Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-02-21
ASSOCIATE CORRESPONDENCE.
DCt.iags By The Way.

| On te:chins home late SATURDAY evening,
| the ION inst. my engagement s<permitted me
to remain until earlythe next ,SaLbhhl morn.
! ing, when set Of for FrazLrr's Bottom taking
| bother LIS in the ~ az. which place i the
| home 5f.'Nolly," and hes been the home Of
lin that line tarsevera,years past. BroFr r
j.. is an uHhinrhng friend to Southern inter.
Tests, aud 10 the Interests Of the church To
winch he belongs; MS deyOtion TO the claims
rtLe Sabbath-schooI sustaFn1 that institution
in the town Of Buffalo, andhis ocular adap
ta,ion 10 its interests gives HIM great control
over the childreni and that regularity extends
bis influence 10 children Of a larger growth
IL is peculiarly qualified 10 drive away the
dark clouds that often enShroud the mental
SKY and spread a Responding gloom over the
Esprit. II any man who is thus cast down and
disquieted in spirit, viii visit brother L., and
after spending an hour with him, If he DOES
notobtain signal relief, he mus. be under
stood as being Gin bad fix" And while his
aiIable mannerpermts the child TO approach
hjm.with ease, IN authority he is commanding
lie is said TO have been the author of some
strotg ecclesiastical docpmen's Tat were pub
liShdd through the church papers q few years
ago, when the Church controversy ran high in
this part Of the county, * p.
My appointments for that day were alrron
thr,opposile side Of the river from RuTalo, but
in slew Of the probable lmposSjbh,ty Of tray.
cling with anyNegree OF safety along III: icy
ways through the narro@S, L aIaed myself
Of the benefit Of the pike; and LEFT Dolly" AT
Mr.. RS, AMI crossed the river I'm Mr.. Us
skif, at whose house d,vcsted myself af ny
riding equipSge, and walked wifi the foniIy
tochurch, a stancc Of about half mile across
The smooth mcdowS. Alter service, consil-
cradle company returned TO Mr.. HIS for din
ner, where i learned that very desirable COM
pany had contemplated going with me that
evening 10 Winfield, but the con i.ion Of the
rnads had forced them to ablndon the trip
This disappeintmentwa pa,tly atoncd for by
the splendid4urkey that was distributed around
the board OF dinner. While at this point,
brotherJ J. will pardon me for renatking that
he has been very successful in getting his ice.
house well filled; and "ti we'll" as there
are many who have their minds eye turned to
| that point during the session ofthe Wv. "A.
Conference. Immediately fter dinner, with
drew from that pleasan. association in order to
meet my engagements for that afternoon; an!
rc.crossing the river and rigging up dolly"
the ice having yielded some 10 the damp infu-
ence Of the atmosphere, the travelling was i'm
proved, and reached Winfield, the county
| seat, 10 due tins. H.. 4 r.
The Northern brethren were holding q
Quarterly meeting at that time short distance
frJmtownj which explains the object Of trans.
posing my appointments at the two places on
that day, and IS they had an appointment or
the same hour that evening, some Of my friend,
counseled that Il would be better TO defer The
sefviceuntil night, but as a change at tha
hour would be likely 10 throw allinto confu.
sion, and willing to accommodate oil concern.
ed as faf as would be consistent,I concluded
TO occupy the timeappointed in the evening
and at might also; consequently my flock were
favored With two lessons instead Of one OF
that occasion. | put up with bto;her D. tina
might, who, with his excellent wife. contrib,
ute much 10 the interest Of The church; the los.
Of their influence will be feltin that commune
W as they ere removing TO tabell county,
speak in the present tense, becsuse | suppos,
they are on their way while am penning thi
paragraph.
On Monday morning ! stopped some time Il
town, made a few calls with some Of my OIL,
! fsisads, pad made some serseabls scQa.insxn