The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1833-01-26


leave for camp meeting. She stated
that she had lost certificate at said camp
meeting, with some other papers and some
money. When she returned to her board
ling house, she said she had told A. that
she had lost the certificate, but added that
she had not, and showed il. think he
said she Immediately lett Lowell, and
went he learnt, to Dover, where he wrote
TO her, requiring certificate, and threat
ening TO expose her in the newspaper
She returned the certificate in letter.
He wrote to Rev MIR. Dow, before he
received the certificate, giving thee bad
character Of the girl. Dow wrote for
moi particulars. He returned a full ex-
planalion Of the cause other expulsion
While at Dover, she wrote to Mr.. A.
three letters acknowledging all the char
ges, and more too. lie had written or
told her, that DIR. William Graves had
told him that he had doctored her for
)ues penerea. She denied it-but in one
of her letters, said that he had doctored
her for something, she did not know
what; and that while under his direction,
he endeavored to bend her to his will
lie showed the letters to MIR. Barnes,
and preserved them until about to start for
Bristol, when, to his regret, he destroyed
them. MIR. A. wrote to Wm. Stons,
Great Falls, who had written asking in-
formation about her, TO apply for ii to nir.
Dow She came to Lowell, soon after,
and wanted certificate to help her char
acter. She got paper, and some sigma
lures. The next time he saw her, was
camp-meetng, CONNECTICUT,
about the last of August. He or brother
Merrill pointed her out. Did not know
whether he spoke TO her or not, or she to
him. Mr.. A. saw her no tnore, until the
days meeting in Fall River, sometime,
as believed, IN October. A. said, that
On the evening he preached as he was 60
ing into Ed. MasQn's somebody touched
him on the arm, and said, MIR A. L
want to speak with you He knew the
voice, and turning, said. Maria, do
not wish to have an, th.6a ~ say with
YOU She replied You mus..-i want
you to say that you will not hurt me here.
You have ruined me OF Lowell! and Dow
ler.' He replied, [ never wanted or
tried to hurt you, Maria He answered,
that he would make nc such promise
She said am not known by the name
OF Maria here, Us in Lowell, bul Oarah.
Nobody knows me here, and will MT, un-
less YOU tell them. Don't tell them, will
you? | mean to behave myself well. =
He replied, that will be according to how
you behave, and he said that was the last
time he spoke to her afterwards.
About middle Of last May, in afternoon,
found a lady sitting in front room of my
house. AS entered; my wife says to
the lady, this is Mr.. Bidwell, and to me,
this lady has enqured for you. Lady
sand, that she had been at wor! at Taun-
ton, and came by way of Providence, in
steamboat; meant to stay over Sabbath,
and perhaps look for work. Called to
get me 10 recommend her to some board
ing place, and produced certificate from
class leader in Taunton. Procured a
place to board at Mrs. Mason's, left her
and went home saw her at church on
the Sabbath. Monday morning, when
we left in steamboat, think she said she
was going out in Boston stage 20 Taun-
ton. CaW neT no uioTc TIL AHo1ipSon
camp-meeting. just at night, she came on
TO the ground with yonng man. Spoke
to - didn't think you would come
from Taunton She said she had come
from Woodstock, where she had been the
greater part of the summer. She and
young man both behaved well. She did
not mix with our people. Saw her twice
after on the ground. Her mother lived
in West Woodstock, seven or eight miles
from camp ground. A preacher came
into preachers tent, and stated that there
were some bad characters on the ground.
Brothers Avery and Merrill bad both
seen one whom Mr.. Avery expelled from
the church at Lowell, and when she saw
him, she dropped her head as if she had
been shot. At Lincoln camp-'neeting
two weeks after, was asked by Mrs. Rob
bins if knew Mariah CornclIi said No.
She SAID, you spoke with her at Thomp-
sons camp meeting. She said it was
said at Thompson, that Avery had said she
was bad girl, and that he had expelled
her from the church. She said she was.
sure that Maria was the girl who was
pointed out to her NJ the girl whom they
had pointed out. The last time saw her
to recollect her was at Fall River; walk