St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-30
ms COWBOYS WEDDING,
The Revivalist to Be ~ oasa !" = An'
neapoii::=- Girl, ~
THE LORD PICKED HER OUT.
.
He Needed a Singer and an Organist
and His Prayers We're
Answered.

OF all the weddings that have oc-
Cured in the Flour City from the days
when II. O. Morrison and Judge At
water were not old citizens down to the
present day, there will be one next
Tuesday that will surpass them all in
point of novelty. 1t will be wedding
in which is intermingled marked de-
gree of Divine providence and re-
formed wild Vest individuality. along
with the orange blossoms and brides
maids and customary ceremonies.
Capt. c. w. Hiltz-"The Cowboy
preacher" of Storm Lake, To-, will rep
resent that portion of the bridal party
designated in ordinary marriage cere-
monies as the groom, while Miss Alice
M. Barrett, of Minneapolis, will be the
'better half" after the knot is tied. dis
pite the fact that her affianced is an Evan
gelist OF extraordinary qualities. Miss
Barrett is a Minneapolis young lady.
and the marriage ceremony will be per-
formed at the home of her mother, 1926
Sixth street southeast.
The story of Capt. Hiltz is quite out
of the ordinary run of pastors biogra-
phies-a life. in fact, which on the
whole it would not be we'll for Young
man studying for the ministry to set up
as an example.
1t seems that some twenty-five years
ago, when Capt. Hiltz was mere boy,
he ran away from good home in Balti-
more enthuzed with the idea of going
West and doing as "Wild Bill" 'Tiger
jack" "Broncho Charley" and other
mythical and semi-mythical characters
were alleged to have done, and
lay aside fortune and a
cattle ranch on the side. His
anticipations didn't pan out very well,
however, and for all his wanderings
over the plains he acquired only tough
ness and experience. For awhile he
was content to roam the plains astride
his pony, herding the bovine for weeks
together, and occasionally breaking the
monotony of the life by wild spree, a
genuine cowboy in every detail and
as he grew toward the prime of his life,
however. he did what few cowboys are
supposed to do. He thOught-thought
of the home he had left, the peaceful
pleasure of civilized life back East-of
life that had something of kindness
and warmth in it, little of women and
children and churches, a little of that
element that goes to make old age
worth living by taking the rough
edges from off the harsh life
that he had been living and
so he started East. On arriving in
Iowa he was without money or condi-
ton to 90 farther, and he hauled up at
Storm Lake one day, weary and rest
less man, bedraggled with travel. in
cowboy cOSt0me, wearing dilapidated
broad-brimmed hat, which bore on its
upturned brim the pensive inscription:
'Nobody's darling"
He got work OH farm and, being
novelty in the neighborhood, he dis
played his cowboy propensities, quickly
gaining the reputation of being the
worst of the toughs."
A series of Methodist revival meet
ings were the next new thing that
struck that part of the state after the
advent of the cowboy. Attend
ing these meetings from curiosity
for second time, he thought,
day of July, 1856. Turning square
around in his tracks and digging in his
spurs, made wild break for the light,
and gained it too, he thinks. Carrying
his redoubtable cowboy bravado into
the pulpit he was success from the
start in rounding up" souls for the
heavenly ''corral," and was a rousing
success wherever he stopped as the
"cow boy revlyalist." He made a
Of eSN' Dakota . and ''e from there
came to the Twin Cities, where
he has stayed for eight months. While
here he decided he was not fully
eqqpRsa for hst 1dfyya d bqsineSs ans
need of an organist and singer, to pick
me out wife. He did so, and she is
Minneapolis lady, too" Doubtless the
eaRt aR i thf hap f6ag d Ggt by bgsbSss
acted on the principle that the Almighty
helps those that help themselves. At
least, he is extremely well satisfied
with the choice. and thinks he couldn't
have done better himself.
They will he married Tuesday at 2
o'clock, and the cowboy preacher" and
his pretty and accomplished wife will
depart to instill some of Minneapolis
enlightenment into the denizens of the
HaWkeye state.