The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-08-02

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in the neighborhood deferred many
from coming, but the attendance wa.
good, and the behavior perfect. A
native parson, living five miles away,
came and brought his testament and
hymn book for the use Of our compan'
ion, his being the only copies in all
that country Of which the residents
had any knowledge.
N. Bye evangelizing missiona.
ries.
Col. +. and |, whilst rubbing up in
the absence Of Dick, who had gone in
the canoe 10 bring bucket Of fresh
water, were frustrated by hearing that
services had been opened with singing,
whilst we were upon the opposite bank
without n boat. In view Of the Col. :
inability to crowd his swollen feet into
either of his two pairs Of shoes, or his
everyday boots, he proposed making
his bare feet an excuse for remaining
in care Of the camp, but ! wouldn't
stand that, and constrained him to dis.
charge a duty 'bafefooted. Ye Ian
caster sportsmen remember the ex-
IRENE modesty of your brother who
wanted to stay away from "meetin'
at the mouth of Rock Creek because
he was compelled to 60 bdrgooted.
Dick got back in time for us to cross
and scat ourselves upon the ground on
the outskirts Of the congregation be-
fore the Introductory prayer. Our
minister requested his brother of the
cloth to assist in the services by select
ing the hymns, but he declined, and
our companion had no aid from any
Of the congregation in singing, as his
mode of singing Is the Harp of
Zion mode" which they never could
master. However, a neighbor just
recovering from a spell of lager" had
ridden to "meetin" a diminutive don.
key about the size of a circus trick
mule, which was STIMULATED within
thirty feet of the tree under which the
congregation was seated, and that lit
lie jack chariiably made amends for
the difiidence of the other residents by
Justify joining in the chorus of every
song, till Faulkner and | sileneed him
by braying an accompaniment to the
last hymn ourselves.
When Jonathan blew his first
blast, the reverberations through those
bottoms were frightfully startling, and
completely drowned the leaders voice.
There was no escape for the Colonel
and me, and the suppression of an out
burst shook us up as violently as a
first.class earthquake would have
done. Had the remainder of our
congregation been so many sandstone
statues, their decorous behavior could
not have been more creditable to their
good breeding. Faulkner fell over
behind me and shook the ground with
his suppressed roar, whilst | had no
alternative but to reverentially O
drop my face in my hands and SILVER
in dread of poke in the ribs from
behind, which would have inevitably
been followed by snort, TO my eternal
disgrace in the esteem of those good
people had it not procured an indict-
ment at next Circuit Court for distur-
bance of religious worship.
CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.
At the conclusion Of services we had
a general confab with the brethren
be it understood-and were solicited
(really volunteered, but solicited sounds
better in this cOnnection) to demon
strate the mysterious operations of our
reels and spoons. There were two
cases of recent snake-bite reported to
us, but both recovering. One was vi
per bite in the heel of a young lady,
inflicted at her fathers doorsteps after
night; the other a rattlesnake bite in
the case of a small boy. The natives
treat snake bites with a decoction and
pOultice of peculiar variety of fern,
which is found in the old fields, and,
if possible to kill the snake, It is cut
in two and the bleeding surface appli-
ed to the punctures. They state that
the application of the snake "burns
like fire."
A iavorite deer.hOund which had
followed one of our oarsmen was bit
ten by a venomous snake the day of
our arrival at the river, and was re-
ported to him at a neighboring house,
badly swollen. A bottle Of aqua am.
monia was furnished Dick, with in
structions in its use, and though old
Drum was too great sufferer to heed
the ahectionale calls of his master-the
first time in life he had failed to spring
forward with wag of delight when 50
addressed-he was so relieved by an
to the punctures in his
nose, that he came up next morning
with head swollen little beyond its
normal proportions. and with n good
appetite for the scraps thrown him.
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