San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-05-14
A Good EIan's Memorial Record.
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p!lte the subject in this issue OF oul
paper, bygiving some further extracts
/ from the book there noticed
We have referred 10 the fact that
Mr., Hoshour was always an advocate
OF the Temperance reform. He be
gan this work even before he left the
Lutheran ministry, He also WAS OPP
posed TO the use Of tobacco, o.
course this department OF his expert
enee was not a bower Of roses, One
of it's incidents will be read with in
terest here;
During my nine months residence at In
dinnapolis, IN 1919, | furnished monthly
rninistrations 20 tho Christian church at No
blesyillo, Ind. Between Noblesyille and the
city is small village by the name Of Alison
vile, IL was my custom 10 preach In this
place, the NIcthodists kindly granting the
privilege Of occupying their meeting house
on Friday afternoons. II several times hap
pened that tho temperance meetings were
day. I wasaways earnestly invited 20 stay
and speak ON that subject. did so. In the
village lived Kentucky family who pro-
fessed TO be members OF tho Christian
church, mean the head Of the family. They
kept public house and "bar" As do not
step tenderly on liquor dealers, / did not
spare in that locality!
In the process OF time Christian congre-
CATION was to be organized; and Bro. Il. IL.
Jn:nison and myself oiiiciated on the occa-
sion. Among the charter members, the
Kentucky sister, who was wont frequently
10 ofliciate Mt the "bar," presented herself
There was n rovulsion in the little family
especially among the sisters about receiving
her. Finally she was admitted with the I'M
derstandng of the other members that l
should have q private talk with her at
her house on the wickedness of dealing in
liquor Accordingly, left word that on
Monday when I returned to Noblesville,
should call and dine with her.
When arrived at her home, no one made
appearance to invite me in. Isaw the table
spread and surrounded by guests (for she
had boarders). gave some demonstration
of my presence she made her appearance,
invited me into the table, and ordered my
horse cared for Those at the table, gentle
men and ladies' seemed to be respectable.
In the conversation had, il was asked, where
her husband and ''Abner" were. The landlady
sid they were some distance from home,
thrashing wheat and could not be home for
dinner.
After dinner, took my seat in the paror,
or rather sttng-room, and looked over some
magazines All at once ''sx- footer" form
swept by me with lightning speed. 1t was
"Abner" who unexpectedly returned home!
In short time, he stood in the door between
the dining-room and where 1 was, and
greeted me as follows: 'Are you that
d--.n old rascal that several times talked
temperance and abused better people than
yourself! Now, get ont of this house as
soon ms you can-no such old scoundrels
shall stay in this house !" / looked fixedly ut
him, saying ~ shall not go until please"
Ho mistook my pluck In the meantime
his mother with uplIfted hands exclaimed:
ooh, Abner, Abner, don't do So" As he
failed seeing my speedy exit, he ran to the
stable, turned my horse out and threw my
bride and saddle into an adjacent alley,
averring that no horse of any such man
should have feed and shelter in his stable
Their next neighbor wasa worthy Methodist
family, whose sons caught my horse and
gathered up my saddle and brldle-and fed
my horse in their stable! Can the reader
see difference between the tone of the two
families?
His ideas of education were of a
decidedly practical character. This
trait is strikingly exhibited in the
-,
Our space Will only PerihlI one CA
tract from his lecture on "Eemale
He is speaking of
tLo Ia,,;4,, of Labor.
0'O "'o my
And Just mere, young mdles' allow Inc 10
advert to some obllquitles, at times discernl-
bic to those OF your sex and age, on TINS sub
ject. 1t Is a matter OF common occurrence
that young ladies affect ignorance III relation
to "housowork
In the presence of some popln-lays,
with rirged fingers, tight coats, shining
boots, kid gloves. brushed goatees. twisted
light hats and light heads, say,
in the presence of these same counterparts
of your sex, aver without any reserve what
ever, that they do not know how to bake
bread, milk COWS, or do any kind of house
work; and with this averment they display
their lily fingers as incontestable evidence of
their utterance. 1t is reported that one Of
this class of entities, under the impulse of
affe ,ted, or probably real ignorance, asked
one of the servants, (which one of the COWS
caves JuttermiM?"
BE assured that young gentlemen of sense
and worth. whatever attention they may pay
to this class to while away an hour, or re-
lieve somewhat the fatigue of business, or
Introduce variety into their web of ex-
istouce, will never select any of these for
wives. When the time for selecting comes,
they will Use phrase frequently occurring
in advertisements for apprentices, "One