Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-02-27
miscellaneous neaoina.
Prom the N. Y. Spirit Of the Times.
AmecAOte Of Lorenzo Dow.

AWCC0OgO % AOIenzO DOW
Standing at the Postofice in one Of our
Southern States. ! was introduced to a
very respectable Methodist clergyman
with whom entered into conversation.
lie proved cheerful man, and the dis.
course fell upon the ecceniricities Of
preachers. owe the ground work Of the .
following anecdote Of the celebrated Lo- .
renzo Dow to this renconire. /
Dow was very exact in his appointments :
he made, and sometimes arranged them
a long way ahead. He once preached
near one Of tho small towns Of Upper {
Georgia, and told his congregation on tina,
day one year he would preach to them
again.
The next season, on Saturday after
noon preceding the Sabbath Of the ap-
pointed time. the old man was jogging
along the main road in the direction OF the
congregation.
lie noticed before him a stout little ne.
gro boy, Of peculiarly attractive step and
manner who carried in his hand a sinai!
tin horn. such as are used TO call people
to their meals.
The custom among many III the South is,
10 allow colorcd married men TO 90 to their
wives houses. and children to visit their
parents on Saturday evening, 10 stay with
them on Sundays; and, as the nergoes are
unsteady inclined, they carry fife, horn.
or banjo. to give notice OF their approach
and beguile the way. In other cases
they whistle. sing or shout.
4 healthy, cheerful negro. Of honest in
tentions. uses, generally, some means Of
associa,on-even if he is obliged TO talk
to himself.
Dow, according to his usual manner,
entered into conversation with the bow
and found he was about 10 visit the con-
gregation that he had appointed to meet
II the truth must be told, Lorenzo, had
an idea that the character Of his flock was
that Of reckless. frolick some. kind, care
less people. upon whom it was necessary
10 make a very decided impression, or his
time would have been thrown away among
them.
what is your name, my ladn asked
Dow.
Gabriel, SIR replied the boy, lifting a
new straw hat. and showing his ivory.
while he actively stepped along to keep
pace with the pre- acher's horse.
Can you blow on that horn!'
ooh, yes, master, can loot liltle.'
We'll. let me hear you
So the negro inflated his velvet cheek.
and made the woods rcsound.
DO you know a tall tree, near the stand
at Sharon' said Dow.
Yes. that | does, very well. MASTER
Lorenzo then put his hand into his peck
e., and pulling out silver dollar show
ed it to the boy, and told him that if
he would climb up that tree before the
people met at the meeting, and keep quiet
there until tho preacher called out his
name. and then blow his horn as he had
just done. he would give him the silver
dollar.if he did not tell any body about it
The negro expressed himself highly de-
lighted at such an Offer, and promised
punciuality with secrecy.
On Sabbath large meeting assembled
at Shearon 10 hear the famous Lorenzo
Dow. Serious old men with their wives.
wild boys and their sweethearts, almost
all on horseback, sometimes by twos and
threcs; besides negroes from a great dis
lance OH foot. being readily captva!ed by
tho natural eccentric. for the love of any
thing that has laugh in it; and they knew
that Lorenzo was good for joke, even if
it did hit hard.
Dow selected rather birthstone tex. and
made the application as strong as posi-
BILE; but no forced his way slowly-the
,nercurial. healthful. honest hearted peo-
pie, were hard to frighten. He cnumera-
ted the enormity Of the vices he thought TO
prevail; but they were SO used to that. The
words slid over them like water on
ducks back.
At length he described, in the plainest
kind Of language. the appearance OF the
last great day. and what would be their
condition when that day came! Suppose
exclaimed the preacher suddenly. and
then paused-'that this was the day!-he
saw the women became Gdgety. and
uudsed the fellows into silence and aiten-
ton. Suppose repeated he. elevating
his voice. that THIS DAY GABRIEL SHOULD
BLOW HIS TRUMP.
Al this moment the little negro showed
he was "a trump and from the top of the
lofty pine, loud clamorous blast over
whelmed the audience! The women
shire ked, the men rose in great surprise.
the horses tied around the camp neighed.
reared and kicked. while the complexion
Of the terrified negroes changed to dark
nurnle color. Never was alarm. surprise
and establishment. more promptly eXhib-
tied. Lorenzo Dow looked with grave but
pleased attention. upon The successful re-
suit Of his experiment. until some began
10 estimate the character OF the artificial
angel and were about TO apply little
hickory to him; bu, this suggestion was
arrested by the loud and solemn tones of
the preacher. who looked very firmly into
the faces of his disturbed audience. and
impressively remarked
And, now. if little negro boy. with a
tin horn. on the top Of pine bush. can
make YOU teel so. how will you feel when
the day does comet
eTU-ilmot Repudidted in PennsyIrG-
uia.-The democrats of Schuylkill. bed
ford and wayne counties. in the old hey