The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-01-27
I why, Brother Uzzell,. do missionaries
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ooh, yes, replied Mr.. UZZell. :When
l go out after dark l carry a revolver in
one pocket and a prayer book in the
other"
There was a great deal of trouble In the
early days at Leadville over lot Jumping.
Mr.. Uzzell Ind obtained four lots for a
Methodist church md three of them were
still vacant. These lots were jumped,
and Mr.. Uzzell later found the jumper un-
loading logs on them to build n cabin.
The preacher ordered the jumper TO re-
move the logs, Int the latter sworc he
would not. and Mr.. Uzzell, pulling off his
coat, prepared To defend his church prop
erty, and, squaring himself in the attitude
of John l.. Sullivan. said to the juniper
who vas just beginning ,e 0nlnsa more
logs:
III yua ge. OF .,,at wagon I will thrash
sea"
!. arson. you wouldn't fight wpuit
your" replied the jumper,
II don't want tn fight hMt II YOU pit
another log on This lt | viii thiasA Niah'ai,
or YOU will nc
We'll, what do ,yan want doney'
Dive Alvey With the load of logs you
nov haHc and then haul off theSthers
Already on the lot"
The lot jumper c"mSlled with the re-
quest, fw = pnrson with his coat off
threatening to fight was something he
Had not counted on.
Did you have any fights 80 Leadvile?"
mo" replied Mi. tzzcll, Il always
bluffea them ont and don't know what |
shiahM Nave done if some fellow Ind
taken M up. But my experience with
the lot jumper was II great help to me. as
it gave the impression that | would not
allow anyone to impose upon Inc Hr the
church, This reputation enabled HE to
keep good order iii the chuFsh. Some
times a tough felfSM WSuld start a row in
the rear of the church and l would re-
| quest tee boys to put him out, and al
I Ways found enough to stand by nc And
while they We're doing this Would have
the congrcgatiep -'ess A charge to keep |
have eF sinnttiing like that until quiet
was Ecst0rcd."
MANY amusing things occurred In my
Lcadvillc study" continued Mr.. t:zeli.
II was always there Monday mornings To
meet people who called; 'Bne MAndav
morning | saw a ihha mixing straight fol
my door. He was in a great hurry. !
thought to myself, well, there is Il fel-
low hit in my rrmo last night, lie is
probably from m eastern .,bnie, became
dissipatel and MUW wishes TO reform.
WITH these thoughts in my mind,I turned
e my Hiblc to have a text ready for hint
lie boited right into the study uom, cry.
ing us though his heart would break. ]
began to talk TO him, giving him christian
advise, when he bfakeih aaylhg. 'Ers NO,
that, pafsNh, that I Want, A.
has run of with my, girl and ean' yor
---2 viii kill him. loved that
girl back in Ohio, followed her out here,
Did you eve see any lSnchihgs?'
Yes, the hanging OF Frodsham, The
lot lumnet, and Stuart, the foot-paa, who
were strung up by the vigilantes. a
member of the church came to me during
the afternoon and seriously askcfi HE il
| thought it was wrong to engage i'll 8
lynching bee, s'iting the case. The caHni
WAS very. Wild tAen and lawless,icss was
getting the upper hand, aid l told hin
that under the circumstances a lynching
mlsht be productive OF much ggood, bn'
IL was a sllanse question Tor Il man lt
asN a h.'is'e'' " Me"t ""aS ana apou'
= oeioch ,l"e h'sItl received Il message
sas NY tonie on, parsom, II you wan. .
h.e onc iun, ioil! VIII sooi pesih.
nasaeneu o.el anu afr,ve' jns' as 'he.S
We're string'ns u; ffodsham andStnart,
re; NV ! my peopie u c"'rse OH ana o
~ .iila II taat SOME " ,-.n ~ !.
u on Ml'n neI. les, l VIII XII nm I,
= niu nm. l lo'lh" una. .ch's 81 SHf1Pt
VIZ u,e nlnl no Zoo o"lnE Inns vloieh
eo , any iu.liei uoid nm mat
MI M. nv. nssls. nm III inuins ms Slfii
in ..',i le,,oM was i,aa anu nreke'hear.eu
ha. We're some OF your most inter
esllis servants!
! used to preach to the men at til,
Moose Mine on top OF Mount Lincoln, ia,
above the timber line. More attcntiv,
audiences | never had than those miners
and the collections taken up would some
times average IL dollar for every MAJ
present. But wheM in Lcadville ever,
congregation was a wonderful audience
| think. though, that the most thrilling
scene that ever witnessed was whe,
preaching the funeral sermon of the chile
OF an outcnst, VIII never forget 1t,
1T came about this way. One tay ,
woman named Maggie MAYS. Whor ran in,
of the most notorious houses in Ecadyijlc
came to me and said that The tJabv Of on,
of her girls was dead. and asked me i6 nj
tend the funeral. REPLIED that I Woul(
do so, whcrcupon she said she had anelii
er favor to ask. Whit IS ity' | injured
JCan we have the funeral in thcc church,
she asked, and I told her She could
There were fifty women at the funeral
all of them richly attired in black sill
dresses. The floral decorations ordered
from Denver were handsome, as they al
ways are at funerals conducted by thi.
class. /. N. Rogers. now coroner here Il
Denver, and myself, Were the only net
present. Those women. hardened as they
were, all cried like children as I talked te
them. taikct! plainly, too, telling then
there was ii heaven to gain and
hell to shun. / talked to them of thei
Eotners in eastern homes, who possibl,
did not know the lives some of them wcr,
leading. | never saw a more thrillin:
scene in A church. There was not II dr.,
eye in the house. ! Stood there in tn,
pulpit crying like a child myself Will
talking to them, and the undertaken crict
a little, too. Old thoughts and mefnefie
seemed to have been recalled by thos
women of sin, and the scene was a mos
affecting one. / often attended the funer
ais of women Of that class. and time an,
time again have ridden ,hrouyh the street