The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-01-24
BOURBON CORRESP cNDrNCE.

Referred.
BOURBON CORRES2 cNDENCE.
BOURBON, jan. %, 1867.
EDS. DEMOCRAT:
Business is very dull here Aside from
the lumber and timber trade-which at
present is very active there is but little
doing Merchants and business men gen
orally who have been doing a credit bust
ness Tor the past year or TIVE, just begin to
find themselves greatly in want of their
money to meet their own Indebtedness.
the most of which is now past due since
the first OF January Good men" can
not now pay with any more promptness
than those who have as a general rule been
considered second class customers"
The wheat crop was an entire failure
or SO nearly SO that no revenue to amount
to anything las been derived from the
surplus
The corn-although an average crop
is CT an inferior quality, and is worth in
this market but 33 cents per bushel.
The pork crop, which farmers had ex-
pected would yield them Il handsome profit.
brought on The average about ) cents per
pound @ross-little more than half the
prices Of last wear.
The rotatoc crop amounted to so little
that it is hardly worth mentioning; so
hat after all, ''rich farmer" who owns
his farms an lands by the hundred acres
is bat little better able to pay his debts
thar. the poor man" who earns his living
by the sweat Of his face at two dollars
Gay.
But debts have Leen contracted and
debts must be paid The screws are be-
ginning to tighten and if there is any
blood in the turnip it must come out
TIE | b. for the past two or three
weeks have been holding "proiracted
meeting a considerable number have
= bowed the knee" and professel their be-
lief in the doctrines OF that church. IS
IS hoped that much good will result from
the protracted" efforts of the brethren.
If the world is to be converted before
the promised Millennium takes place, there
is no reason why the good work might not
BEGIN here. There are plenty Of subjects
to work u)on and ten or twelve preachers
to proclaim the glad tidings." But as
the promised good time comii &" will not
likely come for a few years it will be ncc>
cssary TO have places in which to worship
churches dedicated to the uses of
christian denominations, and, as the t. g.
church Of misplace is not yet dedicated"
plan for the raising Of funds sufficient to
pay off the Indebtedness incurred in build.
iay it, SO that it may be dedicated" sug-
gests itself. 1t is this:
As soon as the ''protracted meeting" is
closed let all those who have regularly at
tended the mcetings-men and women
give as many days work-o as much
money as they would receive for 50 many
days-as they have spent in attending the
meetings. The amount they would real
izc in this way would be amply sudiccn
to liquidate the debt and leave a handsome
sum in the treasury.
For example we viii say the meetings
have been held three weeks. or Il days
Average daily attendance $50,
divided as follows: Men 10
each Gay for u days, 81 $40
total say at 81 80 per day
would be. $780, so
Total attendance OF women
l,515, at 10 cents each ..... S1,1Sl %
Total s3,5i3 30
: Indebtedness Of the church. $3.50 90
Balance in treasury. ..... 81, 1913 10
which ought to be appropriated for the
purpose Of finishing the college" But
leaving the women out of the question and
putting the value of mems labor a: one
dollar each, we shall have 81 ,575-or 1926
more than the indebtedness We hope
soon TO be able TO announce that our sug~
gestion has been carried out, the monov
raised, and Bishop Weaver sent for to ied
icatc the church
An old vagrant Dutchman who will per-
haps visit your town in lis prcrcgrcna~