The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-16

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THE CLERICOMOTOR. I,
There was trouble III the Byesyille
.Orthod OK Church. Old Parson Thorne,
who for the last forty years had been 8
faithful shepherd to his flock no longer
occupied The pnlp pit.
Byesyille was q struggling little lham-
let when the good man first came there,
and he had seen it grow to q thriving,
5bustling tow. With this material
change there had gradually come q cor-
responding alteration in the minds Of
the church oers and they began to
find the parsons simple expositions Of
the Divine truths o trihei too quiet and.
slow for the progressiy spirit which
animated them \ n AS to n The, 7 parsons
personal worth and Christian humanity
there was no question:, but his theology
was not abreast Of the times. AZ first the,
murmurs Of ;disc content were. heard from.
only g few, but the feeling seemed to-
be contagi and as time wore on .i it,
grew stronger and stronger, until there
could be only one possible climax the
supplanting Of the present pastor by a
younger and more advanced clergyman.
The; first Of these steps had already
been taken ;good old Parson Thorn had
preached his farewell sermon and the
pulpit was vacant. The second move, L
however; was found to Be far less easy as,'
of accompi ishme ant, There had been.
AN almost unanimous desire for the;
resignation Of Parson Thorne, But,
when 1t came to choosing his successor
8conside rable dissension arose. The
difficulty was not SO much q question
of doctrinal belief i as ESof mental and
physical equip ent. The ladies Of the.
parish were unanimous in their desire
for q handsome bachelo The men,
while willing to concede this much 70.
the infirmities3 Of the weaker sex, were
equally determined that the new3comer
should be q man gofSS Spheno mena1s brill.s
iancy In short, nothing less than ii
5Beecher with the form 81 ian Adonis5
would suit all paTties The commits eei
on selection was placed IN q very unei-
Yiab1e position These5 worthy gentle
men, Deacons Simpson Simpson and
Grubb, faithful sstroye to- bring abont
\ the desired result They carried on an
extensive correspo dence with numer-;
8oas desirab lie parties, and they made on:
several occasions visits to neigh boring
cities, but all to no practical purpose:
The desirable clerg ymen, while Hing
enough to- listen to their prop osais,3
speedily declined en- when they as.5
certained tie INSULT iency 81 the salary:
offered. Onsthe oth er hand lose who
could be secured were; found tn Be alto
$gether too far beIo MI tie sstand ard de-
sired, last failing to secure the
wished for prize through the ordinary;
channels, Deacons Simpson, Simpson
and sGrnbb rasol ed upon. q bold move.
They inserted an 1ngenious1y fworded:
ertisement il ! q prominent New
York religions Journal and awaited the
result. Their patience was not put to
severe test. VI
On the tenth day lowing the sfirst'
appearance 4 81 4 the ID rtisement. 4
stranger. stepped from; tlbe II eWs York
morning express train into the yes
Vile DEPOT: ana sa few 1Innoyments later
was conveyed I'M The village omnibus nGlib to
I the WallinVf ford House. HIS bageape.
. 4 metalli bound trunk Of unusual siza.s
soon ollowed him.
AS he stepped to the clerk d desk to
register, he appearedtto be i man 81
about forty years Of age. He was Of
medium hight, and Of d 1 spare q frame.
/ His eyes were keen and piercing, and
his sallow complexion was heightened
by tie extreme iblackness 81 Ills abund.
ant hair and pointed mus tacbe ssg
He Registered ID id hnis Rogers and
after q short conversation with 4 the
clerk which resulted s. in the sending
of the bell. boy on q mysterious errand,
was shown To room Il s. whittier llis Trunk
preceded him; a \ ID bduued roiise NJ
4 hammer was heard from the stran.
gers apartment Ysot n brief nariod and
then all was still
Halt an hour Letter d gentle knock on
the door Of No. ZIG sannouncedt the pres
ence Of Deacons Siimpson Stimpson
and Grub. Eh q Ill ranger ushered them
! in with quiet cotr tesy, and begged
them to be seated. IS Z
Gent LEHMAN, 4. he sale Won ave ~