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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
AN ANEODoTR.

A prominent Methodist bishop asked
President Lincolm. early i'm the wars
what was to be his policy on the slavery
question. Bishop said Mr.. Lincoln,
syonr question is rather cool one, but
I will answer it by telling you a. story.
You know Father B., the old Metho-
dist preacher, and you know Fox Riv-
er and its freshets Well, once i'm the
presence of Father B., young Metho-
dist was worrying about Fox River,
and expressing fears that he should be
prevented from fulfilling some Of his
appointments by q freshet in the river.
Father B., checked him in his grayest
manner. Said he: Young man, i
have always made it rule in my life
not to cross Fox River till L got to it,
And said the president. i am not GO
ing to worry myself over the slavery
question till get TO it, The bishop
smiled but said nothing. A few days
afterward young Methodist minister
called on the president. and on being
presented to him, simply said !: Mr..
President, have come to tell you that
I think we have got to Fox River T.
Mr.. Lincoln. thanked the clergyman
and laughed heartily, adding, with
smile, Some of us have been troubled
of late about the stories Of corruption
to be developed by Investigations at
Washington; but now we have got to
Fox River, ank it don't seem to be
much of a storm after ALL
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
CHAPTER.II.

Little Bill was ill, in fact had been
ill for some time, but no one had no.
ticed it the other lodgers thought his
cough a nuisance, as it often awoke
them at night. but it never entered
their heads that there was anything the
matter with little Bill's lungs. How
ever, some days after his ducking in
the fountain pond in Trafalgar square
little Bill found, to his utter amaze.
ment, one morning that it was impos-
sible to move from his mattress; it had
been.a trouble often, but at last he re-
ally could not get up.
'Sid.' he said, giving his brother q
push, sid, amt IL queer +; / can't get
upp'
Sid awoke from his slumbers slowly
and rubbed his eyes.
Can't get up, Billy he said, why
not p
well, 1 don't know ; it's mighty
queer, but it's because | can't, I sup
pose. feel so strange, and faint-liKe,
that you'll best wake father, perhaps. ,
Father, strange TO say, had stuck to
beer for the last two or three days, and
came home each night only moderately,
almost respectfully, drunk; consequent
ly the snakes and rats, not attracted by
the spirit smell, had not put In an ap.
pearance. Sid ran to his fathers bed
and shook him.
Father he said, father, Billy
can't get up
Father opened his eyes.
What - he said.
BILLY can't get up
'Why can't he p
HE don't know, bnt he can't
rather rolled out of bed, and went
across to The children's mattress.
'Why can't you get up, Bill, my
boy p he said.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
Reawakened Memory.

Two years ago young man living in
Vermont village, having finished his
academical education, was ready to en-
ter college. But just before the day
appointed for his examination he was
taken i'll. After several weeks of suf-
fering he slowly recovered his health.
but discovered that his mind had lost
the knowledge acquired by six years of
hard study. Latin, Greek, and mathe.
matics, all were gone, and his mind
was a blank in respect 20 his prepara-
tory studies. His doctor prescribed
that he should rest his mind, and famil-
iarize himself with the few simple de.
tails of light work.
He obeyed, and found, in his old habit
of doing things carefully. the school,
master that brough: back his old know
ledge.
Before his illness the young man, In
order to earn a little money, had taken
care of the village church. sweeping it
out, cleaning the lamps and doing the
work OF a sexton. He now resumed
this work, and by the physicians ad-
vice tried to keep his mind from puzz-
ling itself about his memory. Several
weeks went by without bringing any
change In his mental condition.
One Sunday evening stranger en-
tered the church, and, IS the sermon
was dull one, gazed carelessly around
until his attention was attrcted by the
lamps on the wall. He noticed that all
the wicks were so carefully trimmed
that there was not an irregular flame to
be seen. He wondered as TO who could
be the careful sexton, and, happening
to be in the place the following Sunday,
he again noticed the same uniform
trimming of the wicks.
Passing the church pext day, and see.
ing the door open, he walked quietly in
and saw the young sexton sweeping out
the central isle. Looking closely at the
young man, the stranger asked: DC
you do all the work about the church ?
Yes, SIR
do you trim the lamps p
Yes, SIR
why do you trim them i'm such pc
culiar way p
Il don't know what you mean p
why, the flames are all alike.
'Oh, but they ought to be. You
would not have them uneven, w0uld
you p
NO. answered the stranger, with {
smile. But it speaks well for youl
carefulness. Why, should think one
of the flames would fit all the others ex
actly if it were superimposed on them:
'Superimposed Isn't that word us.
ed in geometry p
| Certainly IL polygons, having
equal sides and angles
Before the stranger could finish his
sentence the student threw down hi
broom, rushed frantically out of the
church, ran across the street and into
his house, where he astonished his
mother by exclaiming, in tones of tri
umph, Mother, know that the square
of the hypothenuse of right angle tri
angle is equal to the sum of the squares
of the other two sides y
In a moment his school knowledge
had come back to him, flashed into HI
mind by the mention of superim poset
figures.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

