Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-16
LETTER No. VII.

FRrErrts, Mr., April. 1850.
EnrroHs or TuE OIruEU DTNoCR,r 90
A Ministers Wife in = Bawdy House
was passing ,long 4 certain Sire, IN W.
Orleans, ~ the month II April last, when =
circus company belonging to what -as called
Sucbncy'S Nmphiihcatrc. turned the corner
NIL stopped h..u'c 'rrur shop, 90 discourse
their bias, pieces, snd phase M u'Hrr \,
Weller ,lys. who ram" 1urklur to The win
iow,. ~ stairs, -hIc the men filled the doors
md sidewalk below. ,iurl, luai'r Ike, uu
The opposite side ui the street, looking un, n
the women m particular, iur un. ct them ]
thought | hld seen somewhere before. !
stood razng n, h-r; when she lifted her eve,
from the horses and tho PLAYERS, and looked
intensely at me IEBftf rsr1gubuH ~ hrr.
Quick o., thought, she drew back and closed
the Inside sinduN blind. She was woman
who Ind abandoned her husband and four lli.
ilr children, and ran away with her COUSIN.
hy whom she hsda 'iIId daring her husband 81
absence Who's husband va, ,u exemplary,
kind. rrud AMI honn'ci preacher ut the Cos.
pei. living ~ Alabama blu, she loved lh.,
cousin. and PLAYED the n'lui with him.
though % sister 900 he church, -whcu-Ncr her
husband Was out uf town. Aud now learn
how she cam. ont, and see the reward ui
trausFrrs,pr-'
Amer It wa, discovered she hadhsCn 'r'rn-
Hg DUNN" "a the nggrrs sly she tr"h
the cm'd when q wear old, and Duawly with
her s"duccr, 90 New Orleans, where they
lived together os man and wife, (as Others ]
know ui, are nov doing > h,,-lhuurh by
profession a llwycT-,rckur clrTk,hip. and
running on a steamboat cap ,h" Mississippi
but things SION took O Turn H. brramr TO-
Nnlyrd in difficulties and l, excellent faith
60, (who Vas au houorabIr judged came from
Alabama. aud paid ~ some heavy debts for
hls dsUucyiul son and resolved In move al
hI, upW di.grlcrd sud ,urruvGl family tu
IrNas lie went there, bought land, return
cd tu New Orleans, and saw hun there
when the ChD,rd Edt an end 10 a.l his fine
hopes and plans, iUl ice died Ol tins destroyer,
Las, April.
Finding her raramour " lrtis." this ina-
nous woman placed her child in the br " IA
w llur,E, " ! have before spoken oi--a' d1
orphan a rrc1, many just o.b orphans
arS Ia the world, and more coming onD and
then abandoned Observation-Disclosures
RIDERS
When ! was acquainted with thu woman
90 Alabama, thought her ON" ut the " sane
tilted 4" Tor she ~, a jealous defender ui the
Baptist faith and ever ready tO condemn
others. II 90 q moment Of guud humur aud
Mlauiy. gave a sister, or cousin. or a friend
"A kIss-whcthcr ~ Boz what th, Apostle
Paul calls, ga hDly kiss" or "a Iii, II
charity o." Allow ur here iu confess am
great aimlrcr OF the "h"ug pr~v',' and
III, way ! practice II, j. caution, at least
you would ihuk ~, II Nuu had been made Ia
,.c " stars. - often as have, from the box
ed car,. have iakcn-oR az good part, ut
This woman took tea withmc aud nv wife,
when 100 Alabama, al the house at friend,
iu company with a student IN Divinity of ilc
Calyinlsi Bapll,' order. WAS then on a be-
WrHg tour On tlat State, with nv WIFE, try
my To persuade ms dear lMd,v loving Hap-
IL, brethren and friends, that Paul did not
mean bv Timothy often mErmiI,,, that he
cot drunk, a. had known some Of them tu
To de- and, instead ct taking "a hnl' IciHs
for ihy slomach's sake, 10 swlll down nasty
rot gW Whd,g by the barrel and then 20
% church ~ boOIy 'ilcy could not keep awake
even m PRAYER imr 10 say nothing of node
diHe assent To all the good pIr>On said m hls
sermon, n have seen them DO II. And by
the way. | see u j. fashionable here IN Maine,
In some churchc, enter, Tor some people to
20 n slap --whcihcr from the opialr Of Gin,
rum, whlsScy or brandy, know not. rec
0mmcnd all such sleepy persons 10 slay NJ
home aud not thus publicly expose them
selves when there Is no ned ont. for It
looks rsrv Su'pi,,oy to sly the least Of 10, to
be soon thus aslrcpIn church time
Al vas saylng--a Dr,HHy student took
tea with tue IN Albania, at the house Of a
friend, with this very woman and her hus-
band The student was $50 g0diV girH
he would not speak to me aud would nui ask
me Tor ANYTHING un the table; and whenever
| met him IN the street, be- would pass by Is
demurc looking, as graSshoppcr mourning
over 4 dry mullen stalk IN dog days. On the
call Of Mai Ten. Gaines for volunteers 10
q" fight the McNIraUs,' this divinity hopeful
Joined a company of horscmCn, and went 10
New Orleans. salylng about the city, he en-
tered grorrCry. got drunk. kicked up the
devil, had a fight with lar keeper, and for
his chIvalry aud purity, found himself locked
up in prison in what Is called the Calaioo'c:
with mggcrs. male and female, and other
rowdics. \ TREND IN New Orleans, knowing
his " former good character became his
bail, and thus be- escaped the doom Of many
Others less guilty than himself, and Was al
lowed To rcjoin his military companions
They were all VI them dllnndc'l in 4 few
days afterwards. by orier OF Congress; and
this precious hopeful, returned tn Alabama To
resume his studies for the ministry! And |
presume he is there now perhaps, preach.
ing or, like most other charity scholars, is
keeping school somewhere, IN the name OF
the Lord; and the Bapllsts IN particular
whose +" spiritual Children" have given an
accoun, Of NJ far as these two, the minister's
wife, and the Divinity student are concerned.
| have other facts Of like character and ma
mrc, Z" miHui,d dorR," which ! Intend to
write out, as | have time and opportunity,
when IN the mood ont; about munster IN
il1bmn Who kcp, sr"g 'h"p ard gamb.