Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-07

A Reverend m. Legislator Describes
IN. ssnsssson OF sseessps 10 Death
Iron Rev. James Neills Addre" ~ ro''

Nv first appointment was Fransiora' anu
,ha socnnd a circuit in schuylki,l and Car.
hon counties that was two hundred and
Gftv aye miles around. In the Beec1Woou
end NJ this circuit II was strong evidence
n, nrido when q man wore shirt.collr'
I'm ON, ocrasion a number OF rowdies de-
,ermined that they would either XII me OF
drive me from the country, and laid their
mans TO carry ott their purpose. bu'
eornnony oi raftsme heard OF the intended
oul,'.e' and IA leader OF them, giant IN
Stature. informed me that they would be on
hand and see fair play. The roNile'
esme. fully Intending 10 execute tner
ii real. My raitsmcn friends came also'
R,f,re beginuug the seriic | tufnou u
tbe rowdic4 an said came as an American
cuizcp. claiming the right Of free sp erh
lnat my only Object was TO 10 go)d out
that # the, hc.an ihe n5ife nv Irlcnus Hel'
turning to c1mpiny % determine i-iopN'
iug laen by NY side would attend u IN Vi
and | would not Germ " my db'y 10 'al
them of. | then took my 'c"': "O"' y
.enora,iCn OF wipes; how slall We escape
The damnaiiOu q hel.!" Tue leader OF tne
rowdy gang was afterwards c1nFcr'e1, anl
became one of my waruleSt friends. WINE
on this cifcui had an experience IN the
mountains from the elects OF 'bieh never
fully recovered. one winters day II"
Manch Chunk for an appointment III tne
mountains. In The valley tue theFiho.He-
ter registered 10" below Zero huI
uben reached the plateau it touched ~
below. with the wind bio wing twenty
miles per hour. Presently | experienced
sbarp piercing pain throughout my BODY
and every nerve was affected. In short
time the pain ceased in the lower eNtreml-
ties and gradually passed upward until l
was entirely free from suffering. congrAlu-
lated myself that 1 was getting along 50
nicely, and spoke enc0uragingiy TO my
hardy and faithful pony. In lew mo-
mepts | felt sensations OF intense hapW-
ness, thousand rainbows danced before
nv vision. seraphic songs OF sweetest melo-
DIV sounded i'm nv ears, and feit tnIt was
being borne upward on wings OF delight,
wnep suddenly felt a severe shock. ana
realized that had fallen OF my horse 10 Tue
frozen ground. The shock OF the fall re-
called me partially to my senses, ana rea-
lized that | was freezing to dean.
attempted to move my feet and arms, Dut
could not. With an effort born OF despera-
ton succeeded finally in dragging my
ref a few yards over the bard ground. Ihe
time occupied probably five minutes; IT
seemed as many weeks to me. Ny pony
seemed to comprehend the desperate
situation. and came and rubbed his nose ~
NV face the warm breath was on my
cheek. The cxercI.e Of crawling revived
ne little, and finally succeeded IN get
ting into an upright position, leaning
heavily against my pony, who now
slowly started onward. After going
short distance / met the farmer and
his son, who were expecting me al their
home, and who, becoming allrmed at my
prolonged absence, started out to see wha'
was wrong. When ] was taken INTO their
house ! swooned and when again awoke
| was standing in barrel OF spring water,
and again relapsed into inscnsibility. /
did not awaken again until next morning,
when found myself in bed with my boots
on. Upon asking why this was done, my
host replied that he had rescued number
Of men from freezing, but that was nearer
deaths door than any he had ever seem
and had my boots been taken OIL al the
flesh would have come off with them.