"How old are you p'' asked a Justice
of the Peace of Jim" Webster, who
was under arrest for stealing chickens
ST Dunno" said the darky. when
were YOU born ?'' "What am de use
of my tellin' you my buffday you
amt gwine to make me no 6uffday
present"
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28
Il don't know, father /; but feel so
weak and Arrange,

W.
weak and strange
He coughed violently as he spoke,
and then crimson stream flowed from
his mouth, aud over the dirty cover
ings; fathers face turned very white,
and he raised the boys head.
Run Sid, he said, run for a doctor.
Sid paused moment In horror, then
left the room, fell rather than walked
down the stairs, ,scampered through the
court, on as fast as his little legs could
carry him; he had no idea where TO find
a doctor, and probably would have run
on forever, or at least till he dropped,
had a policeman not stopped him.
'Where are you going, boy p he ask
ed.
Sid looked up, and In bis agitation
did not notice the mans uniform.
'Oh. please sir he said, ARE you a
doctor p
NO. my boy; d'you want one p
oh yes, sir, please sir, Bill's cut his
mouth without q knife, and its bleeding
frightful.'
The policeman took the boys hand,
and hurried him along till he came to a
CHEMISTS shop: it was early in the
morning and the shutters had not yet
been taken down, so the policeman
rang the bell.
In few moments one of the upper
windows was raised, and head Came
out.
Wanted, sir said the policeman.
The window was shut, and in a few
moments the door of the shop was an
fastened.
where to p said the policeman,
speaking to Sid.
'Oh, please sir, I'll show you.'
He ran in front of them, and they
followed quickly; at length they reached
the court. Sid rushed into the house
up the stairs and soon the doctor and
policeman stood at little Bill's mat
tress.
Father moyed away, and the doc
tor knelt, took the thin hand In his, felt
the pulse, lifted the boys head, looked
into the white.face, then shook his head
sadly.
Nothing can save him. he said.
Father threw himself down by Bill's
side.
Little Bill he said, little BILL
Bill opened his eyes, the blood had
ceased to flow, and only the dark stair
showed what had happened. Poor lit
tie Bill, he had never had much blood
in his weak, thin body it could mo-
long supply such stream.
You don't see no rats, father hs
whispered.
No, Bill, my child-my darling
Nor snakes, father p
No, no.
Mormon nothing, father p
Nothing, Bill-but you.'
tits all along of beer,' said the child
family; they don't smell nothing now
But father, dear, dear father-promist
me you won't go back to the spirits
Sid can't see as / see, and you have tC
look at them alone, for I'm-going,
he paused a moment, and his eyes hal
closed, then he opened them again ant
looked up.
The little ones would be frightened
if they saw them, father he said
'stinging ones mi ght come in time, ant
kill you all; SC promise me father, tha
you'll not 20 back to spirits promis
little BILL
Round little Bill 'father's' arms were
clasped, and he drew him close, clos,
to his side.
Il PROMISE he said, sand will keer
my word, SO help me GUd.'
A smile fitted across the child IS face
his eyes closed slowly, till his lashe
rested upon his white cheeks, one sigt
broke from his lips. then all was still.
For a moment his father looked al
him silently, then cried aloud:
Little Bill, little Bill, speak to me-
But little Bill's work was done, ant
God had taken him.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

