Middletown transcript., 1882-03-10
From the Smyrna Times.
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE
ROLL

! ROLL.
Years have gone by since hath been told
The members in rhyme of our Conferences roll,
These years intervening strange changes
In aggregate making considerable sum-
Many have won the race and the prize
Reserved for the faithful and true in the skies,
We call up their names-John Weston the
So eager to preach, still longed for cure
| Curtis and Thomas and Humphries the saint,
And Chatham, whose life was without q
And Irwin and Hough, and Williams and Balm,
! These have gone up from service to reign,
And Uric, and Pierson, and Miller beside;
Qu1gley and Prettyman, have fallen ana uled.
Then changes by transfer have thtnned our
Bodine 70 the Keystone" Harry 7. to the
Pegg to New York, KiIliam far to the West,
| Where 3 billiards. are made to worry the
Davis and Mcintyre to Jersey did go,
David c. RidgwGy out to Ohio;
4 Stubbs and Mann to the Keystone State
| How much we miss Mann in spicy debate!
/ But all this egreSs through years that are past
/ Is more than supplied by resources vast;
| As brother goes out two others come in,
| If only a chance admission to win.
They come from New England, the south ana
With proves and grit, persistence and zest; /;
| With needful equipment. determined, de-
vout
And put their assailants to inglorious route.
| The trades of the various marts we sustain,
| AS in the gone by, for pleasure and gain
The same old Gardner ana Flsher OF old,
The same tried Sheppard for pasture ana
| The same old Cooper. still polished and trim,
Erect as an Indian, though feeble ,d OF NM nmDi
Able to give each disputant his due.
A Chandler and Baker, trades always in need,
Foreman to watch, direct tan, ana u TO Lead lead
Two Millers we have our gr1st TO PROVIDE
George only season, Z. Ham. Will abide,
Now count in the Smiths, we've three, 1
declare,
Wherever you go, by water or land.
Some one you meet of this numerous band;
On the isles OF the sea, in the wflds OF the
West,
Travel the land Ger not halting for rest,
In coaches and cars, atoot and on ship,
A Smith will outreach his hand for grip.
Here's Vaughan the courageous, and Alfred
But oxford rumors are rife of match.
And Jack, of Greensboro, whose inventive
Has cast a device of great promise, It's said:
A fodder machine, to cut, bind and shock
Better than hundreds in government stock.
We've men of all lengths, from little to high;
And men of all colors, and men Of all weight, |
And men that are greatest and greater and
great.
We've Brown man, Gray man, and one
who is Green,
And dear Billy Bowen, the lank and the lean. |
And Creamer, of Deals, who covets the |
right.
Cornelius Pretty1nan and Duhadaway,
K. L. Hubbard, the blithesOme and gay;
Rigg our 81 McCabe'' and Conference wag,
And Jonathan Willis, so fond of his nag.
Todd, the poet and lover of song,
Adams, the lank, and leany, and long,
Arters and Aldred, Hynson and Grice,
Ayers the isiner07tt and sociable Price.
We've q Jewell Of rare Merritt, and w: B.
Who stnR9ornIv holds if he sticks down his |
peg;
And Pocomoke Hanna, and one who will
Dare
All England and France, and forces to spare. |
Roe. of Berlin, fleet foot in Chase,
Hunter for souls, with prudence and grace;
Richards the Dreacher.-was editor, too
Ed. Newman who bade us a loving adieu,
The rather than move to the region below, |
Where chills and mosq uitoes do worry us so. |
JONES' the mimic McFarlane, the runt,
And jolly Hoffecker, and O'Neill. the blunt.
Talbot and Taft, and Otis and POOLE
Williams two. james, still in a school,
Hutchin, the jolly, and Haynes, the demuFe, |
Matlack the courtly. and polished and pure ; |
F. j. Cochran, OF Chesapeake Station,
Milby, whose theme is still education;
Avery and Andrew, who've doubled their
state
While Pilchard is on still hunt for mate.
Phebus. the student of Methodist lore,
Hubbard, the preacher and keeper of store;
McNichoiI, McSorley, and Newton McQuay, |
And Gassner below not lacking in say.
Houston and Way retired from the field,
Inc 1OTllGf, however, G6luCldlb W Nlclu
CHEEKY John Allen, George Barton, the |
blind.
Warner. the busy. and earnest, ana kind;
Walton, the sire. and Walton, the son,
Fosnotcht, the tiXy and lover of fun;
Atkins and Brindel and Murray, our host,
Carroll of Nassau, down by the coast;
Mowbray and Nelson, Wiley, Waddell,
Bryan and Burke, and Barrett and Bell.
Layfield and Lindale, and Collins and D0dd,
And Conner, whose auditors seldom do nod.
Conaway, the guileless, and Esgat, the
Townsend. the sober and stengle, the frank.
The corpulent Wilson's, a team in themselves,
And Lightbourne in science perststently |
delves.
Henry Colclazer, still polished and true,
And giving to each and to other his due
Then here's brother Kidney completely at
sea,
With nervous concern where ne1t he will be.
And Terry, OF Seaford, from sailing to preach,
And Merrill below from preaching to teach;
The Corlxran brothers and Doctor Caldwell,
Yet Graves The story of Jesus to tell.
The RObinsons two, and Madely O'Brien
Who changed most gladly his oysters for
kline.
Then here's brother Quigg, in preach and de-
bate
With giants still and ever must rate;
The Davises two. although not akin,
Each enters the field determined to win.
And here are the Hills, the son and the sire,
And Bristor at home in pulpit and choir.
Kemp, and Rawlins beside,
And Warthman, toO-these have all tried,
In the years gone by the battle to win
For God and against the devil and sin.
Sypherd and Tomkinson, to count them
without,
They'd put the poet to inglorious route.
Then here's brother Sanderson and Scott, of
the school,
And Hammersey, too, the quiet and cool;.
And Stephenson, johnson and Harding, the
droll,
With Martindale counted completes the long
roll. A MEMBER.
March 9Th, 1882.