Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-11
NUMBER 35,
TRONTON MO- THURSDAY. 1
might be said of their comfort. for til,

were both having chills and fever.
We belled and hobbled cur horses
out on the grass, of which there was
an abundance in the open woods, and
early the next morning the youngest
of our company were on their trail,
coming up with them about one mile
from the cabin. The Bishop drove q
match of Canadian ponies, beautiful
bays, and as light Of foot as two of our
native deer. I got hold of those by
their halters, and mounting one led
the other, leaving my own horse to
follow Off in lope I sped to the
cabin, from which, as I approached,
the Bisop came hurriedly out to meet
me, and as soon as he came within
speaking distance exclaimed, "Why
my dear sir, get off that horse: it is n
wonder he had not killed you; he was
never backed by man beforeir It was
too late now to give the alarm, how
ever, for he had carried one adventur-
er mile on his bare back safely, and
without resen tment Or remonstranee.
We were soon on our Journey again:
and at a distance Of about fifteen miles
brea akfasted on our own provisions on
the bank of White River, where the
Delaware Indians, not many years be-
fore, had village. There W as no sort
OF human habitation there at this time,
however. We had been attending a
session of the Missouri Annual Con-
ference, which met that fall at place
IN Northwest 4rkasasaw, $50 pronoune-
sd then1 called Cane Hill: and here I
received my first appoin tment to a
Mission among the Rickapoo Indians
Some one at Cane Hill had supplied
our Bishops Jersey wagon with a
quantity of fine peaches, and at our
Delaware breakfast the Bishop took
the last of them out, saying, you
may all make what use you please of
them, for 1 will haul them no further"
None but myself seemed disposed to
eat of them before break fast, and after
had been for some time pealing and
S@1AHG VI 1A0 II uiAr "ui1c olAeTS were
making the coffee and preparing break
fast, Ben Johnson, quizzical, good fell
low, began counting the peach stones
[ had dropped at my feet, and declared
that had eaten thirty of the Bishops
peaches. To which the bishop re-
sponded, "Ah, he will do to go among
the Indians" IeouId not reply, either
to Johnson's meddling with my privi-
lege, or the Bishops doubtful compli-
ment of my internal capacity: / con-
fessed; for surely a preacher would not
"hear false Witness
But L must return to the family we
left at the bin, for had an object in
bringing them into these reflections en-
things that have come under my Oh
serva ton and experience. They were
poor. but evidently eontented with
their lot, and determined to make the
best Of it. The wife cheerfuIly submit
ted to do what, under other circum-
stances, did not properly belong to her
sex, that she might be true help
meet for her husband, and doubt not
that she lived to reap the reward of
her labors and sacrifices in the pleas
ure her children gave her in after life.
We have now two Or three useful min
listers who bear the name of this family,
one of whom I think Is son of the
kind host and hostess OF my story. I
have known many such wives in all
grades of society; and have always OBJ
served that they carry sunshine and
benetiictions wherever they go. But,
alas, I have met with not a few others
of very different character, who were
everlasting cumplainers, or insuffer-
able drones. One such I now have in
mind. She was very fond of reading
works of fiction, and even assayed to
become an author herself. The result
was that her husband, a good busi-
ness man, and Of good qualities every
way, from sheer want of such home
comforts as wife alone can supply,
became discour aged, betook himself to
bad associations, contracted habits of
dissipation, while ruin to parents and
children followed. "76.u