mean to insinuate that takes too
much; that they amt there really; that
| only sees them In my mind, you -"
"No, no, father" said the by, gent
ly ipterrurting him "why, don't see
them as plain as anything, all a.run.
ming and crawling oyer each other ?"
"But they're gone now," said the
man suspiciously.
"Of course they Is you frightened
them when you leaped up and yelled.
They can't abide noise, but the Lord
knows how soon they'll be back again.
Why,I do believe, "watching the mans
eyes, "that they're a. coming now
Let me bath your head again, father. 2"
Once more the dripping cloth was
bound around the mans brow, once
more rhe child was shaken with his
cough. "As / was a.saying, iather,"
the boy continued, "Ithink it's the
drink, the smell Of It, as draws them !;
I've heard that snakes aud rats and
them sorts are uncommon partial to
spirits, and you see, father, there's gen.
orally a little smell of it about you,
though it's but one glass you've took"
Again the man looked strangely into
the child's face.
partial to spirits, are they Where
did you hear that ?"
well, / can't exactly SAY, father !;
but I've heard that in India andFrance
and-and Iceland, where sich things
live, and bite, father, for they're not
quiet and harmless like they Is here,
that they fill tanxs with spirits over
night, and In the morning there's hum
dreds lying about as drunk as can be,
a.singing and-I mean a-hissing and a
biting of each other like winkie then
the people sweeps them up, sand burhs
them; 80 thought father, that il that
was the case there, may be you. though
you amt to say strong of spirits, yet
do smell little, might draw them var
mints here. for they don't come when
me and the little ones is alone !; and
p'rhaps, father, If you just took beer
for a time, they might 80 away far
enough not to be drawn by the smell. il
you did have n glass of spirits, now and
again.
Once more the child stopped to cough
and again dipping the rag in water laid
it on the mans head.
TRY and eat bit. father,' he said,
and silently the man turned to the Wit
uals, then, uttering mighty scream
flung the boy from him and rushed out
of the room.
Bill fell, but was on his feet in a mo-
ment, and after his father the two
children sat up In bed, tut he had no
time To lIo.ice them down the stairs
he went, through the count t,along Fleet
street, up the Strand, on, on, keeping
his father still in sight till they came
to Trafalgar square. then for moment
the man stopped, then dashed toward
one of the fountain ponds and sprang
in; quick as thought Bill followed, and
they beat about in the water together,
the child pulled at the man, drawing
him toward the edge, and at length
they crawled out.
How did it happen p said the man,
sobering up at last. Bill coughed again
and shivered.
Why he said, quite calmly and
naturally, we was running race, aud
you fell into this ERE water, aud like a
silly fool I couldn't stop myself and
fell In after. Let's 90 home, father
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

A California man has defect in his
eyes which causes him to see every OBJ
ject multiplied nineteen times. He
would be a treasure in a thousand
ways. What a man to take the Chica-
90 census.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1886-01-28

House newly refltted and refurnished. Ev-
eFYthing done TO make guests comfortable.
R1teslnoderate "a tronage respectfully solici.
sted Sd B. 80 g SLY
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

For the occasion named above,
Agents of the c. w. & B. R. R. will
on Sept. 1st to Oct. 9Th, inclusive,
sell Special Excursion Tickets to
Cincinnati and return at one and
one-third of the ons-way rate, with
twenty-five cents added thereto for
admission.
Going coupons will be good only
ON date sold, and returning coupons
must be used whiting five days
from date of sale-except that tick
cts sold October 7th, 9th and 9th,
must be made to expire Oct. 18th,
1886.
Tickets will not be good for STOP
over.
Arrangements will doubtless be
made for cheap excursions, with
shorter time limits than are provi-
ded for in the foregoing, due notice
of which will be given as soon as
possible after arrangements there.
for can be perfected.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Halt; Fare Excursions to the
West, Northwest and
Southwest.

On Tuesdays, Sept. th and 2lst,
Agents of the Ohio & Mississippi
Railway and connecting lines will
sell round trip land explorers tick
cts TO points in Kansas, Nebraska,
Dakota, Texas and and other west
ern States at HalfFare Zone fare
for the round trip.
This is one Of the best opportu-
mites you will ever have to visit
the West.
For rates and fall particulars call
on o. ~ NJ. agents and agents OF
cannecting lines or e. w. Paris.
Central Passenger Agent, AZ
West Fourth Street, Cincinnati,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
PROHIBITION COMPRESSION.
AL CONVENTION.
For the First Congressional Dis
trict OF West Virginia.
at Clarksburg, West Virginia, on
Thursday, September 81, 1856.

