The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-27

serious nlture. Capt. Mares states that
all hands on board are in good health
and spirits, and he anticipates a tavora'
bic result to the voyage. MI =. ~,s!i1>,, =
i .CHp1A.iN SAVED BY HIS HE1ERlo1c
|, :. 49,. -. ~" WIFE, ~; ~'.'. ''"' Il
(Cincinnati Gazette.] III
At the Methodist preachers meeting,
at the Methodist book concern yesterday.
morning, Rev. DR.. Fisher, of the Pitts,
burg conference, was introduced as ''the
man who was wonderfully saved during
Quantrell's raid by the heroism of3his
wife,. Methodist preachers always have
time to relate or hear ian experience
and such an introduction, of course, set a
dozen OF more If them calling for the
story, which the doctor reluctantly con-.
scented to tell.
After some preliminary remark, Dr.
Fisher Began the story. He said: II
was always an anti.slavery man of the
most anti kind, and after I moved to
Kansas, without any prominence having
been given to my sentiments by my
self. 1 found myself the object Of the
most vindicti We hatred Of the pro.slavery
party Of the region where resided. My
lite was unsuccessfully sought several
times. Most of the male members OF my
church went to the war, and went as
one Of Jim Lanes chaplains.
1.-The news ofmy connection with the.
army, and Of my being put is charge of
)contrabands who were sent to Kansas, got
abroad, and the rebels hated me.worse
than ever. They got my photograph
| ~ :h,,%o ho
and it was fixed among them that l was
to be shot whenever met. Once when
was sent up the river with body Of
contrabands, not being we'll, went home
for little rest. was living at Law
renee. The town had few guns in the
armory, and there was an understanding
with the farmers Of the surrounding
country that upon the ringing of an
alarm, they should come in and defend
the town, but the coming Of Quantrell
and his men was complete surprise.
When the alarm was rung the arsenal
was already captured and on fire. was
in bed, and beard, about 3 o'clock in the
morning, horses galloping away, and
woke my wife, telling her that it was
singular that horses should be galloping
so fast so early in the morning; but she
said she guessed it was some farmers
who had been in to railroad meeting
the evening before, and were hurrying
back to their work. We lay and talked
for some time. The children were going
out that morning to get some grapes, and
my wife thought she would call them
earlier than usual, and herein, brethren,
sec the hand of Providence. 1t was not
yet daylight, but day was dawning. Hav-
ed called the children, she went and look.
ed out of the front door, and instantly
called me: PA, the rebels are in town.
said that could not; be; but, nevertheless,
} | sprang from the bed and ran to the
door. ~~~>~~.-.,.-.. ~~~--~.- ..-~,.
''Thcre they were just across the green
and just then they shot the United
Brethren preacher, as he was milking his
cow in the barn-yard. rushed back in
to the house; my wife caught up her
babe; have four boys; one was on my
wife's breast, another was by her side,
and the two oldest. were twelve or four
teen years old. We all rushed up the lot
in which our house stood. Then lef,
my wife, and with the two Oldest boys
ran up the hill but something seemed to
tell me that ] was running away from
safety. So told the boys to run on, and
/ would 60 back to mother. It was then
in the gray light Of morning, and the reb
, els had divided into little squads and
were ransacking the town, killing every
man they found, and burning houses
My boys separated, the oldest getting
with neighbours boy, Robert Winston
and while the two were running for life
the soldiers saw them and fred q volley
killing poor Bobby and frightening my
boy almost to death. He ran in and hid
among some graves in the graveyard
My younger son ran off on the prairie.
sin fixing my cellar had thrown up q
bank of earth near the entrance, and
crept down there and laid myself between
the mounds of earth and the wall, in such
way that the earth would partially
screen ME. I lay up close TO the kitchen
floor. / had not been there long when
four of Quantrell's men rode up to the
house and demanded admittance. My
wife went to the front door and let them
in. They demanded whether l was moi
in the house or in the cellar. She re-
Piled: MY husband and two older boy.
ran off as soon as the fighting begun.
The leader swore that he knew I was il
the cellar. My wife replied that she hae
two young children by her, and that she
: did not want any more oaths uttered be
fore them. You have doubted my word,
: she replied; you can look for yourselves.
lay so near the floor that could hea
! every word that was said. The mel
called for candle.
my wife replied that we did not bur,
candles. Then they wanted lantern