The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
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'saS Yos % a. "a sest.sty. ~ M.rt sutton j. the
bully wrestler n al these parts, and
they will think isgrsat sport to pull
and haul you round"
/ told my deacon he need not fear,
and to take nc. trouble about their
pulling and hauling me round. Said
Bronson, / tell you, Rnfus (that was
my fathers nanne), I felt as IL could
have thrown them an into pile, and
/ believe / could have dene SO, espe-
cially At that time, for they were all
the worse for drink. repeated my
conditions again; he promised if !
tEreW him to cone and hear me preach
and added, he would bring out the
whole village, They whispered among
themselves, and Que man stepped into
the ring. / told them to pick Ont
their best mar, that / should take hold
Of but one man; to this they finally
consented. Mark evidently began to
be afraid, though perhaps he might
be mistaken. Ny deacon turned pale.
Mark came forward, and proposed to
take hold arms end or shoulder and
elbow, according to wrestlers par.
lance. Mark vas afraid, and braeed
himself. told him perhaps he had
better wait until another time, and |
think he of himself would have done
so, but his cnmrades would not hear
one word about putting off the sport.
After few moments bracing about
he got calm, and began to make some
effort. The first chance / habitat
is the first move he made with his
feet-I took the advantage of it and
flung him very easy; he jumped up and
came up to me, and wanted to take
hold again; told him no; that is not
the agreement; if the Judges decide
that / flung you that is sufficient. But,
says Mark, / did not see how it was
done; / want to take hold again; the
judges said they thought it was a fall,
but they did not exactly see how ii
was done, and they thought / ougat
to take bold again. At last consent
ed. We took hold the second tirng:
this time he showed more science.
found myself much superior fqrI
strength and motion, and flung hia
very easy-more SO than at first. He
tried hard to induce rae to give him
another trial, but in vain. We shock
hands, and agreed to part in friend
ship. l took Mark to one side a little
(for I was still afraid of treachery),
and, said to Mark, ! am stranger
here. / have been told that there are
persons who make it a point to abuse
preachers, and I want you to stand By
me. Said Mark, / will stand by you,
you have nothing to fear; I am man
| Of my word; when / give you my word
stand by it. Deacon Webster be-
gan to feel much better; had some col-
or in his face. 49,
Mark and / parted, and I went hone
with Deacon Webster. Everything
was new. The Deacon lived in a log
house With two rooms. After SUPPER
{ l was shown to my room and began to
4 feel the effects Of a pretty hard days
work, and about going to sleep, ]
heard voices in the adjoining room
Thought something unusual was 60
ing on. Could now aud then hear a
strange shriu voice and that of NO.
man. The Deacon's wife would ocea-
siOnally speak with low voice The
] truth of the matter was had heard
so many hard reports of the ne;ghbor-
Il hood. that did not know what to ex-
pect; however, I heard enough to un-
derstand what was up. The woman
was neighbor, and wanted to borrow
some articles Of dress. She said oul
folks had never been to meeting since
we have lived in Kentucky, and I felt
much better after heard what the
woman had to say. As to Mark, teli
!. satisfied Of his good will, but ! some
what feared the treachery of the eth
ers. At length all was still again. n,and
] I had good nights sleep. The next
day, at the hour. took hymn book
and set off for the s. House On
j my arrival there found quite a mum
Der assembled, and in the course ol
half an hour it appeared crowded, the
s. House would not hold halt
the people present, and the road was
full to the village. aa
II / was informed that q large barn
but short distance from the ST. = :
House, would be put in order for the
occasion. The barn afforded a fait
church for all to be seated in soma
way. afAa sfs
II The report of the wrestling Will
Mark Sutton got to the village the
{ same evening, the weather being IL
: i yorablc also, Marks influence anon.
certain class brought out one of the
largest congregations ever assembled
in that part Of Kentucky. After they
all got seated, / looked for Mark, and
saw him in the opposite part Of the
building. / beckoned him to came Il
me. He came and sat down close hl
me. ea 80 s
Well said Bronson to my father
you know what did then? Ipreach
ed; and never in my life preached $,
easy. Never in my life did feel more
Of the spirit and faith, and my congre
CATION showed signs Of complete par.
ticipation with me. At the close O
my discourse, many came forward an,
requested me to leave another ap
/ pointment, which 1 did of course, ana
I l preached to them once every tw'
/ weeks during the year. never hat
: any occasion to regret my acquaintanc
with Mark Sutton He made a use
: full member Of that society. hearC
| him say in clase meeting that he di,
not believe he could have been in
duced to sit and hear q Methods
! preacher, if it had not been for tn
!: wrestling at the log-raising. ~
Nothing, says an exchange, present
. q sadder commentary upon the pres
: ent condition Of society than the larg
number Of families, both in the tow
and in the country but more especiall
!, the latter, that subscribe to no pape
of any kind. How many famiiie
J, ara Opnwin1s nm vnfxnrlx, ;nuc~.t .