The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-12-06
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Tho little village Of Rossville, ycrmil
lion County, ILL.,. In 10 Cannon's district
has congregation Of ''irae blue" Meiho
dis,s Who voted year ago 10 build a,bou.
sand dollar addition 10 their church. While
their intentions we're excellent they were
short OF money Just then and the work
Jagged. Az election time Was approach
ing these Methodists. nearly all Of whom
are stAnoh Republicans. were bAn.ered for
bets by their irreligious Democratic neigh.
bors, For some time they ~itbstood tho
blufiing; they bad been taught and believ-
cd that il was wrong to gamble. hut this
made the Democrats all the more ,sunting
10 their remarks. They talked ~ the
philistines did before David stepped forth
10 meet Goliath, Az last flesh and blood
could stand il no longer, aud they decided
they would dcspoil the Egyptians or lose
their own goods in the laudable attempt,
They would deprive them Of their money,
their focks aud herds, their ssses and
mules. their grain, and their gece. The
Methodists. male and female. backed up
their strong faith that Young TippecAnos
would make his calling and election sure.
They took all the bets the ungodly Demo
Gratis offered. Nov. come and Cleveland
was knocked out Then the brethren be-
gan raking 10 the spois. They showed
20 let up, for none would have been shown
them.
II had been their intention when they
set out TO turn all their gains over 10 the
church. They meant that the irrelisious
Democrats should build that thousand
dollar addition. Not one Of them. like the
bad Ananiss, tried to keep anything back
for his own use. Bat here an unexpected
difficulty arose. Strangely enough the
pastor OF this little flock was = bigoted
Prohibitionist OF the "Thapk God" Brooks
school. SO radical Dry was he that hs
had cnt down the Prohibition vote OF the
town from IL to 7. He insisted that tho
plunder Of the foe must not DO used for
tho church, but must all be restored 10 his
Democratic allies. The winners said that
was nonsense; II was as much theirs ~
what the Israelites under Moses had got
ten from their oppressors and afterwards
used for the adornment OF the ark. The
pastor declined TO listen to reason, how
ever, and on the ground that the members
OF his church bad been gambling summon.
cd them for trial. II was curious affair.
He was Judge, jury, prosecutor, witness.
and everything else. all the members OF
the congregation, men. women, and little
ones, were defendants. Under such cir
cumstances trial was rather farcical, and
thus far the minister has not been able TO
eXcommunicate his flock. He will not
preach TO them; they do not want 10 hear
him. He does not like to take pay from
Offenders, and they do not like TO support
q man who wants to cast them out OF the
church. Therefore they have rather the
better Of him and will probably soon get
another pastor with less Brooks prohibi.
tion and more boss sense.
As for the Democrats, the dispute has
done them no good. They have hsd 10
pay up and are left as bare as the palm OF
ones hand. The Republican brethren,
'sweety smiling" have packed up oil
their loose change and have II safely stow
cd away till it shall be available for tie
enlargement OF that church. There is
even some talk OF rubbing II 10" by hang
ing up in the new edifice neat little tab
let on which shall be sci forth the fact that
one Democrat contributed horse, another
s25, another fifty bushels Of wheat. another
two fat steers, another dozen turkeys,snd
so on through all the donations. ending
with 1--WE gladly take the deed Tor the will.
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