A Prohibition Convention for the First
Congressional District of West Virginia will
be held at Clarksburg on Thursday, the 2lst
day Of September, 1886, for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Congress for
said District, and for the transaction Of
such other business as may demand atten-
ton at that time.
Each county should call Convention at
once. Complete an organization for the
county and appoint delegates to the Con-
gressiona1 Convention.
In counties falling to hold such Conven-
lions, live Prohibitionists should see to it
that they are properly represented in the
Convention.
]. Melvin Richards l.. E. Peters.
James M. Lyon. Jasper Pew.
j. NJ. Clouston. j. w. Odell.
G. c. Ridenour d. G. Watkins
L. d. King. W. Q. McMeehan.
G. r. Odell r. Nj. Wallace.
Members State Executive Committee for
First District and others.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

The O! R. R. took up IA car loads
of excursionists from Petersburg,
to hear Rev. Sam Jones at Mounds
vile, last Sunday. Nearly all our
churches were pretty well emptied
during all Sabbath services.
And now the question is asked
by many, did Petersburg bring
back enough religion from Rev.
Sam Jones to compensate for what
was lost in the big Sunday Excur-
sionf
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
WOOD COUNTY,
Prohibition Convention
At the Court House, in Parkers-
burg, on Thursday, "
Aug. 26, 1885.

The voters of Wood county, who
favor a thorough organization OF
the Prohibition Party in this
county, and who favor independent
party action, are requested to meet
in Mass Convention, at the Court
House, in Parksrsburg, Aug. 26th,
1886, at l o'clock, p. M, for the
purpose of effecting a county Or
ganization, and for appointing del.
egates to the Senatorial and Con-
gressional Prohibition Conventions.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
SQmpter &gl Fired +!
"Rally Round the
Flag, Boys"
LIVE ISSUES DISCUSSED.
BY HON. T. K. CARSKADON
OF KEYsER, AND OTHERS.

The Prohibitionists of the Ka.
nawha Valley, having secured
Hon. T. R. Carskadon for an ad-
dress at the Congressional Conven-
tien in Charleston, Aug. %, by his
consent, the following appoint
msnts have been made for him:
Fourth District Congress
siOmal Convention.
PARKERsBuRa, Thursday, Aug.
26. Also Mass Temperance Meet
ing, Thursday evening.
HUNTINGTON, Mass Meeting, Fri
day evening, Aug. 81.
Third District COngressiOn-
nj Convention,
CHARLESTON, Saturday, Aug. %.
Also, expected to address Mass
Temperance Meeting, Sunday after
noon.
FURTHER APPOINTMENTS.
Coal VALLEY, Monday, Aug 30.
LEON, Mason Co., Tuesday even
ing, Aug. 81.
MASON CITY, Wednesday even.
ing, Sept. l.
RAvENswooD FAIR, Thursday
evening, Sep. 2.
Other able speakers will also be
present and address the people at
all these Conventions and Mass
Meetings.
Let all lovers of Home and Coun.
try come together and hear Lvt
Eswss discussed
The Saloon Must Go.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Freeman Contents.

We have no apology for the 10
columns of w. C. T. U. matter
on inside pages. Wish we had 10
such columns for our readers every
week.
If you want practica. Prohibi.
ton planning and workimg, read
these Conference Proceedings, and
learn what the w. G. T. U. is do
ing and ho,c it is doing it.
Read Mrs. Tilton's address, show.
ing how the first Temperance law
was put through Congress.
Examine the Conference Reports
on Resolutions, Plan Of Work, &C.,
and say whether the women are
capable of doing business.
Prohibition Martyr-Rev. G.. G.
Haddock see inside page.
See Broaddus College, National
w. C. T. U. Convention, Good Tenn
plar Good Cheer. Attention W. C
T. u, FRESHMAN Special Offer, An
nouneements, &c, &C., inside pa
ges.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Rev. Sam Jones at MOundsville'

It is estimated that II, 900 people
heard Rev. Sam Jones at Mounds
Vile Camp Meeting last Sunday.
The gate receipts up to Sunday
evening amounted to $1,635,
leaving over $1,000 after paying
the Rev. Evangelist $500 for his
services. So says the I'stelIsge~esr'
On Sunday Mr.. Jones took hat
collection for his Orphans Home
at Cartersville, Ca, amounting to
$13S So.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
@POEitIcal Republican
RO0rback.

The political Republicans" of
Richie and other counties, are
trying to fight Prohibition with
the charge that the Submission
Plank" voted down by the Repub-
lican Convention of '84, was thrust
in by an outsider. We give the
State journals. correction of this
roor6ask, in another column, under
head of aRitchie Stirred Up" Read
it,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

The West Virginia Press Asso-
citation will meet in annual session
at Wheeling, next Tuesday, Aug
ust 81. Thursday morning an OK.
cursion will leave for Luray.
The Local Press OF Wheeling.
have made extensive arrange
ments for the pleasure and comfort
of the Knights of the Quill.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
$500 EREEMANS.
We Make 1t 300 Better.

