Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-04-10


coming, so no meeting had collected. The
Methodists had a protracted meeting in progress
in a village about one mile from this place. /
have no doubt 1t was the "gracious influence"
which was said to attend that meeting, which pre-
vented mine. Friend Benedict thought as we had
given them an offer of salvation, our skirts
would be clear if they were all damned. So he
took me to his pleasant home where with Martha.
the other partner in the concern, and the chi d
| enjoyed a few days of unalloyed happiness.
held in this place-Lockport, three meetings.
The first on Saturday evening, was well, though
not largely attended, in consequence of the mud
and rain. When l had done speaking, a baptist,
of tho order which here they call Tight" made
some criticisms upon what l had said. He was
evidently q man of good common sense, and was
quite fair and manly in his statements l replied
to him and l hope gave him aud others a good
reason Of the hope that was in me- Some othert
made some remarks and the meeting closed. Oul
friends expressed much satisfaction in the meeting
and | hope their expectation Of good from it may
not be disappointed.
On Sunday the meeting was small during thu
day. In the evening it was much increased and
l have rarely ever addressed a more attentive au
dience.
This field / regard as one Of much Importance
and if any of our lecturers should find it in thci,
way to coll here, I am sure they will find an ampl,
field for labor, and that they will corroborate m,
testimony, that there is none where labor is NOR
pleasant. 1t lie now my purpose to spend the las
Sunday in April with these cherished friends.
On Tuesday I returned to Linesville and spok
on temperance. The mud was awful, but mud o
rain makes DO difference with these Linesville re
formers. They filed the house and we had a YER
enthusiastic meeting. On Wednesday evening
gave a speech on Womans Rights, and had
crowded house. This ends my labors in Westeri
Pennsylvania, for the present. They have bee
very pleasant. One thing which has contributes
much to my happiness has been, both in Pennsy
vania and Ashtabula County, Ohio, the fact. thin
the friends have felt that it was their business (.
find work for the lecturer. and get the most out q
him, which can be done during his stay anon
them. No labor seemed too great in getting til
meetings up, or in transporting the lecturers fror
place to place. During the ten weeks / have bee
in Asht,bula County, Ohio, and Western Penney
vania. 1 have paid only seventy FIVE cents e'
penbos ouh DIoohe u . pan VI no'oSo ~
brought me from Linesville, Pennsylvania, to Che
ry Valley, a distance of twenty miles, over tn
worst roads imaginable. and only uttered this on
complaint. lie said he thought, that bringing m
over sucL. roads, ought to entitle him to convey nj
twice when they were good.
l often contrast my labors of this winter wit
that of the last, when we were breaking ne
3 ground in Illinois and Iowa. 70 be sure "
found many friends then, but zoe had to find then
The contrast between going into q place a perfe
/, stranger, or only with a reputation which ].
D ing malignant tongues, have carried before yc'
+ and then pu: up at a dingy, uncomfortable hote
3 and then to run oil over the place to find a hall
n which to speak. and then get out your bills, DC
n and the pleasant circumstances that have attend'
: my labors the present season, is great indeed
+ And yet the former are quite as necessary as Il
latter. Indeed but for these pioneer labors '
should find none Of these pleasant scenes.
God bless the pioneeslp. I hope to belong
that department again endure its tolls and EN-
II ito trium phs.
re Yours truly.
g., A. T. FOSS.