
the Moores could find a good sale '
for ail their surplus of fruit and
grain at a reasonable distance from
home. The wagoners would see
tools and implements of agriculture:
in these markets and through them
many improvements were introduced
into the settlement. Instead of
digging up their ground
with hoes
they used plows. Some
plows. Some of them
possessed genius enough to maWe
plows which would answer all pur
poses. They laid aside the reap
hook and swung the cradle for sav
ing their wheat, rye and oats. They
put up mills to grind their grain
and saw lumber for the erection of
more dwellings. The busy farmers
had horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
Their industrious wives had chick
ens, geese and turkeys. And a
glance at the little settlement will
induce one to give it as ah example
of American progress.
As to education, the Moores man
ifested a great desire for it. Public
Echools were introduced and sub
scription schools show the thirst for
knowledge. The first school house
erected in the valley was situated
just in front of the church near the
present Academy. This thirst for
learning increased as time went by
till publicj free schools did not satis
fy the people and, in a future chap
ter, we ehall see the result.
Religious matters were by no
means neglected. Jesse Moore, Sr.,
started a train of influence that
never died out. After the church
was organized preaching was tolera
bly legular. The church stood near
the site of the present Academy.
Soon Sabbath schools grew into fa
vor. At first a little handful of
faithful followers conducted tl..
Globe Sundav School, which has
since become evergreen.
Thus we sec the change that hus
so far come over the Globe Valley.
Instead of the yell of the Indian,
the voice of the noble settler was
heard in harmony with thai of his
wife singing praises to God. Instead
of the howl of the wolf and scream
of the panther was the lowing of
cattle, the squeal of swine and cackle
of fowl. Wheat flourished insteail
of cane. Corn grew instead of lau
rel, ivy and shrubs. Waving fields
of "grain took the place of useless
vegetation and the valley was cer
tainly on the highway to prosperity.
Thus stood matters in the valley
when the dark years of the late civil
war smote upon the American Un
ion. This valley suffered its part iu
that dreadful drama. Young man
hood was taken from lovely homes
and tender hearts and stationed in
the ranks of death. But the series
of hateful robbery by the Tories and
dark reminiscence that followed
will be detailed in a future chapter.
Civs them a Chance 1
,i That is to say, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machinery it is. Not
only the larger air-passages, but tho
thousands of little tubes and cavi
ties leading from them.
When these are clogged and chok
edwith matter which ought not to
be! there, your lungs cannot half do
their work". And what they do,
they cannot do well.
Call it cold, cough, croup, pneu
monia, catarrh, consumption or any
of the family of throat and nose and
head and lung obstructions, all are
bad. All ought to bo got rid of.
There is just one suro way to get
rid of them. That is to take Bos-.
choe's German Syrup, which any
druggist will sell you at 75 cents a
bottle. Even if everything else has
failed you, you may depend upon
this for certain.
At Columbia, S. C, a farm hand
asked his employer for his wages,:
and for a reply Jhad the top of his
head blown off. !
- - - Children -
Often need some safe cathartic and
tonic to avert approaching sickness
or to relieve colic, headache, sick
stomach, indigestion, dysentery and
the complaints incident to child
hood. Let the children take Sim
mons" Liver Regulator and keep well.;
It is purely vegetable, not unpleas
ant to the taste and safe to take
alone or in connection with other
medicine. The genuine . has our
Trade Mark "2 " in red on iront oi
wrapper. J. H. Zeilin & Co., Phil
adelphia, Pa,
SEEN BY WATTS.
Bill Nye Meets a Western Gentleman who
has Visited the Tombs.
Bill Nye In N. Y. World. !- ' . .
i
"Pye just been spending the fore
noon at the Tombs Police Court,"
said Mr. Clark Watts, of Conejos
county Col. yesterday. "I had
heard a good deal about r, and so I
went up there to hear the trials,
partly, and partly j because I had
heard that a friend of mine named
Bohm, that I used to know in Albu
querque, New Mexico -at least his
name was Bohm there in New Mex
ico had been jerked Sunday for
fracturing the liquor audience with
regards to sellin rum on the Sab
bath at a restaurant. It seems that
you can't give or sell beer, ale or
whiskey at your hotel or restaurant
to a guest to drink with his meals
on Sunday, but it is all right if you
go anywhere else and take it . on an
empty stomach. I know that's the
case, because I couldn't get beer, ale
or anything else with my dinner at
a first class restaurant, bnt when I
got out on Broadway on my way
down to the Coney Island boat,
there was a man standing in front
of a saloon facing the Battery and
howling all day Sunday. 'Step in
side gentlemen, and get a nice, cool
glass of lager for five cents.' So the
liquor audience with regards to liq
uor on Sunday is to discourage
drinking with -meals and make peo
ple drink. on empty stomach, so as
to shorten up the time and help
a poor man get di uuK- early. Then
he can have it off his mine!.