On an inside page We announce
that 1900 FREEMAN's go out this
week. While running off the in
side, further campaign orders came
in, which runs our regular issue up
to $500, which with our 1000 Con-
ference Edition, makes 1890 for
this weeks issue. See Announce
ments.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Tinted Brethren Conference.

This Conference will meet at
Pennsboro, West Virginia, Septem-
Der Is. Preachers and lay dele
gates will oe provided with homes.
Visitors will have to look out for
themselves, as the town and sur
rounding neighborhood will be
heavily taxed to take care OF the
Conference.
w, w, RYMER.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
THE SALOON MUST GO.

THE FREEMAN is unavoidably a
little late this week, because OF the
Special 1000 Conference Edition,
which went to press on Monday.
1t is no small job to run off and
mail 1880 FREEMANs.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25
Mr.. CarskadOn's Appointments,

Hon. T. R. Carskadon, on Prohi-
bition, at Court House, Parkers.
burg, tonight. Huntington, Fri.
day, Charleston, Saturday, Coal
Valley, Monday, Leon, Tuesday,
Mason City, Wednesday, Ravens
wood Fair, Thursday. See an
nouncements under headt Of Prohi>
bition.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

that hasn't the Courage to Surrender
Gracefully.
The State Journal is still in
consolable because we won't adver-
t;se its editorials, even at double
rates.
1t says in last weeks issue:
zone month ago or over the
FREEMAN quoted extracts from an
editorial in this paper, so arranged
and put together with comments
as to seek to misrepresent the ideas
we there advanced. We asked the
FREEMAN as a business matter,
purely, to insert the full article
and we would pay full advertising
rates for same. AS an advertise
ment it rejected it. AS to "profes-
sional courtesy" we have long since
ceased to look for it on the part of
the FREEMAN and SO asked justice
at its advertising prices. It has
lied, continues to lie, and will
doubtless persist in lying about US
until its object is accomplished"
In a recent issue we stated the
facts in this matter at sufficient
length.
We clipped some categorical
statements from a Journal editorial,
and showed they were not true by
publishing in connection there
with the facts, as taken from the
JournaPs own account OF the Re.
publican Convention of '84. The
editorial referred to, went on at
length to show that the editor of
the Journal favored Merrick's SUBJ
mission resolution, which was voted
down 313 to 103. With this part of
the article we had no controversy.
The FREEMAN commended the
Editor of the Journal, at the time
for his manly stand against the
Beer Bosses who were dominating
the Convention; and in the recent
matter complained of, it was only
chastising the Journal for its
puerile effort to prove that the
Convention really did what this
same Editor at the time boldly
sssailed it for not doing.
The demand that THE FREEMAN
should publish this personal
editorial in full, as an advertise
msnt, was simply game of bluff"
at which we never play.
Had the Journal shown or indi-
Gated a single point wherein our
extracts from its editorial, were
unfair or did the least injustice to
the whole, THE FREEMAN would
have gladly put the whole matter
before its readers and left them to
judge.
As our neighbor did not and
could not do this, there was upon
US no claims of professional
courtesy" or justice, to publish the
article; and in the absence of such
claims, the offer Of money to insert
it as an advertisement was simply
a low insult that did not rise to
sufficient dignity to deserve notice,
and so it was ignored.
It was not "rgected as an adver-
tisement." The proposition was
neither entertained nor considered.
As to the Journals last above
sentence, at has lied" &C.; this
is always the last weapon of a
defeated foe that hasn't the courage
to surrender gracefully.
1t argues nothing but the i'll
grace and weakness of the one
using it, and proves nothing but
his helpless and hopeless condition
"Requiescat IN pace"-The saloof
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

st. Mary's Oil is positive cure for Rheum-
atism and all pain requiring an external
remedy. A trial is all that is asked. For
sale by all druggists. J. III. GOODWIN, Man.
ufaoturer Cincinnati. o.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

See announcement and terms OF Confer
ence Freeman inside page, and order supply
at once. Only cent per copy.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-25

Many notes of incidents and good thing
of the Conference will appear in coming
numbers of the Freeman.