Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-01-29

WHOLE NUMBER lY0.
,oung gentlemen and young ladies,
lressed in their silks, jewlery and pru-
'ella, from top to toe, take the jerks,
would often excite my risibilities. The
trst jerk or 80, You would see their
inc bo,mets, caps, and combs fly: and
70 sudden would be the jerking Of the
,ead, that their long loose hair would
crack almost as loud as q wagoner's
whip. At one Of my appointments in
1904, there was very large congrega-
ion turned out to hear the Kentucky
BOY, as they called me, Among the
.est there were two finely dressed,
young ladies, attended by
NO brothers with loaded horsewhips.
Although the house was 11s5Eh 1a.-
The two young ladies, COM
ing in late, took their seats near where
[ stood, and their two brothers stood
in the door. I was little unwell, and
I had phial Of peppermint in my
pocket. Before I commenced preach
ing took out my phial and swallowed
a little of the peppermint While
was preaching, the congregation was
melted into tears. The two young
gentlemen moved off to the yard fence,
and both the young ladies took the
jerks, and they were greatly mortified
about L. There was a great stir in
the congregation. Some wept, some
and before our meeting closed
several were converted. As I dis
missed the assembly, man stepped
up to me, aud warned me to be on my
guard for he had heard the two broth
ers swear they would horsewhip me
when meeting was out, for giving
their sisters the jerk. tWell,' said /,
I'll see to that Invent out and said
to the young men that I understood
they intended to horsewhip me for Civ
ing their sisters the jerks. One replied
that he did. / undertook to expostu-
late with him on the absurdity of the
charge against me, but he swore I
need not deny it; for he had seen me
take out a phial, in which ! carried
some truck that gave his sisters the
jerks. As quick as thought it came
into my mind how would get clear
of my whipping, and, jerking out the
peppermint phial, said I, yes; i'll
gave your sisters the. jerks, I'll give
them to you.' In moment I saw he
was scared. I moved toward him, he
backed I advanced, and he wheeled
and ran, warning me not to come near
him, or he would kill me. 1t raised
the laugh on him, and escaped my
whipping. I had the pleasure, before
the year was out, Of seeiug all four
soundly converted to God, and I took
them into the Church, .ra,---
In le02 Peter Cartwright received
what is called Gan exhorter's licence."'
and was allowed to aexercise his gift
He began to find little education
necessary; and providence opened his
way to . school at which were taught
"all tho branches Of q common educa-
ton and also the dead languages" -
Peters linguistic requirements are
thus exhibited -
81 recollect once to have come across
one ofthese Latin and Greek scholars,
Ia regular graduate in theology. In
order to bring me into contempt in a
public company, he addressed me in
Greek. In my younge: days 1 had
learned considerable Of German. /
listened to him as if I understood it all,
and them replied in Dutch. This he
knew nothing about, neither did he un.
derstand Hebrew. He concluded that
/ had answered him in Hebrew, and
Immediately caved in, and stated to
the company that I was the first cdu-
Gated Methodist preacher he ever
Saw Show
Here is an odd Revival incident in
West Tennessee -
1T was customary for gentlemen of
fashion to wear ruff1ed shirts: There
was wealthy gentleman thus attired
at our meeting, and he was brought
under strong conviction: led him
10 the altar with the mourners and
he was much engaged. But it seemed
there was something he would not give
up. l was praying by his side, and
talking to him, when all on a sudden
he stood erect 6n. his knees, and with
his hands he deliberately opened his
shirt bosom, took hold Of his rufflea,
tore them off, and threw them down
in the straw; and. in less than two
minutes God blessed his soul, and he
sprang to his feet, loudly praising
God"
We omit Peters mode Of tanning .
woman "half alligator, half swapping
turtle" }" and give this admirable sceno
in Rushville, Illinois, in 1887. "a fresh
green, live Y Yankee preacher has come
to enlighten the people of the Far
West, and turn the local preachers
into the shades of everlasting dark.
ness" DIR. Peter determines to give
him . chance -
II put him up one night to read hi.
sermon. The frame building we were
worshipptng in was not plastercd, and
the wind blew hard our candles dared
and gave a bad light, and our minis
terial hero made very awkward out
in reading his sermon. The concre-
CATION paid heavy pcnance and be-