Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-01-16
RASBURGH VERMONT, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16. 1871.

3" Another sinners down! Another soul
converted Glory to Godl Pray on
brotherl Halleluiah Hallelniah! Glory
to God p till l thought it was more thar
any good preacher ought to bear.
/ 1t would be hard for me to describe m,
feelings just about this time. 1t seemed
to me that ] was delivered over to be
tormented by the devil and his imps.-
Just at this moment thought of a des-
perate mud-hole about quarter of a mile
ahead; it was a long one, and dreadful
deep mud, and many wagons had stuck
in it, and had to be pried out. Near the
center Of this mud-hole there was a plaee
OF mud deeper than anywhere else. On
the right stood stump about two feet
high; all the teams had to be driven as
close TO this stump as possible to avoid a
deep rut on the left, where many wagons
had stuck; | knew there was a small
brldle-way, that wound round through
the brush to avoid the mud, and it occur
red TO me that when we came near this
muddy place l would take the bridle-
way, and put my horse at the top of his
speed, and by this means get away from
my wretched tormentors, as / knew they
could not go fast through the long reach
OF mud. When we came to the com
mencement of the mud l took the bride
path, and put spurs and whip to my horse.
Seeing | was rapidly leaving them in the
rear, the driver cracked his whip, and
put his horses at almost full speed, and
such was their anxiety to keep up with
me, TO carry out their sport, that when
they came to this bad spot they never
saw the stump on the right. The fore
wheels Of the wagon struck centrally
on the stump, as the wheel mounted
the stump, over went the wagon. Fear
ing il would turn entirely over and catch
them under, the two young men took a
leap into the mud, and when they lighted
they sunk up to the middle. The Young
lady was dressed in white, and as the
wagon went over, she sprang as far as she
could; and lighted on all fours her hands
sunk into the mud up to her armpits. her
mouth and the whole of her face i'm
mersed in the muddy water, and she
certainly would have strangled if the
young men had not relieved her. As
they helped her up and out, had wheel
ed my horse to see the fun. Irode up to
the edge of the mud, stopped my horse,
reared in my sturrups, and shouted at the
top Of my voice.
Glory to God! Glory to Cod Hal
leluiah! another sinners down. Glory
to Godl HalIeluiahl Glory Halle
luiah."
1t ever mortals felt mean, these young
sters did; and well they might, for they
had carried on all this sport to make
light of religion, and to insulr a minister.
a total stranger to them. But they con-
temned religion, and hated the AEa,bo
dists, especially Methodist preachers.
When became tired of fshouting over
them, I said to them:
Now, you poor, dirty, mean sinners,
take this as judgment of God upon you
for your meaanes, and repent of your
dreadful wickedness; and let this be the
last time that you attempt to insult a
preacher; for if you repeat your abom-
Unable sport and prosecutions, the next
time God will serve you worse, and the
devil will get YOU"
They felt SO badly that they never ut
tered word of reply. Now l was very
glad that ] did not horsewhip them
as l felt like doing; but that God had
avenged his own cause, and defended
his own honor, without my doing it with
carnal weapons; and l may here be per-
mltted to say, at one of those prosperous
camp-meetings named in this chapter, ]
had the great pleasure to sec all three Of
these young people converted to Cod
/ took them into the Methodist Church.
and they went back to Ohio happy in
God. They we're on a visit among their
relations, from that state, and went home
with feelings very different from those
/ they possessed when they left.
SPIDERS ANDTHEW WEATHER.
Ouatremer Disionval. a Frencbman