The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-11-01
Observation-Disclosures.
BY G. P. JUDsoK.

tuekv and Ohio were new, when mis-
sionaries commenced their circuits IN
that quarter, q Methodist preacher BY
the name Of Bronson occaslonslly
stopped at my father's--Would some
times stop two or three days. bron-s
son and my father had been boys TO-
gether, and, Of course, old acquaint->
ances, and both from Connecticut.'
Bronson, on such occasions, would re-
late 70 my father his early adventures
land very few had seen more Of the
new, Wild country than he had), and
his travels and adventures in the new
settlements of Kentucky were very inl
teresting to boy like myself. One OF
his circuits round through the skirt
of Kentucky and Ohio, on the Wild
boundaries of civilization, Bronson
called at my fathers, and, during his
stay, related some Of his trials and diff
| fculties during the last year or two in
district in Kentucky.
Bronson was q large, well-propor-
toned man-had been raised from
boyhood to take care Of himself. In
early days, in Connecticut, boys werei
in the habit Of trying their strength,
and activity in the art of wrestling.
and in this particular my father and!
Bronson seemed to agree, and my faith
er took great interest in Bronson'ss
story about his adventures in Ken
lucky and the southern portion o
Ohio. But to the story l commenced
TO tell !: aeeasni ri
There was one district in the out ]
skirts of Kentucky, which had become,
noted for what was called hard cases
A few desperate fellows lived there.l
who made it q point and business t'f
run out travelling missions, especially
the Methodist; and several of ths|
| brethren had been driven out Of thc|
neighborhoed,, and their poor horse:'
came in for their share Of abuse. J..
knew but little of this section of the
country at the time of the General
Conference, and after much talk an,l
alteration by the Conference. tn |,
hard district was set to me, and nc. /.
exactly understanding the dif1icultiesl
at once began preparations to 90 o.
my new circuit. On my first visit il
J that quarter, / called at a tavern with
in mile of where old Deacon Web
ster lived, and where there was !,
! school house. The Methodists ha.
held meetings. there. The landlors
says to me: Il perceive you are :
preacher Methodist. 7" Yes 8
said, and then 1 told him I intende
to preach at the school house to o-mor
row at eleven o'clock q. M, and wish
ed him to give notice. well" sal.
the landlord, II would advise you a
,, a friend to go no farther. You are !;
stranger, and my advice is to keep ou
| of that neighborhood." There wer
other persons by; one or two Of ther
} put in q few words. One man sale
! s'your horse is a good looking horse,
pity him, he will come back with hi
!, tail sheared of, and If he does not los
more, he and you may think yourselve
we'll Off" told him had got SO ia,
9 I believed I1would go on. On tn
{ way to the .deacon'sd I passed tn
Il school house, and near there I sa,
: some men by the roadside, they wer
|. raising log-house, very common
! thing in this country. I stopped an,
inquired for Deacon Webster. Wa
told the deacon was there. After
t moments talk with the deacon. h
: told me that he lived q half q mil
a farther on, and that / had better go I
his house and stay till he came, whic
would be as soon as they got don
raising the house. told him woul
8 stay and help raise the house and the
t 60 home with him. To this he mad
Z. objections; said there were person
q there would find out my business, an
4 after they found out I was q Methc
dist, would more than likely, be abu
sive. The deacon said after they ha
u drank few times they would be en-
/ tirely ungoyernable, and he insiste
9 on my leaving, and going then to hi
} house: To all this l told him
r thought they would do me no har,
e and told him | would stay till b
= went. WELL" said the deacon, =
- have advised you to what I though
p was for the best, if you are abused b
Is them fellows, you can't blame me, b,
D. tell You plainly they are the hea
f. ones who make it their business to ru
!. off every Methodist preacher tn,
n comes along, and the head man is hel
: and presume they are now contrivir
g the matter" I still protested tn;
q they would not hurt me or my hors
1, and the deacon left me; he appeare
le to be very much vexed to think
le would not heed his advice. 8t
\ After little while the small keg
whisky was handed round. They a
drank except the deacon and mysel
The slight was noticed by them, an
n they told him he must drink; and tn,
le made him drink. They came to m
" saying: "You did not drink; this wi
M not answer; you must take hold"
= told him l could not drink his whisl
and he must excuse me. He ust
some rough language, and then said
8. must drink, sing song, tell story,
W wrestle. / excused myself again: to
th him l was q stranger there; was on
D. staying to get done raising; was inten
& ing to preach tomorrow at the S.
- House. His answer was: "We W
~ see about that" o6
70 saw my deacon was in great PAL
ed He evidently thought l was in
#, dreadful situation, but had NO feal
v | felt sure l could take care of myse
n My man stuck to me, and would n
: be put of. He made again and aga
Z the same demand At last, seeing tn
u something must be done, and in Il
hope of making virtue of the nece
sity, / told him that after they got do
raising the house would make up i
Mt mind to do one or the other. n,
ur however, doomed to disappointme,
ag / had been in hopes he would forl
ad and let me off hut rs the last log y
8. rolled up, Mark Sutton (for that Y
- :. his) came again, and four or five othe
80 with him, prepared to compel me
AZ drink whisky by force. then to
I'D Mark / had concluded to wrestle wi
in him, which was one Of his propo
DO tions.
on We'll" says Mark, that will de
- But" says I, there must be q
N tain conditions. You must not I
.u angry. and there must be but one hol
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