"But what's that sot to do with
the Tombs?"
'Well Bohm, I
understand, was
jerked for tresspassing on this aud
ience with regards to liquor on the
Lord's Day, he claiming that if liq
uor was a good thing for week days
that Sunday was ho timo to econo
mize. So he had been selling real
old New Mexican cobra do caterpil
lar juice in conjunction with cold
beans, thus pandering to the simple
and natural demands of the West as
well as to depraved and acquired
tastes of theJE'i3t It was what we
call in Conejos county a wet restau
rant, where you take a drink, wipe
off your whiskers! with the waiters
apron, eat a radish and pay the aud
itor two bits. You can do as you
like about wiping off your chin, and
you will not be criticised if you
omit the radish, but tho success of
the scheme rests on the free inter
change of coin and cobra ele cater
piller juice. Savey?"
'Yes,jl savey. But bite it off, if
you pleake. Take t .uu; iu it. I
am going to decay here. How about
the Tombs?"
"Well Bohm was uipped Sunday
for 'fringing this audience, and I
heard he was let out on his own re
connoisance to be tried at the Tombs
Monday afternoon. so I went up there.
The Tombs is a big dobe for about a
mile up the trussle, on the left hand
side. I -strolled in, thinking I
mieht be snatched up on the jury,
perhaps, and make a dollar or two,
besides helping Bohm out, for I've
been on a jury before. I was jury
man for three years running in
my own country and never lost a
case."
"Well?"
"Well, you seem to be in a thun
dering hurry for a man I've had my
eye on to for two weeks and hain't
seen do anything yet."
"Well, what becomes of Bohm?"
"Bohm ? "Well, 1 sat on the
back seat and inhaled the warm,
delightful old air quite a while,
waiting to be snatched for the jury,
but didn't get a vote. The room
wa3 full of people but they were not
of the wealthier classes. A man
that sat just ahead of me had to hold
one of his ears on with his left hand
and his breeches with the other. I
judge he was a witness. Another
fellow was trying to peer into a ten
derloin steak with one eye, and had
a what not oven the other one. He
was called as an
told. A very h
expert, so I was
ack haired woman
from Italy or the Indian Reserva
tion sat across the aisle from me.
She had a welt across the intellect
about the size of a Vienna sausage.
It was made by a pop"-bottle in the
hands of her husband I was told,
who is the organist that plays 'The
Cricket on the Hearth' with so much
feeling.- She had talked with him
since about the welt, however, and
would now 8 wear that it was a birth
mark." "But how about Bohm ?"
"Wellj wait a minute. Nobody's
going to get your seat down , at the
City Hall Park if you : : stay here
half an hour. I satihere and watch
ed and saw people go up and talk
across the counter" to the head book
keeper in a low voice . and then go
away. Then some would go up and
apparently ask him if he needed
anybody to whitewash his fence, but
I couldn't hear what' they said.
Sometimes a policeman would crdok
his finger at a man in the audience,
and the man would come up arid he
and the policeman and the cashier
and another man would smell of. a
small and very tired Testament,
and then converse in a low tone; for
a while. Then one of the I men
-would step around to . the.l i)ther
corner of the corral, turn ,his pock
ets wrong side rout and I give thp
contents to the referee. Sometimes
he would take his hat and go out,
and at others he would get into the"
elevator. I called it the elevator, ,
but it may have i been where the
Grand Lodge was in session, for
there was a little square hole in the
door,' and every little while some
members of the Grand Lodge would
give the sign of distress through
this hole and try to come out, but
the Worthy Outside Guard would
shake his head and hold the door
shut. For a long time they seemed
to be getting ready and consulting
and preparing for court to open or
for the Judge to come, or some
thing, till all at once I heard some
body say Cou rt's adjourned.' I looked
at my watch and it whs 12 o'clock,
and a man with one wing of his
ne)se gnawed off told me that ''they
had tried seventeen cases since I'd
been there."
