The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-09-21

leg. She was then young aad pretty,
and had she merely mislaid her leg
every chivalrous Carolinian in the
county would have joined in the search
for il. Unfortunately, her loss was
nm irrevocable one. Having uninten'
tionally inserted her leg under the
wheel ola heavily loaded wagon, she
found that the once shspely limb was
so completely ruined that she consent
ed to have il cut of and thrown away.
Its place was In time supplied with a
cork leg. and Miss Wilson sorrowfully
resigned herself TO limping through a
loveless life to 4 solitary grave.
There never has been any active de-
mand for women with wooden legs. A
man with o wooden leg suffers q GER
tain amount of Inconvenience, but he
loses nothing in character or populari-
ty-whereas, a wooden-legged woman
is, whether justly or unjustly, under q
social ban. In fact, for woman to
lose a leg is, ordinarily, to lose all
hope Of marriage. A man who is
about to marry cannot be blamed for
preferring whole wife to one partial.
ly made of cork-especially ms the for
mer costs no more than the latter. A
superficial thinker might, perhaps,
fancy that husband whose wife had
but one original leg would save fifty
per cent. in the price of striped stock
ings and kid shoes, but little reAec-
ton will show that a cork leg requires
Just as much clothing as the usual
style Of leg. and hence is not an eco
nomical continuance. Of course it IL
mean and selfish in man to permit
the presence or absence Of u mere tri'
Ae Of leg TO affect his feelings toward
an estimable woman; but human ma
ture is weak, and he would be bold
man who could calmly look forward IA
marrying u woman who might some
morning interrupt him while shaving
by asking. "James, would you mind
handing me my leg' l think you'll
fiud it behind the rocking chair
II is alleged by Miss Wilson's neigh
bors that as she grew older shs grew
hard and cynical. This was. perhaps
to have been expected. She saw her
self ignored by all marrying men. whil'
girls with half her beauty, and who's
sole superiority consisted in a large
number of legs, captured husbands
without any difficulty. Gradually sh'
became embittered against her bipeda
fellow creatures, and the local Baptis
minister was probably right when he
characterized her as hard-hearted
worldly woman. One day, however
Miss Wilson attended camp-meet
ing, and was softened by the eloquenc'
Of the preacher and the shouts Of tn
worshipers, and soon after Pinevill'
was surprised and pleased by the an
nouncement that on next Sunday Sis
ter Wilson would be baptized.
Now, the public performance of thu
rite of baptism by Rev. Mr.. Waters
Of the Seventh.Day Baptist Church
drew large audience. That powerful
and agile preacher was admitted to b.
without q rival As rapid and effect
i've bsptizer. On one occasion, whe'
q Presbyterian minister preaching
against baptism by immersion sbowe'
that st. John the Baptist had ono
baptized q multitude Of persons mt tn
rate of two men and a half per min
ute, and that hence he could not hav
immersed them, Mr.. Waters publiel,
baptized twenty-five persons in eigh
minutes, thus completely overthrow
ing the Presbyterian argument With
all his unequaled rapidity OF execu