Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-06-14
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BISHOP BAscos,s BEAR HUNT.

BISHOP BASCOM'S BEAR HUNT.
No man in the Methodist church obtained
higher position al an orator, scholar and
q man Of evangelical character than Bishop
Bascom. The rugged West was the thea
tire Of his early labors, his gathered renown,
and his usefulness TO his country and his
fellow men. There are scenes in his bio
graphy which seem strange to us Of the pre-
sent day. They speak Of state Of society
that has disappeared with the progress Of
Improvement.
In one of the stations Of Bascom's first
circuit the people were scattered at wide in
tefvals among the fastness and secluded val
leys Of the mountains. BY winding paths
and through difficult passes, they reached
their rude temple.
These people were rude but not ignorant;
Christians bot not ntolerant. They carried
their rifles 10 the house of worship, and on
occasion used them. Here occurred what is
generally related as Bascom's Bear Hunt,
On one Of Bascom's periodical Visits to
this place the preacher had arsived.iDo Of
the congregation had assembled, and many
were exchanging salutations about the door,
others were sill dropping in and the preach
er with his saddle-bags on his arm was con-
versiag with brother from another neigh
borhood about making an appointment at
new place, when the report ola gun was
heard but short distance from the place.
This was too common occurrence to excite
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