Wichita eagle., 1888-10-05
THE LAND OF BOURBON.
A Kentucky Prodigy-Blue Grass Hosp
tally and Social Qualities.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
Covington may be set down as city
of '.dram shops" If dram selling can
be called business, then this line oi
business is about three to one in ratio OF
any other business. 1t is simply amaz-
ing how many of these shops are to be
found on one square. And mean what
| say when use the term square. Not
a block, but square. Go around the
square and count the dram shops ON the
four fronts; and it will simply startle
you. Such a condition of things is GER
tain to bring prostituted manhood.
Compare the number of sober people to
the drinking class and the ratio in favor
OF the latter is distressing.
The churches are not aggressive
enough. Sinners are stalking by the
ten thousands to damnation and the
churches move along in the even tenor
of their way and are satisfied to be re-
| spectacle. Ye preachers that deliver
good sermons on Sunday to respectable
audiences, midweek go out among God
poor and into the slums of evil, and do
aggressive work for humanity and God
save the perishing. Let the respectable
saint take care of himself for awhile in
his folded security as you hunt, good
shepherd like, on the bleak bills for the
wandering and lost sheep.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. A. and /
went to the Cincinnati Mission Sunday
school and taugh classes. Many Of the
good lavmen of Cincinnati are engaged
in this school. There were 1852 IN at
tendance that afternoon. The building
in which the school is held is on Front
street, near Broadway. Many "wharf
rats are the benefciaries of this benev-
olent enterprise. Rev. Lee is pastor. We
left our labor and contribution feeling
| that is was according to the selection Of
the best, and leaving results to prove
1.-The survival of the tittest."
Monday morning had the pleasure of
| spending an hour with Pascal Porter, the
child-preacher, and his father.
Pascal will be twelve years old the 9th
of November next. His first public re-
ligious talk was made in Sunday school
in Indiana when he was seven years old.
His father first discovered the child's re-
markable abilities in an effort made in
debating society held in the village in
which he lived. After that he asked
Pascal to talk in the Sunday school,
which he did each Sunday afternoon
He was nine years of age when he was
not co-etaneous with his conversion, but
instrumentality of his first sermon
lady seventy-fve years old, Mrs. Wash
er, of jefferson county, Indiana, was
tnI Ir
ninth year when he preached this SER
mon. He has preached in many towns,
villages and cities and at camp meetings.
The night before interviewed him he
preached in Cincinnati to a crowded
house. He will preach in any church
into which he is invited, but when left
to his own inclination he prefers the ne
elected and mission districts. He is
very modest and retiring, never speaks
of himself unless forced to do so by
question-in all respects a complete child
except when preparing or delivering his
sermons. He rOmps and plays as other
children. He ran out twice and played
with the children of the house during
may call when the conversation was di-
rected to his father or to the other COM
pany present. He was called in by his
father and came like rollicking boy. He
thinks himself to be no better than other
children. His power seems to come like
a mental and spiritual atf1atuS and illu-
mination, and when it strikes him he
will leave his playmates and hasten to
room and write. He is very affection
ate child toward those who impress him
favorably. He wants no demonstration
made over him by the multitude who
flock to his preaching. He avoids gen.
eral handshaking.
Last and least: | found him dressed
in boys suit of brown cloth, ribbed
jacket and knee pants, black stockings
and boys shoes. He reminds some little.
in his ways and bearing, of Sol Levy, of
your town. He has the capacity to lis
ten with intense and almost painful in
terest when you happen to touch upon
any leading feature of the gospel. When
leaving we took his hand in ours and
said, ''now Pascal, you have committed
to you an immense responsibility to save
the children. You can get closer to them
than these old preachers; measure up
to your responsibility in saving them;
goodbye" He impressed a warm kiss
upon our lips, and we left
September 20: Today I am at the
home of Hon. David S. Trumbo, of Bath
county, Ky. Major Trumbo it will be
remembered. was the Kentucky gentle
man who came last summer and stole
away one of our Wichita ladies, and
commissioned her to be the queen of his
household. As Wichita man l may
get even with him yet. He is pretty
nigh on the stool of repentance now. He
is at the point of considering the ques-
ton of not only allowing the good lady
to return, but of returning with
her, and of seeing that she
has a comfortable home to
abide there The major and wife are
host to entertain. We are not like John
the Baptist eating '.locusts and wild
honey" but we are eating cream and
no neywith other things too numerous
to mention thrown in. We were receiv-
ed by a circle of invited friends. The
day after our arrival fishing trip to
Licking river for bass was arranged. As
we had on our Sunday -go-to-meeting
suit the question of chief moment in
starting was to fix me in apparel for |
''roughing it, 1t was conceded that !
the majors old clothes would all be too |
long for me as he was six feet one
and half inches in height. |
His oldest boys clothes would be too |
short for me. After friendly and fam /
lily consultation without my knowledge |
it was agreed to place at my disposal a |
combination" suit consisting partly of |
the majors and partly of one of the boys !
working clothes. Being invited to my /
room | found chair loaded with any |
amount OF clothing, consisting of coats. !
pants. vests, shoes, etc. The pants that /
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jeans pair belonging 10 one of the boys. |
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