The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-10-03

found man behind a rough board
counter vending eatables, and a>ked if
he had liquor there. The man denied
that he had any. The minister knew
the evasiEe tricks resorted to in a new
country, and CHANGING towards the rear
of the stand he spied between the roots
of ahuge stump the corks and the noz-
zles of several blackburn bottles, peer
ing out like snakes heads above the
crumpled weeds. The elder then taking
in the situation backed up towards the
stump, and bending down with his face
to the foe caught bottle by the neck in
each hand and Strengthened up, pulled
the oorks out with his teeth, and turn
ing the bottles upside down, let the con-
tents gurgle out on the thirsty ground.
The owner yelled out that he had a
right to sell liquor, there was no Maine
law there, and he would split the elders
head OPEN. The elder said he was not
used to having his head split open and
warned the irate vender
TO KEEP BACK.
The latter started for the elder with
clinched fists, and the latter drew back
his right arm and delivered blow right
in his eye which sent the vender sprawl
ing a rod away. He then continued to
empty the rest of the bottles when an
other man camp up, who was soon dis
posed of by kick. He procured the
arrest of the whisky-sellers in Portland
and had them fined. This effectually
put stop to whisky selling on camp
meeting grounds, and in this, Mr.. Will
bur says, he really thought he did "God
service" In passing through Portland
a few weeks ago he saw one of the men,
who, after many years, recognized him,
and he heard him remark to others with
him, there's the old fellow who destroy
ed my liquors. Camp-meetings have
never been troubled with whisky-sellers
since that time on the Pacific coast.
Mr. Wilbur had trouble at first on his
Indian agency by the whisky traffic, but
this he has effectually put a stop to.
One time an Indian came into his office
in booty state. He inquired of the
Indian where he got his liquor, and he
would not tell. He ordered an officer
to take the Indian to Jail, dnd keep him
there without any thing to eat or
drink until he would tell where
he got the liquor. The In
dian went a short distance and
REFUSED TO GO
another step. Mr.. Wilbur went out,
caught the Indian by the long black
hair, and standing in front of him,
ierked him backwards and forwards,
when the Indian said if he would let go
of his hair he would tell. You'll tell
any way" said the inexorable elder,
and he did tell. The result was that no
liquor has been sold illicitly on the res
ervation. But he had trouble from
rum-sellers, who would sell outside the
and TO meet these cases he
secured the appointment of United
States Commissioner, thereby giving
him a legal authority that he had not
otherwise. He heard of a desperate
who was selling whisky outside of the
and could get no one to 60
and arrest the man. He went himself,
n distence of about thirty miles; found
the man in his cabin, who, suspecting
the object of the visit, planted himself
behind his bar and, with drawn re-
volver, threatened to shoot Mr.. Wilbur
if he advanced step. Mr.. Wilbur,
keeuing a quiet temper, said, mildly,
50 Oh, you wouldn't shoot me-" He
saw the man was quite drunk, and,
the situation, he argued in his
own mind that in order to keep up his
pluck he would need another drink.
True to his conjecture, the man laid his
revolver on the counter, and taking
1ecanter from the shelf, turned it up
and commenced drinking, when Mr..
improving the opportunity,
sprang forward, and Selling the revolv
or, had the man in his power. He
seized him, and calling on his driver he
tied the man
Ikea PIG
and lifted him into the wagon. After
out the liquor he drove home
with the prisoner, who was prosecuted
according to law. That man is now a
wealthy merchant and respectable cit
zen.
Talking about carrying arms, the eld-
er said he never did, and related an in
cident When last on visit East he
made an address at lion in the State of
New York, where he made the statement
that he never carried firearms. One
day he was invited into gun establish
ment where the Remington rifles were
The proprietor made
him present of rifle, and while taking
it to his lodgings he was met by friend,
who threw it up to him: "Why, Elder,
| thought you said you never carry fire
arms" .'That's So" l replied; 81
never do except when among the
whites" He sold the rifle in Portland
for $50. Mr.. Wilbur was asked, at the
Lindell, just before leaving, if he had
ever been in circumstances of critical
danger among the Indians. He said
that on one occasion he was
riding along a river, when he came
to a canyon and the road diverged
from the river. On emerging from the
canyon he came out the open plain and
saw band of 20 Indians coming to-
wards him, whom he knew from their
actions, were on the war-path. He had
no arms with him; they would have been
of no use, and the Indians were too
close on him to beat a retreat. They
rode rapidly up to him, and circled
round him. He accosted them in In
dian, elbow to do friends" He then
opened his coat and showed them that
he had no arms with him. They jab-
bered together a short time and then
left him unmolested, and passed through
the canyon, where they killed man,
and about a mile in the direction from
whence they came had killed several
men. Mr.. Wilbur says he is certain