"But as regards Bohm."
"Oh, I found out afterwards that
Bohm is only his winter name when
he goes West Here I don't know
what his name is this season, but
anyway he wasn't at the Tombs Po
lice court or I would have recog
nized him.. Afterwards I heard
that there was another police court
in town that they say. is buil
ding up a good trade. It is a po
lice court that dont advertise much
through the papers, but its motto
is 'Live and let live and lam told
that it is doing well."
He then gave mo a cigar with a
compound fracture in the middle of
it and hurried up the stairs of an
elevated station, evidently intending
to go down town by means of an up
town train.
American Magazine.
A portrait of Guzman Blanco, the
President and autocratic ruler of the
United States of Venezuela, furnish
es the fronticepiece of The Amer
ican Magazine for August. A lively
description of a soujourn in Vene
zuela (illustrated) is contributed by
Dr. W. F. Hutchinson. That coun
try is exceedingly attractive, and
those who have visited it whether
for business or pleasure, are almost
sure to make the trip again. Most
of the coffee sold in. the United
States as "Mocha" or "Java" is
raised there. o
Readers of Mr. Fawcett's story in
August number of The American
Magazine will find out a great deal
more than they have previously
learned about the cousins and the
aunts of thefair Olivia.
Poets and writers of fiction
have familiarized us with the names
of many English birds of the com
mou sort. A elescription of then.,
as seen by American eyes, is given,
copiously illustrated, by Theodore
II. Mead. Hereafter, when we go
to England, we need not mistake a
rook for a crow, nor a jackdaw for
a magpie. .
The Justices of the Supreme Court
are presented both by the engraver's
art and in pen portraits by Z. L.
White. They are solid looking
men, for the most part, with a deci
ded development of avoirdupois.
Julian Hawthorne contributes
sketches of typical characters, such
as almost every American village
can produce. As yet the main feat
ures of the village society have not
suffered so much change as that of
our cities, and Mr. Hawthorne does
good service, by embalming these
types before they pass away.
Col. I. Edwards .Clarke, of the
U. S. Bureau of . Education, pre
sents an elaborate review of the
new methods adopted during recent
years in our schools and colleges.
The change began with industrial
art teaching, and. in . this line the
greatest development is to be expec
ted, although the more general ef
fects are far-reaching and apply al
ready to all departments of educa-;
tion.
The chief poem of this number of
the magazine is a patriotc lay by
Maurice Thompson, entitled "Our
Legend" . E Pluribus Union.)
Clinton Scollard continues a sere
nade. ' .
"The Ghost of Aaron's Prong," by
Tobe Hodge, and "A Remarkable
Pair of Pantaloons," by Caleb For
sythe, are completed stories. Mrs.
Lee. 0. Harby describes "A South
Carolina village" (Georgetown,) and
Cyrus Field Willard tells of the
quaint monument8! in a cemetery
near Baltimore. " '
The supplement contains the brief
essays of "The American pulpit,"
letters to the editor on "Timely
Topics," "Suggestions for August,"
by, a physician of, experience, and a
large collection of anecdotes, illus
trated in "Tho Portfolio.
' a. . ; , i , - - . - J
A lady writes : ' I have used Ay
er's Sarsaparilla in my family for
many years, and could not keep
house without it. For the relief of
the pains consequent upon female
weakness and irregularities, I con
sider it without equal."
A-diamond expert of New York
who has visited this State says he is
greatly impressed with the indica
tions."1 - v ,'-'':';'. ' ;
: Not a particle of calomel or any
: other; deleterious ; substance enters
into the composition of Ayers : Ca
jthartic Pills. the contrary
: those who;: havered : calomel; and
other mineral poisons, as medicine,
find Ayer's Pills invaluable.
Baptist History.
To the Editor ot TJie Lenoir Tovic;
Among other things, Mr. J. W.
West, clerk of the church at Union,
has furnished me these items of in
terest :
Union Baptist church in Caldwell
county was constituted June 2nd,
1814, constituting presbytery, being
elders Wm. Dodson, Sr., John Carl
ton and Moses Stanbury, with x16
members viz ; Alexander Vest, Sr.,
Hannah West, Thomas Litten, Mar
garet Litten, Alexander West, Jr.,
Michael Litten, .Nancy Litten, Eli
za isarnes, Mary west, Winey
Greene, Sarah Cox, James Blair,
James Critchlow, Maryann Critch
low, Martha Steele and Temperance
Litten.
