Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-14

TWO Walkeu over 10 DTlR6 mouse TO.
gether.
A month later the young couple wero
happily married, and Old Brig had no
reason to be sorry for giving his con.
sent.
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The First Yankee Camp Meeting.
The first camp meeting held by
Methodists was enjoyed ut Bolton.
Conn, in the early days of June 1905.
1t was held by Lorenzo Dow. Reach.
ing Bolton on Friday, the last day OF
May, his respectful desire to preach
was not received with favor by Parson
Cotton of the Presbyterian Church,
who brusquely declared it to be an en-.
croachment on his own field" His
people in "the tlickly settled neigh
borhood" G? shared his opinions in
this, as in almost every other matter,
and We're much prejudiced against Mr..
Dow and the Methodists in general.
So bitter was their opposition chat the
preacher spoke of them with telling
sarcasm as the Federal Presbyterians.'
They ISSUED hard -worded commands
that the meeting should not lie held in
the place, prating about
trespassing:" Finding that houses OF
every kind" were' forbidden him, tho
intrepid itinerant "bethodght to go oul
into the fields to preach" This trua
Wesleyan idea "set hard" on the hearts
of Parson Colton's flock, and Dow was
given to understand that if he preached
in the omen air at any place in Bolton
parish the taking of water from any
brook or we'll would constitute Just
cause for prosecution for trespass.
However" Dow goes on to say, % re-
port having prevailed that the Indians
in their times had spring on the hill
to which they resorted, I caused man
to go in search of it. After some diff
culty he struck upon a fountain'beneath
rock which afforded q sufficient sup
ply" This was'"a spot in the wood"
y solitary, and not any mans
owned land"
To it led "a lead-off road. there end.
ing on the spot" The location, Dow is
careful to state with ill-concealed ex.
ultation, "was still in the township 81
Bolton, on the Andover parish line
Dow doubtless believed that it
really was no mans property" but !
am confident that it was at the time
portion of Charles Hutchinson's farm
POSSIBLY this name should be Church
Hutchins instead of Charles.) The
land is now owned by Messrs. William
B. and Charles Kingsbury.
The preacher opened his meeting
Saturday, and records in his journal
that he had an agreeable time," "In
the evening the work of God began
and from that time "the work and con-
gregation increased" $50 many people
came from distant places to the ground
that Satan hoisted his standard near
Ny Sss g. .ssoes -lnan biough1- fan; liquors
for sale, but was constrained ny threads,
when reason would not do, to, give t
over, the law being against him."
1t does not appear RS to how long the
meeting war held. The preacher says:
Sunday, June 2, some thousands ap.
peared on the ground. Several found
peace, ard (nlirabile dictall prejudice
seemed to wear off the minds of the
people," DIR. Sumner of Bolton says
there We're six or seven thousand people
on the ground on that memorial Lords
Day, and adds that chat was more
than have ever been in Bolton since"
The States Relation to Marriage. -
To the State, marriage is civil con-
tract between q man and woman. 1t
can be nothing else or more than that.
And the only interest of the State, as
State, is that all the rights and duties
involved in civil contract shall be
maintained, to the end of public order.
The moment that it attempts anything
beyond this. it is trespasser on per-
sonal rights and works only mischief.
1t is hardly matter for dispute that
those who have claimed to be acting for
God in political matters, in tine past.
have been authors of cruelty and in
justice.
Most writers ON divorce reform" as
sumo that the one great end to be aimed
at is to prevent divorce by any and by
all means. Their highest, their one
ideal, seems to be to keep people tied
together without regard I'd coase.
quences.
But it is not tho question of the ideal.
1t is as to what the State has d right to
do under present actual Conditions.
Men should seek the ideal in all depart.
ments of life, not in marriage only. But
should the State decide on what that
ideal is, and enforce it always, by pains
and penalties? Is not this rather mat.
ter for school and church and Individual
striving? 1t is not the right and duty
of the State to force people either to
marry or stay married. Neither of these
is the end, SO lar as state jurisdiction is
concerned. 1t is for the State simply to
guard the rights of the Individual
parties to this contract, precisely as in
the case of any other.-Foyuna.!
A New Idea in Writing PapSr.
a new idea in writing paped is what
is called lovers stationery It is fine
note-paper delicately tinted, the most
fashionable shade being light pink.
The watermark, to be detected by
holding the sheet up to the light, is o
blending of two hearts pierced by an
arrow. In the lower corner pf each
fourth page Cor reverse of eachI second
half-sheet), appears what at tirst sight