Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-10-19

/ ing and nc tells the following curious story
of what occurred at one of them: ;.
The Rev. Mr.. Lee was preaching from,
the text, "Exceps man deny himself and
take up his cross, he cannot be my disci.
pie" In the Congregation was Dutch.
man. an ignorant man whose wife was a
notorious scold. They were deeply touch.
ed by Lees preaching. After services, he
mounted his horse, and started for his ev.
ening appointment. After riding some
distance, he saw 4 little ahead of him man
trudging along carrying woman on his
/ back. The traveller was small man, the
woman large and heavy. Mr.. Lee rode up
and found that it was the Dutchman carry.
ing bis scolding wife. you did tell us, y
said the Dutchman, ''that we must take ur
the cross, or we could not be saved, and
dish woman is de greatest cross have"
! Peter was formally received into the NJ.
+. church in June, 1901, and soon became
wc!l-knowu as preacher and cxhorter.
lie was called the Kentucky Boy. a Gu.
rious epidemic was then prevalent among
mcihodists, called the jerks. and rescm-
bling the st. Vitus dance. While
listening to stirring sermon, peo-
pie would be seized with conyulsive jerk
ing all over. Finely dressed ladies aud
gentlemen were seized in this way, and
found it impossible to resist, says Cart
wright.
HOW CARTWRIGHT ESCAPED A wHIPPtNG.
AT one of my appointments in 1904, there
were two very finely dressed, fashionable
young ladies, attended by two brothers
with loaded horsewhips. The house was
crowded, and the young ladies took seats
near where | stood. l was uuwel, and
had rhial OF peppermint in my pocket.
Before | commenced preaching took out
my phlal and swallowed Il little Of the pep
perinint. The congregation was melted in
to teals, and both the young ladies took
the jerks.
n man warned me, rs l dismissed the
assembly, that the brothers had sworn
they would horsewhip me for giving their
sisters the jerks. l went out to the young
men and expostulated. One said he had
seen me take out a phial in which carried
some truck that gave his sisters The jerks
AS quick as tnought,i lit came into my mind
how to get clear of my whipping, and pull
ing the phial out, l cried "Yes, If gave
your sister the jerks, III give them to you, -"
| moved toward him. IIe backed. l ad-
vanccd, and he wheeled and ran, warning
me not to come near him, or he would kill
me. 1t raised the laugh on him, aud es.
cape0 a whipping.
The jerks appear to have proved fatal in
some instances, and Cartwright tells of a
drunken rowdy who was seized with them
and sworc he would drink the ID jcrks
To death. His bottle came in contact with
u saplng and was broken. The rowdy
pitched violent jerk, snapped his neck,
aud expired.
Cartwright tells how he frightened n He
brew who attempted to disturb a prayer
meeting.
One evening jew appeared at our even
ing prayer meeting and sad it was idolatry.
to pray to Jesus Christ. Iasked him, "Do
you really believe there is Il God 20 He an
swered, Yes" siid, "Well, let us test
this matter. Get down and pray to God
to stop this work, and if 1t is wrong he will
answer your petition and stop it. If it is
not all he'll cannot stop it," Slowly he
knecled, cleared his throat, and coughed.
said, Now boys, pray all your might that
God may answer by fire." The Jew
coughed again. We saw his confusion,
and commenced praying at the top of our
voices. He leaped up, started off, and we
raised shout.
While on the SclOta circuit, Ohio, 1876,
Cartwright attended IA meeting, at which a
Presbyterian minister preached. The min
lister was fiue man, but given to drink
ut the meeting he excused himself for his
unaccountable love of whiskey ON the
ground that his mother, before he was born,
longed for whiskey. Cartwright was in-
dignant, and when he arose after the whis-
ky-loving apooglst he said he thought the
preachers excuse was infinitely worse than
drunkenness ITSELF for it was downright
lie and SANDER on his mother.
WHIPPING A GANG OF RUFFIANs.
While on the Hockhocking circuit, Cart
wright was disturbed one Sunday morning,
at camp-meeting, by the advent of n gang
of roughs. When he was about half
through his discourse, two young men en-
tered, finely dressed, with loaded whips,
and began to laugh and talk to the women.
Cartwright ordered them to desst, and
called for magistrate. The officers of the
law were afraid TO interfere, and Cartwright
advanced on the rutfians. What followed
is related in his own words:
One of them made pass at my head
with his whip, but closed in with him,
and jerked him off the seat. l threw him
down, and held him fast. lie tried his best
TO get loose. l told him to be quiet or
would pound his chest well. The mob
rushed to the rescue of the prisoner, and q
uruHkeu magistrate OTucTtu ING VI FeIcaSc
him. l refused, and be said he would
knock me down. l told him to knock away.
A friend, at my request, relieved me of my
prisoner. The drunken justice made
pass at me. parred the stroke seized
him by the collar, brought him to the
ground and jumped on him. told him to
be quiet or would pound him well, The
mob rushed up and Knocked down several
preachers. l gave my prisoner to another,
and the ringleader and met. He made
three passes at me, and gave him a blow
in the ear. and dropped him to the earth.
The struggle resulted in victory for the
Methodists, and the fine aud costs collected
from the captured rowdies amounted to
nearly $500. r....... .,
EXPOSING AN IMPosToR.
In Marietta was nondescript preacher
named a. Sargent, with numerous follow
ers. lie called himself millenial messen-
ger, aud professed to see visions and con-
verse with angels. One Sunday night at a
Methodist campmeeting, Sargent got some
powder and lit a cigar, and then walked
down 10 the bank of the river, one hundred
yards where stood n large stump and touch
ed il with his cigar. The light of the pOw-