The Lincoln County herald., 1869-07-01
FROM LlylxasTes COUNTY. !
CnlII1coras, J~no 60.

81 % CHrLLIcoTHA Juno 20. y
Editor Hsyald: - H
For che past three wesks*s have had
Of sunshine and showers,
heat and cold-the showers a general
thing being on large scale. Last Tues.
~ night The temperature fell y within
thirty degrees Of ssro, giving us . light
frost, though not enough to do any harm.
Yesterday vss very warm, With stssss
wind blowing from tho south, which
alone kspt the hsst from being opprss-
sivs. Last night brought another thun.
der storm; this morning the weather 10
wsrn, drissly and dark. = 2V|"
Tho prospects for . corn crop in this
county 10 not very dattsrisg. IL having
been very muoh Injured BY . worm called
the '"drub," which destroys tho sprout
before Il comes up. II has been more
destructive in new and second. year land
than 10 old ground. This worm does
not differ from The common grub, only In
size and color Of the head, being about
half as large as the common grub, with q
reddish brown head. In addition to the
grub there arc souatless Thousands Of
eut.worms and other insects which have
dose msch injury to farma and gsrdsns.
As one pest Usually follows another We
may reasonably look for the grasshopper
about the frst Of July. .:.
The First NJ. E. Church Of this place
gave strawberry and ice cream festival
last Tuesday evening, for tho benefit Of
the Sunday school, which proved sue.
cess in every respect, aud upon which CO.
casion We hsd the honor Of being pres.
snt. The room was gorgeously festooncd
with branches Of forest trees and flowers
most rare and beautiful, filing the room
with On aroma so sweet and pure as to
make one, almost, think tina. he was
breathing tho atmosphere Of Heaven, OF
that he had been carried back over pc.
riod Of more than sir thousand years
and placed in the original garden Of Eden
anterior to the fall Of man. The table.
were loaded to overlooking with ico cream
strawberries, cahss, oranges, etc., Will,
"the good old Aag" beneath whose fold
the colored troops fought 20 nobly dur
ing the recent struggle for liberty ant
union, waved Its graceful colors over tn
devoted heads of tho assembly.
About eleven o'clock proposition va
made to gise the most choice cake in tn
house to tho most popular Minister'of tn
Gospel in Chillicothe, which was to b.
decided by vsts, each voter paying tel
cents for the right Of ftahch,se. W
pleaded dlsloyalty and thereby saved ou
dime. After IN exciting poll, durlu
which q number of fraudulent votes wer
polled, the cake was declared voted I
Rev. George Washington Hudson, tn
popular colored minister Of the colorc
Baptist Church Of this place.
Some disposition was shown to 'Rot
manise" the returns, which was fortr
nately squelched. His colored Reverence
was not present, but the result prove
his popularity and shows that bis ftient
we're out in force. Several plain preacl
, srs were voted for, but received rather
, meagcr support, which plainly shows tn
the white race 10 about played out, az
points to the "coming man."
As uncle George was not In the Gil
, the cake wss delivered to one Of his CO
8 cred friends BY Rev. Mr.. -,s pla
minister Of the Presbyterian Church, vi
, made very appropriate little speech {
. the OCCASION. He said the cake had be'
4 given Mr.. Hudson in token of the biz
, regard 10 which he was held by his frien
In Chillicothe, etc., etc., and that n
-, Hudson should not eat the cake oil
I. :. one time, but preserve Il % long as pss
: , sibls, taking only small slice At . tin
= The cake Was received with polite bo
preceded by few uniutslligibls rsmarl
which, however, were supposed to be I
}. propriats, carried to the re ,idence Of ,
70 cls George and laid carefully sway
as a''s await his coming. But fate ordered
10 otherwise. The man whose seal for
spread Of the Gospel and the advan
1t mont Of the colored people 90 ricl
ID me'ited the compliment, WAS dsstir
10 never to see, taste or small the preei'
q. gift; for before the light Of morning !
nd dAwasd some "poor white trash"
ag doubt. who ars too lasy to wosk for ca
It and haven't sense enough to preach
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