The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-27
WHIPPING THE PREACHE R

= And Curses fniie Of Wrath.
WHIPPING THE PREACHER R.
"He must be tanned; boys" And Har-
vey Ingsley brought his clenched hand
down upon the large store box by which
he was standing. ISff gov, g. ~ &
+ '"You are right, Harvey" echoed
Walt. Walters, the acknowledged bully
of Skiffton.
fright! Right"' shouted the 9TH
ers.
1--WE will show those church going
people that we will not submit to bully
gagging from any body especially a
try u.s." said Will Ashton. a rather
handsome fellow of seventeen.
He will find us hard customers to
deal with I'll warrant. He looks
weak but the muscle may be in him"
AYE, it is boys" said stout Bob
Graft.
Il was at meeting-a revival - in
Clarke county, last winter. Old Buell.
preached. We attempted to break it up
and created good deal of disturbance.
One night Jim Sykes and put cayenne
pepper on the stove. Buell. saw us, and
stopped preaching. He came down
from the pulpit, caught us 10y the COL
lars shook us like terrier shakes rats car
reid us to the door, and pitched us out
into the snow. The other boys saw
; what was in the old fellow, and did hot
interfere. l was sore week afterwards
and | assure you boys that the meeting
was not broken up. All went OH peace
, ably, and several of the boys joined,
among them jim Sykes"
at he handled you so easily, Bob, he
must be a SAMPSON said Harvey AS he
surveyed from head TO foot the giant
Bob.
"Strong: I think he is. His grip
seemed to crush my shoulder blade" re-
hsumed Bob.
II think I can handle him." said
Harvey, rolling up his sleeve to his
shoulder, and displaying mighty arm,
the muscles of which stood out like
whip cords.
"When will We tackle him?" ask
young Ashton, eager for the encoun-
! ter!
"'ro night said Harvey. who. MAS
ring leader OF the enterprise. He
sknows nothing of us, save what the
laeeting folks have told him, and |
| know -they~say Not Aing good of ,ns.4a go
"Of couSse not, 'fsaid Afpthers;~t
"Wasnit tlIAt SrtsoAsiiASS ] va se~Assr4lsc
other niyht?n remarked Joe Gibbons.
| "He thought so, at any rate sneercd
Bob.
II know trembled when -he said.
those gentlemen on the back seat. ;
Every body present turned their heads
| to look right at u.s.
| "You trcAable SO often, joe said
| Walt r"sY ouremember when old Ran
som caught Sou in his melon patchs!-
Did you tremble then, eh:'
Don't bring that up here" said Joe,
who wished lbygopes y be .bygopesiEF :
ping: p. What % sre eI your oui plansl r Harvey s
"rhey are as follows,'' began Ingsley
ave will go to church to night in n
crowd, and act civil till services are cor.
cluded, when we will range outside by
The does. vRAt Buell. Will coms put last
as usual, and I will step up.anG hskshim
he he est sdts fHsdS.S siHe h tnt
lie, and follow it up with good drub-
bing. You mpH teAeAty 10 assist me
if necessary, All attend TO mS mbers
who may want finger in the pie?'
"We will be reayNa Harvey" said
Nate Jones, laughing y ah promised
fun.
A minute lateg not one of. .the plotters
could be seen eh,0 0he tDr,fetf 9leV had
gone to their hol1les u pieparN Ar the
nocturnal adventure.
Skiffton, was at the.be4 inning of ou1
story, blessed (?) Wits bang of rowe
les, "set" of young men who kept the
church going people; aptalA peaeefully
disposed citizens An a VeIpf NA. Th.
"set', rs we have stated, was fed by
Harvey Ingsley, a tall fellow about 2i
He laid all plans for the gang, and wa.
the foremost to carry them out. Chick
lens disappeared ut his bidding, ant
among other things the hand was gull
ty of, Nas aeclaffng thar they wt,uIl
break up any meeting held in Walnu
Grove Church, ABOUT twp miles from
i Skiffton.@@ : J. .-IJ III i -.
7 The people thinking the boys woul.
not .caFFy,. out tleir stlraat, called /
threacher to expalinI to them the gospel
But the boys nfenf,t What they Sid uhft
one night nest Of hornets was thrus
throtshfa br,ken.winiow w and the littl'
insects tiewohither and thither, stinginl
: many of the cortxregaiioIsa Il and break
ing up the meeting.
hundred and was meyer full save At I'd
vivaisi when the windaks and door
had to be opened to allow those VIII,
could could not, not gain ain, aa1m,oEt9le' asd'
As night came on, and Luna Shove,
herself surrounded by thousands O
worlds, the Skiffton boys, headed b,
Harvey Ingsleyp set .aYt fpr--WalDY
Grows. They entered the 'chufch qih
, 3tly, and took back seats as was thei
wont. The minister had not arrive,
yet, and prayer meeting was bein,
held.
At last one Of the doors opened, an,
Rev. Mr.. Buell. entered AMI walked t
the sacred desk. He was a man II f1e
dunn height, anda beautiful black bear'
fell fe,, to his e"soh h a's s eSss y" were
minati6a could be seer tkerefps ID
. twas neatly attired; no jewelry could b
seen upon his person. He began hi
discouss In modSlatsd yQiee. Ards .
, he warmed with HIS kfeAt subject Il
true back woods style, he laid aside hi