The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-25
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work is needed.
Here Mr.. Mellin, from II miles.
south, near Currie, took us under
the shadow OF his protecting WINGS.
and carried us to his homeland
thence to the Currie Fair Grounds.
Of course there are incidents every
where to keep the mind active in
these travels. When everything else,
fails some truant horse runs over.
babes-or old friends from "some-
where else' meet us. So here we met.
both incidents-the latter being our
stalwart old Moses to the Sleepy-ites,
Mr.. Montgomery-who had come
about sixty miles to hold hands with,
us! Grand old patriot that. And
right then and there we made an ap-
pointment to go to Sleepy Eye.
again-for the third talk, and TO-
take up some of those 55 falsehoods.
and redeem" them-next week
Tuesday night. At this "talk''
Friday afternoon, at Currie, if full
five thousand were not converted
at least a comfortable crowd were
sealed unto a new faith.'' Mr..
Currie took us to his delightful home
that evening, his daughters kept the
music in time" and the next day
we started for Avoca.
Saturday, Avoca.
Monday, Fulda.
Wednesday, Scandia.
Thursday, Lincoln County Alliance.
Friday. Marble twp, Lincoln Co.
Saturday, Fairbault County Fair.
And the following week begins
with Lake Benton and Sleepy Eye,
and thence to Yellow Medicine and
Cottonwood.
After the address at the Murray
County Fair we had two or three
days which had not been provided
for; and rather than incur the ex-.
pense and waste of time to return.
to st. Paul, only to start out again
for the west, the above noted meet
ings at Avoca and Fulda were sud-
denly proposed. That at Avoca
had but a half days notice-a few
bills being sent down ahead.
The afternoon of Saturday, the
10Th, Mr.. Neil Currie hitched up
his team and took us over to Avoca,.
on the Omaha line (branch to Pipe
stone). There we first noticed a
"bran" new grain house-the Farm
ers' Warehouse-and about fifteen
teams, all unloading their grain
thereat-the old line house getting
practically no grain. This farmers
enterprise is largely due to the en-
ergy of one alliance warhorse-Col.
Baker-an old gentleman who has the
Spartan spirit to undertake and do
On such short notice but few farm
ers had heard of the meeting, and
as Avoca is small village, but few
were out in the evening-about fifty.
including several ladies. Many vii
lage citizens were there, among
them Father Conlin, the pastor of:
the Catholic parish. We preached.
the doctrine of humanity to them.
for over two hours, and after it was.
over received the kindly handshake-
and friendly words OF a large group,
almost all of former political faiths
and an assurance that at another
time they would get up a big mass,
meeting for us. The ripe seed is
terminating, and the peaceful re-
volution" has taken deep root in.
Murray County.
Mr.. Henry Smith, an oldtime re-
publican had come up from Fulda,
village southwark on the Chicago,
Mil. & St. P. route, and he took us.
that same night to his home mile
or so south OF the village, together
with another, an "old-time" desciple
OF Andrew Jackson and Thomas
Jefferson-but whose heart was open
to the new gospel. AS all were vic
Tins of that villainous habit Of
smoking and "Hank's" pocket was
like q wheat sack filed with the
frost-killers (You know smoke
and smudge is the modern fost-erad-
icator) we lighted up that roadway
like as three great meteors sur
rounded by charcoal wounds-while
the night-stars looked down in
wonder.
Sunday was passed in peace and
rest at the pleasant little home, with
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, whose coffee
was sublime and whose bread is like
the sun-because it rises in the.
yeast.
We expect a good meeting Mon
day, the 21st, at Fulda, tomorrow,
although on two days notice. But