Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-10-21
Views of Virginia life.
4 tOLORED CONGHEtt ALTON, AND HArTI>N
AT LITTLE HEALING SPRINGS.

A coLoEED CONGREGATION, AND BAPTISM
AT LITTLE HEALING: SPRINGS.
HEALING SPRINGS, BATu Co.. NA..)
September ;;pth. 1874.
About half a mile from the Healing. on
the C"vington turnpike" i tn" I.ittl, Heal
inc, situated at the, foot of the mount-tin.
in Il sequr>tclcl nook of the main valley.
1t contains Il spring, fuIr or five 60 tao: :
a mill and the attending mill stream and
and mill rond. III POND frming 4 ltr-,.
clear pool much used hy the col,rrl Bap-
lists in This part Of the country for pnr-
poses of baptism \ few >undty~ awo the
Rev Fiat Bcar (c"lolr,l.) from Bo;ctoUrt.
administered here the ri.,. of hIp.i~m hv
immersion To twelve c":.vrIt~-t,-n v"-
men and two men. There w.i~ Il ltrgt H.
>rmblagc of both white and cn!orcd lro-
pie. many coming from very considerable
distance, Almost all came on horscbIck.
sometimes two on 4 horse. in which ci>c
the lady sat On Il ~ldJlr-clo.h spread on
the rump of the horse. >tc;tlVinm herself
when necessary hv holding on t. her cay
nlicr But IL they seldom - Of Il walk.
the ltdv i generally able tn III ,int:tin her
position without the >li4lt,~, assistance
In one instance we noticed TWO lldi on
horseback. one of whom Ii I'll 4 babe in
her arms. while the cavalier walked ;tlung-
side
The farmers wives and Lau-ht,r~ il
these mountain> are all capital her-'.wo-
men. being brought up with horses ana
accustomed to riding from thcir earliest
ace On that Sunday the Ltd" Healing
presented Il very aninlated appearance.
Long lines Uf horses were tied To- the
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>p"rtaclr>- kept ilrinIE II tIlrF l">.ti9A on
his nose 10y " >tr'hE WlhGh 'h''i'l'h h.>
mead. Inc as, ln'I''i i!"-',Ui'' uncover
eel r'>" rt>l'cI,lllN from 'h' N >'''-- an"
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lre'tn'I h''H'' 10. "'tIIH >L'N' "W H.
III bo't'ouit county, L. am t"I'' "'IN'I
sa!iE r'>V''t'u an" '>''tIi,t" H't'r'-H"',
ul'> part "l ',t' country ne speaks WEI
= 'lh" uses E""o I,nS"'-t. 'N''r III,
| ">ro"i>c il"ill '"' l''''''l III "i inc '''
hl!li>' ne ",Hi |" 'Iit "t''' ''-' "'!'
, EiVt out hHlhn' "Ilrh tlrE ~ >ih- u
l"ud voices. tit l'r':tClitf 3lN M on "l
verse II i till'' 10. ne "A> iH' tilH on
who lld hNmn-b""k. Inc 'tcct WA
, hclutltuI. almost startling. a the rrhoo
: returned to us from the surrounding noun
1 taln>. At III" close ot the singing III" d"o
/, of the mil WIS once more opened. an
=, the candidates for blptism i->Ucl forth an
) walked hand in hand down To the pn"
r They We're al in heir stocking feet: othrl
>. wise their dress was IL usual. The W.
: menhad snowy rochct-handkorchicf> twi~
ed around their heads. The preacher. a'
4 c"mpanicd by an Hrolytr. put himself
: the m ddle of Il long Inc. AMI thus han
y TO hand they advanced iltr lhe water L
:. to their waists. Then tn. pIclch,r. pli'
y ing the woman next him between him~,'
j. and his acolvt". raised his right hand hig
:, in the air over her head. and repeated II