James Critchlow was elected clerk
and Alexfmder West and James
Critchlow seem to have been ordain
ed deacons.
The church called William Dod
son, Sr., as pastor, who served them
6 or 8 years. John Carlton then ap
pears as pastor until 1825. '
Then Benjamin Beach was pastor
until 1834, then Wm. Swanson one
year, then Wm. Holden until" 1 838, ,
then Cornelius .Livingstone till 1841
when Benjamin Beach served then
one year, then Smith Ferguson un
til 1845, then Wm. Goforth till
1847, J. J. Watts till 1851, again
James Reed and Houston Holsclaw
tilj 1856. Then George Swain, J.
Urouch, 1). Austin, J. Jb. McUall,
H. West, J. G. Bryan and I. Oxford
acted as moderator from time to
time till iNov. 1859. Then J. H.
West Was moderator till June 1860
and J. B. Powell till September and
I. Oxford till .November of the same
vear.
From that time until March 1863
they seem to have had no regular
pastor but various ministers acted
as moderater pro tern, at the church
meetings. -
At that time, March 1863, J.
Crouch was called and served until
August 1866. Then Wm. Pool till
April 1868, then J. II. West till
pril 1871, then m. " Pool again
till May 1872, then Isaac Oxford
till 1S74, then J. II. West till 1876,
then J. T. Shell till 1879, then J.
II. West again till October 1880,
then J. B. Pool till September 1S82.
Then W. A. Pool was called and has
served to the present, and has been
called indefinitely.
The following have been ordain
ed as deacons :
James Critchlow, Wm. Roberts,
Alexander West, John Blair, Wm.
Shell, Daniel Presnell, D. Downs,
0. Downs.- S H. Oxford, H. P. An
derson, E. I'. McKary and J. I. Mc-
rary; the four last named are still
living.
The following have served as clerks:1
James Critchlow, Henry Payne, Si-:
on Harrington, Benjamin Beach,
Urn. Swanson, Wm. Shell, D.
Downs, C. Downs and J W West,
who is the present.
The church has belonged to the
following associations : It joined
the Brier Creek association first. It
took a letter and went into the or
ganization of the Catawba river as
sociation in 1 827. In 1836 it went
into the organization of the Lewis
Fork association, and after the un
ion of the United Baptist and Lewis
Fork in the Brushy Mountain asso
ciation in 1872, it belonged to the
last named until 1885 it took a let
ter and went into the organization
of the Caldwell county Baptist asso
ciation, of which it is now a mem
ber. In 1826 there were seventeen
members dismissed to constitute
Antioch church in now Alexander
county, then Burke. In 1861. there
were seven members dismissed to go
into the constitution of the Dudley
Shoal church in Caldwell county.
There have been two of the mem
bers ordained to the ministry : Rev.
I. Oxford and Hiram West. Elder
Oxford was ordained May 17th 1850
and Hiram West in August 1863.
Elder Oxford is still a member and
Elder J. II West is also a member
having joined by letter since his or
dination. There are now enrolled on the
records as members one hundred
and twenty-four names. The church
ha3 a good" Sunday school, with J.
I. McRary Superintendent. It has
also a female missionary society and
contributes to the various objects of
work being prosecuted by the de
nomination. I find soon after the constitution
of the church from the records they
passed an act that each male mem
ber should pay at least 25 cents an
nually for benevolence.
The reader will remember that
this church was organized in 1814.
It joined the Brier Creek association
first and remained in connection
with this association, I suppose, un
til the organization of tho I Catawba
river association in November. 1827,
at Yadkin church house. All the
Baptist churches then organized in
what is now Caldwell county were in
the organization of this association.
I have before me. a minute of the
first session of this association. In
it among other things interesting to
me 1 lind the following resolution.
Resolved, That we advise the
churches to withhold their suffrages
from Kny and every candidate that
condescends to stoop to the degrad
ing practice of going from place to
place, treating with ardent spirits,
Hinge
Is dry anrl turn1 hard, until oil la applied.
u: tor which !t r.iove i easily. "When th
joiisfe, or hinges, of tho body are stiffened
raid inflamed 1-7 Rheumatism, they can
not be UiOvcd without causing the most
excrui iat ing pains. Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Ly u action on the blood, relieve thl
condition, and restores the Joints to good
working order. '
Ayer'tj Sarsaparilla has effected, in our
;ity, many most remarkable cares, in
'eases which baffled the efforts of th
most experienced physicians. , Were it
necessary, I could give the names ot
many individuals who have been cured
by taking thU medicine. In my case It
has worked wonders, relieving me of -
Rheumatism; I
after brinr; 1 roubled Tvith it for years! In
this, ant? all other diseases arising from
impure blood, there is no remedy With
which I am acq nainted, that affords such
relief as Ayer's Sarsaparilla. K. II.
