Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-07-22
Pleasant Hount. No.

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You will please publish ihess few lines IN
your paper, In reply 70 Mr.. 8, 7. Harrison
OF July ssh inst, / WIih 20 inform the public
Why 4 asked our school house doors TO be
closed to other than school purposes. First,
I would say, about the later part OF last Feb.
roery, . tramp camo into our ~nelghbor-
hood as a Temperance lecturer and he got
leave 10 use our school house to lecture 10;
We had sehool At our school house at the
time, after bis Grst evening lecture be took
down names 10 orRanizl a Temperance Soeie-
~, some present fofused 70 put their names
down. saying they never Joined any secret
society; he told them It was no secret, moth
ing secret about Il. Ho gave an appointment
10 be- there Ia a few evenings again, inviting
oil to CON out and attend his lecture. On
that evening after no lsetured awhile, as be.
fore be called tor more names TO his Temper
snce Society; then he says TO those who bad
not Joined bis society; you must put your
names down or 90 out of the house. we are
going 10 organize 8 temperance society and
il Is to be secret; which proved him to be 3
liar sc well as q tramp.
That same night a new writing book, be-
longing to one Of ny little boys was missing,
which We never haze seen anything of since.
| guess thst tramp stole 1t. Mr.. Harrison
says the house has rot been misused since the
Sabbath School vas organized; this all hap
peued since then, so you see the school books
may be misused II The house is DOT. This is
a small matter, but we don't know TO what
extent it might be practiced. There we're,
also, being night prayer nesting and night
preaching at our school house. There ls a
church house in our neigbborhood equally
as central TO those who attend thesa meetings
and our Sabbath School, as our school hou-e
Is; my children attend Sabbath School a.
regular as s. r. Harrison's Children 90. ]
was talking to one OF our school directors and
other members OF this church house for our
Sabbath School purposes; they said they had
no doubt but vhat we could have the house:
so yeu see why l asked the school house
doors to be closed was 10 protect the house
and school books, aud not TO stop the pro-
eress OF education as S. II. Harrison has
represented. Our Sab bath School Il now in
interesting progress at the church house.
where II should have been all the time. AZ
our call school meeting OF June tho 26:h,
s. r. Harrison arose and made a speech OF
Intimidation TO the voters present, threaten
ing 10 have them published 10 this PAGER IL
they voted to have the school houss d)Urs
closed against these night gatherings and
sabbath school purposes. Who has ever
heard Of the like since the days OF cid John
Brown and jim Lane Of Kansas notoriety;
but, s. T.. Harrison seems 60 be a man OF
their principle. s.. 4. Harrison says, sail OF
the patrons OF the district wire present a,
aid meeting, but tho above named parties,
namely, Savage, Etter AMI BajlJ," There
s. T. Harrison tells q lie aud | can prove il,
{ be will meet me like a man and give me
the chance, / could mention twelve or fifteen
patrons of the district that were not present,
besides The above named parties At said
school meeting; s.. f. Harrison also says,
each OF the parties no doubt feel the need OF
an education and should look we'll TO the IN
terest of their own children. l for one am
looking TO the interest OF my children and
nope TO TT ain them to b9 more truthful than
s. T. Harrison and hope they may meyer
drink half the rot gut whisky that s.. Z H4r
rison has: on Sunday the 4 b Mt Sabbath
School s. 4. Harrison arose IN Snndsy 5 ;hool
before it was dismissed ana abused ma "a
my back Ike n mean prineipled coward;
then on the following Saturday ! met him
in Mt. Pleasant and asked HIM TO have q talk
with me concerning his abuse aud talk
about me to my back, but he had not the
courage to face NO like d man and refused to
have . talk with me; then | asked him 10
mention the time and place when he would
meet and have q talk With me and he refused
10 do that.
Please, s. r. Harrison, don't say any more
about common sense teaching, until YOU
hAYe sense and principle enough about ylu
10 not try to intmidAte voters though they
don't vote Just tn suit you. Lets hear rom
you again Mr.. Harrison and next time doh't
show such a satanI; disposition IN mtsrepre.
senting things 10 the public "a you did before,
and when ever you get tired OF corresponds
ing IN the paper, let me- know when snd
where you win meet me and talk this matter
over, IL yoa can raise conr-ge to do 30.
john +. SIYA0E.