The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1879-05-14

as ~ was ciOseu, mighty anger came uOwn
with great iron bar, and barred the gate
on the outside, and wrote upon il in letters
of fire; Doomed to live together six
months" Then he went away, and all was
silent, except the noise Of the revelry and
shouting that came from within the city
walls.
went away and as journeycd through
the land could not believe my eyes. Peace
and plenty smiled everywhere. The jails
were all empty, the penitentisries we're with
out occupants The police of great cities
were idle. Judges sat in the court-rooms
with nothing to do. Business was brisk
Many great. buildings, formerly crowded
with criminals, were turned into manufac-
turing establishments Just about this time
the president of the United States called
Day of Thanksgiving attended services
in Presbyterian church. The preacher
dwelt upon the changed condition OF affairs.
As he went on, aud depicted the great pros
perity that had come to the country, | saw
one old deacon clap his handkerchief over
his mouth to keep from shouting right out.
An ancient spinster, who never did like the
noisy" Methodists-a regular old blue.
stocking Presbyteriau-cou hold in.
She expressed the thought of every heart
by shouting with all her might, GLORY to
God for Ingersollville| A young theolog-
ical student lifted up his hand and devoutly
added, Estopopetua." Everybody smiled.
The country was almost delirious with joy.
Great professions of children swept along
the highways, singing.
owen not give up the Bible,
Gods blest word Of truth"
Vast assemblies of reformed inebrates
with their wives and children, gathered in
the open air. No building would hold them.
! thought | was in one meeting where
Bishop Simpson made an address, and as
he closed it a mighty shout went up till the
earth rang again. O, it was wonderful
And then we all stood up and sang with
tears of joy:
GAN hail the power Of Jesus name
Let angels PROSTATE fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord Of ALL
The six months had welLnigh gone. /
made my way back again to the gate of
Ingersollville. A dreadful silence reigned
over the city, broken only by the sharp
crack Of a revolver now and then. saw
busy man trying to get in at the gate,
and ! said to him, Ny friend, where are
you from ?"
:" live in Chicago" said he, and they've
taxed us to death there; and I've heard of |
this city, and | want to go in to buy some
real estate in this new and growing place" |
He failed utterly to remove the bar, but
by some means he got ladder about twelve
feet long, and with its aid, he climbed up
upon the wall With and eye to business,
he shouted to the first person he saw:
Halo, there what's the price of real
estate in Ingersollville?
Nothingl" shouted voice; you can
have all you want if you'll just take it and
pay the taxes"
what made your taxes so high r. said
the Chicago man. noted the answer care
fully; shall never forget it.
We've had to build forty new jails and
fourteen pcnitentiaries--a lunatc asylum
and an orphan asylum in every ward;
we've had to disband the public schools, and
Il takes all the revenue Of the city to keep
up the police force"
Where's my old friend, II said the
Chicago man.
o, he is going about to-day with sub
'cription paper to build q church. They
have gotten up petition to send out for
ct OF preachers to come and hold revival
services. If we can only get them over the
vail, we hope there's future for Ingersoll-
lille yet"
The sixth month ended. Instead of open
NC the door, however, tunnel was dug
lnder the wall big enough for one person
o crawl through at time First came two
bankrupt editors, followed by Colonel l.
himself; and then the whole population
rawled through. Then thought, some.
low, great crowds of Christians surrounded
he city. There were Moody, and Ham
nond, and Earle, and hundreds of Metho-
list preachers and exhorters, and they
truck up, singing altogether:
"Comc, ys sinners, poor and needy"
| needier crowd never was seen on earth .
efore.
conversed with some of the inhabitants
{ the abandoned city, and asked few of
hem this question:
DO you believe in hell p
l can not record the answers; they were q
srribly orthodox. d
One old man said, "Tve been there on !
rotation for six months, and don't want
D join"
j knew that he was an old Methodist I
ackslider. The sequel of il oil was great '
evival, that gathered in a mighty harvest :
'om the ruined city of Ingcrsollville.