The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.
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Up in Folk county, Wisconsin. not long ago, man who had los, esgh, ehlldten sy diph,her,a. while the ninth lowered between lite and death with the same disease, went ,e the health officer ot the town and asked ald te p.even, the spread of the terrible sccutge, The health officer was cool and collected lie d,l nc, get excited oset the anguish cf the father whose las, child vas al tha; mo. men, lowering upon the outskirts ot .,n. mortality. He calmly investigated the matter. and never for a momen, lest sigA, of the fac, that he ~as ,o~n oil, ce, and prosessed christian.
 You ask aid. understand. sad he. to prevent the spread of the disease, in procuring new and necessary cloihlng to oieplaoe ,h1 which you have been eosa pelled to burn in order ,e stop the tutshcs ,nseads ot diphtheiia. Am l right
 The poot man answered sftrmat,vcl,
 Ma, l ..sk tt yeut boys who iled were good ehtIs,,aa an,s. and whether the, ,mptevea ,hct gospel oppef,ant;le, and attended the sabbath sehaot et whether they were pteianc and sten osci to Sabbath .bteasIns
 The bcsctt tsihet sa.d taai his baNs had neS CT made ptoicssten ai eha,aAalN thA; they wc,e hardly ed eaaes ta an se ana tha, they might have mlssei >opte eosPel epeettani4et. owing 'o Inc h-,thaithcs were poot aad hidn tt!esltc, h, ta wca n sabbath heo. lastok tea. 'hey had me, @fth wsskei rsrl pAriaue and had been ,auzh h, h s@e4t he saasI aa, saN but ihc, mishi have serfn. aisheash. he thought the, Waaij haze tatpe3 o4 SoAd boy hal they laeA
 1 an, sorry that ,hr sAse |, so ht sali ,Ac heath olive am let ,a 4e lte9e ,htt e,a has seca ht ;o ,tsis ,a4 wi,h sfli ten ,n otde fe esNcss hts di ,fae dIsaapi .l. an Aan0 he.p ,a.t |: ,Il 5eeatnes s.s poai, weak worms at ,hc dus, ta meiilc with the fls, $ E, men, ot cod N Whether as an indNl1e4l VI N a qaas corporation. II s~el tn al.e" ihe Alms shY to Notk out hes gied plan ei sa,s aieu. and ,s setj all esta | ,u,etietcate C @4th the works ot God
 Inc old III tn went b,, | ,a hts desollle home amt ,n the hcdside Il hl, on'N ts ,ns .hhd
 me, h,H ,esletda, and he told nc about Il all
 '. am eot a pieie.sai ot llel,sAeu sad he bat tell ,au. Mt N,e. | can't believe that ,his blatd oi health has u,ed me ught somehow hani No,ued about the lIt,le teller, ,ha,s gone They 0.s ltttle telets anyway. and they w,sn [ posted on the plan ot salvation. but they pAs ala 4y. kind ani aiu s,s miaded ne and thcit mother it,ed .s using dlpl
 
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 .. 1 eoal l tell yoJ\ lot, ot smart htlir utek, ,hA, they used ,o do "a Nh Nye .b4t they ~an mean uot egssed. They ~As 53S ttallck> and gay someumss be, aese they ieltgor4. don, believe ,hs, '.od hal |, in l3i em bekus they va, like other bo,. dp yoa ot II thu ght Aa Il ~oul slnd n, harden thr old l.dy and me ana make us soul os all etca,lon
 Mind yoa. don't kick becaase an4 ler 4lnse here in the soois. and Inc sun don ,ecm ,o shine and the blsds seeu, i,,le bscksatd ahoa, snxing tha spring. and inc house s sa qa,e,. and she is s,,l! al the tune and eties in the nish, when she ,hink, am asleep All ,ha, ts tough. Ht Sye toash as the old Harry. top b., lis so. and 1 am, mur mufin ba, when the bosit oi heal'h sa,s to me that the ruler ot the Cn.vetse IA mskin tour ot Sof;hetn Wisconsin lnps n down ltu.e boys with ,nte throat bec,ss they aay gosh. 1 can, De liese
 snoe iha' people ~ho am, famil,Ar ~l.h lac IA ,s all shase their heads and sAY I'm \ hhd Df ~ftth. bu, l ean help t Al tn do |, 'o go sp there unts, ,he trees P hets them itaie graves n. ani 'htas ppA aii-ffst p.sassf. 70 ZIG ,h-fa !it'le sbot' llves was. ard how every 3nr ut them li;.le felleFs was we! orne when he come, poor as vas. and hos 1 ias,ied ~i,h poor crops and pins s,utaps 70 bgy close fcs em. and didn'. eafe cen. Ter s,yle as long As they were sell That's ,he kn,5r of A hereto am. and f God ls like father ,ha' s~,sies il lie wou.dn't ~ipe o4, my family luu to e ,Ablish discipline. 1 don't believe. The plan of creatson mus be on bigger ! t~ sA.K skws tt Ia al. i.s more of less . 6isle.
 The board Of health n better read than 1 am. |, takes the papefs and can add up hg2ers, and do lots of things ,ha, can't do. but when them isllers tell me that they represent the town of Balsari Lake and the Kingdom of Heaven. u,y morbid curiosity is aroused and van, to re their ssihyki.s of slcc,ion --Er-