Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-11-13
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llc preached in Norwich, Conn, my na
tive place, Brot llill district, ten mil,
from his own residence The old "school
Uuse' or academy which ,hc Mciho
di,ls used Tor q church. was too small 10
, The congregation, and they adjourned q
, the shnde of an enormous aidc srrcadin
elm tree that stood on the Green, rs lh,
public common was popularly called.
, remember it was washing day, probably
Monday, and four o'clock in the Afternoon
Dow sat in his wagon and ! sat, With 4
younger brother, on stone at The iooI
Of II horse block on the womens side oI
the congregation, iemcmbc. only one
thing he aid stout young man had
clalnuercd up the fork Of tree, ana got
to sleep over the preachers head, and
snoi ed 50 loudly as to disturb the congre-
cation. Dow looked up in the midst OF
his sermon and said, Take care there,
Hoccheus OF you will catch a fall"
| The .eNt time heard him was in the
"old school house." and think on n cold
and windy Sunday, either in the spring or
iall of the year, ! cannot tell which. lie
rcproyed some young ladies in the con-
gregation for tittering, one Of whom af.
telward said, "it was too bad to make
people laugh in church and then scold
them for it," There was no one to raise
the tune when he began: "Waal," says
l%renzo. "if we have no singn' we'll have
no prayin' :" and he plunged at once into
his discourse. At the conclusion, without
singing, prtyer or beaedictou, he left the
desk, and buried from the church, leav-
Inc the congregation to follow at their
leisure, Jumped into his wagon and drove /
of at u furious rate. The high wind up
set his Quaker broadbrim, and it came /
rolling back into the dispensing crowd, |
with Dow after on full run. There are
'ew things in thi. world more ridiculous
han man chasing his hat on windy
lay, and Dow's appearance on this occa-
ion, with his long hair and beard stream
ng in the breeze, provoked shouts of
aushler from The young men and boys.
Some years before this my father heard
lin N Charleston, S. c., where he preach
ID in a Presbyterian pulpit, one of the
I'd fashioned tubs, twenty feet in the air.
nstesi of ascending the stairs, Dow clans
ered up on the outside and shouted "he ,
hat entereth not in the door in the sheep
old, but climbeth up some other way,
he same VI thief and a robber." Before
e begaa he pulled of the pulpit cushions, i
I which he had great adherence, and i
hrew them aside.
During one Of his long peregrinations q $
elatiye Of his whom Eo exceedingly dis. /
liked, died. Dow heard it from a neigh. I
'or as he neared home, and said, Toll
he people there will be funeral sermon
N my NEE .ing.house next Lords day, 4 .
en- o'clock" Dow's meeting. house was $
patch of woods near his own. dwelling. y
undar came and the woods were full - \
low took his stand, and announced as his Z
ext, And the Lord set a marx upon
an" Such a handling as he gave the d
ubious character of his dead relative was
Of , contrast TO the eulogies
Iqually pronounced upon such occasions.
When jackson made his presidential
our through the Eastern States, in 1888,
he passed near Oow's house. They were I
rieDds of old, and Dow was rabd dem>
'crat lie erected hickory pole by the
de of the road, imbedded in clay, a no n
ess delicate compliment to the great 7
ieE lucky orator than 20 the hero of n.
'.eans." /
The last time he preached at Bear Hill :
q took out his big silver 'tu:nip" and =
cid it up before the congregation, crying n
ct, Watch what say unto you say r
nto all-watc w \
lie was prosecuted in the New London
ounty court in protracted suit. On one
ccason, while the court was sitting at
Norwich Landing,he was askcd to preach d
\ the UniveIsalist church at noon, while a
he judges and attorneys took recess for 3
inner. lie mounted a bench and pro.
laimed his own appointment. "T will .
reach five minutes hence 10 IS many as o.
i'll follow me, in lIell's Insurance Office, \
a this city," and off he went with a crowd O
men and boys at his heels. \
Dow engaged in the milling interest in
is latter days, and built his dam so high J. J.
hat it set the water back upon the mill q,
ace OF his next neighbor up the stream,
nd this impeded the velocity and force
his water power. For this he was pros
cuted, and after long trial the cause
ent against him. "Waal," SAYS Loren
D, "lf man is sinner, the sooner he u
,g. 4 r. L.