Lawrence, M. D., Baltimore, Md.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured me of Gout
and Rheumatism, when nothing else
would. It has eradicated every trace of
d isr a.;c .from my system. R. H. Short,
Manager Hotel Belmont, Lowell, Maes.
I was, during many months, a sufferer
from chronic Rheumatism. The disease
atiiicted me grievously, in spite of all the
'emedie! I could find, until I commenced
"sing Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I took sev
eral bottles of this preparation, and was
speedily restored to health. J. Fream,
independence, Va. tt
Ayer's Sarsaparilla;
Trppsired by Dr. J. C. A ver & Co., Lowell, If BM.
So !d by all Druggists. Price $1 ; ix bottle, &-
for tha purpose of gaming votes."
Ana the church endorsed the action
of the association.
At this 1st session of the Catawba
river association, elder Alfred Webb
preached the introductory sermon,
elder Reuben Coffey was elected
moderator, and Alfred Webb, clerk.
In the year 1851 the question of
church members joining the Sons of
Temperance, a secret temperance
organization, was agitated in the'
churches. A majority of this (Un
ion) church thought to join this so
ciety, was an act for which he should
excluded. Quite a respectable mi
nority thought it was no offense. It
resulted in a split in the church.
The minority organized in the same
house, and these two churches con
tinued to worship in the same house
until the year 1859, when the two
churches united on the following
covenant : -
1st. "We as brethren and sisters
in Christ covenant together in the
sight of God to keep the unity of
the spirit in the bonds 61 peace and
not neglect the assembling of our
selves together, but watch over ono
another aa farforth as God may en
able us in all things appertaining
to life and godliness.
; 2nd. Being apprised of the great
distress in the churches of Christ
occasioned by the use of ardent spir
its and being satisfied from past ex
perience tbat its use is actually in
jurious to the cause of the Redeem
er's Kingdom and subversion of the
peace and enjoyment of mankind
both in church and State as a bever
age, and that it is unscriptural, im-.
moral and disorderly to use it as a
beverage or to visit trifling shops,
bar-rooms or any other place where
it is vended for the purpose of com
mon use.
3rd. "We do covenant together
to carry out in good faith and prac
tice the above 1st and 2nd articles
of this covenant." Since which
time the church has moved on with
a marked degree of peace and quie- '
tude.
tt is hard for us to estimate the
amount of good a well organized
christian church does in any4 com
munity; to illustrate : Among oth
er influences for good, of course I
would not presume to say it was all
attributable to Union church! yet I
think it has been one of the influ
ences, and a prorfiinent one, too. A.
little more than a year ago, at an
election in the township, in which
the church is located, on local op
tion, the dry ticket carried almost
unanimously. , W. A. Pool.
Buffalo Bill's Triumphs.
According to a letter received
from Buffalo Bill (Wm. F. Cody)
by a friend in New Orleans, that
distinguished American has achie
ved both financial and social success
in England. With a frankness
characteristic of his Western train
ing, Mr. Cody states that he has
"captured England from the Queen
down, and is doing them to the tune
of $10,000 a day." He confesses
that it "is pretty hard work with
two and three performances ai day
and the society racket, receptions,
dinners, etc. No man not even
Grant, was received better than
your humble servant." As a proof
of this Mr. Cody says ho has "dined
with every one of royalty from Al
bert Prince of Wales down." It is
not 'to be wondered that these royal
surroundings have somewhat dazed
Mr. Cody, causing him "to wonder
if it is the same old Bill Cody tho
bull-whacker." But with a loyality
to old associations worthy of com
mendation, Mr. Cody concludes:
"Well, I still wear the same sized
hat, and when I make my fill I
am a coming back to visit all the
old boys. If you meet any of them,
tell them I ain't got the big head
worth a cent. I am over .here , fox;
dust. Will be glad to hear from any
of them." :-..
'President Cleveland has decided
to visit the Exposition at Atlanta
about Oct 15.